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FREE Coaching Workshops at Newcastle Falcons
2nd February 2012

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Coaching development has long been a central plank of the Newcastle Falcons involvement with community rugby and the Kingston Park club will be working with the Rugby Football Union in the coming ... read more...

Cramlington Bowls Club Receives Funding Boost
1st February 2012

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The future of a popular bowls club is looking more secure thanks to a generous financial donation from a local development company. The 50-member Alexandra Park bowls club in Cramlington is ... read more...

Big Dance 2012
31st January 2012

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The Exercise, Movement and Dance Partnership need your help in promoting and encouraging others to be involved in Big Dance 2012. Big Dance is set to be the ultimate dance experience in 2012. ... read more...

National Go Canoeing Week
30th January 2012

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Canoe England has identified a 10 day week, 6th - 15th April 2012, to promote the sport and encourage people to get out on the water. The week will be packed full of canoeing activities going on ... read more...

Northumberland Sport makes Jennifer's Day
26th January 2012

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Since narrowly escaping with her life, aged just 22 after being caught in a roadside bomb in Iraq whilst serving with the armed forces, Jennifer Day has been on a remarkable journey. After being ... read more...

Get into Golf with FREE Coaching Sessions in Northumberland
23rd January 2012

Longhirst Golf Course

If gym can't fix it for you, then a new scheme in Northumberland can help put you on course for a healthier lifestyle. Golf clubs across the county have signed up to deliver free golf lessons to ... read more...

Sport England launch Clublinks
20th January 2012

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Sport England's new satellite club toolkit is now live. Clublinks aims to provide ideas and guidance to support and encourage community sports clubs to plan and develop new community satellite ... read more...

Merlin's Magical Season comes to an end with Four Awards
18th January 2012

Paul Weatherburn receiving club mark recognition

One of the most successful seasons on Kielder Water has come to a close for Merlin Brae Water ski Club. The junior section of the club have taken the National Cutting Edge title, a member of the ... read more...

Northumberland College Students take the Opportunity to become a Sporting Hero
17th January 2012

Sport Makers enjoying the hands on workshop

Students from Northumberland College became the first people to be inspired by the national 'Sport Makers' volunteering programme in Northumberland. 11 students from the travel and tourism ... read more...

Volunteer performers needed for London 2012 Paralympic Opening and Closing Cermonies
16th January 2012

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games (LOCOG) has begun a search for enthusiastic and energetic adult volunteer performers to participate in the Opening and Closing ... read more...

Become a Sporting Hero - Workshops now available
13th January 2012

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Become a sporting hero today by registering to be a Sport Maker. What is a Sport Maker?Sport Makers are simply people who will organise sport for themselves and their friends and colleagues and is ... read more...

Be part of the Big Splash!
3rd January 2012

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British Swimming is working with the BBC to get the nation into the pool through a celebration of swimming called the Big Splash. This is your chance to join the 13 million people in the UK who ... read more...

London 2012 Seeks Male Performers for the Biggest Show on Earth
20th December 2011

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Think you could perform in front of an audience of one billion people around the world? The search is on for male volunteer performers within the Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Having ... read more...

Northumberland Reach 100 Accredited Clubs
9th December 2011

Barnesbury CC receive their Club Mark Award

Barnesbury Cycling Club became the 100th Club in Northumberland to achieve either the generic ClubMark award or their National Governing Bodies Junior accreditation. Barnesbury CC were awarded ... read more...

New Leisure Facility for Ashington - Have Your Say
7th December 2011

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Northumberland County Council are proposing to invest £20 million in a leisure and community facility for the town of Ashington. To make this project the best it can be they need your ideas ... read more...

Enter the Sport Relief Mile
5th December 2011

Sport Relief Mile

Northumberland Sport will once again be organising a Sport Relief Mile event at Druridge Bay Country Park on 25th March 2012. Last years event was a huge success with the event being fully booked. ... read more...

Looking for More Volunteers?
2nd December 2011

SportMakers

Sport Makers, a new national Sport England volunteering initiative aims to inspire people to make sport happen at the local level, embedding the Olympic and Paralympic values in grassroots sportby ... read more...

Former Olympic Gymnast "Gets Set" for Schools Visit
2nd December 2011

Craig Heap

Former Olympic gymnast and Commonwealth Games gold medal holder, Craig Heap will be in Northumberland on Monday 5 December to promote the London 2012 Olympic 'Get Set' scheme and network for ... read more...

North East Disability Sports Awards 2011
1st December 2011

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The North East County Sport Partnerships have been working together with support from the English Federation of Disability Sport and D&P Trophies to organise and develop the North East ... read more...

Calling All Coaches - Sign Up For FREE Support
26th November 2011

Steve Black

A successful evening dedicated to the development of sports coaches across Northumberland and Tyne & Wear areas was recently organised at Kingston Park Stadium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Former ... read more...

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