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Broncos Start in Style - 16th Jul 2008

Broncos start in style! Bury Broncos took part in their first game on saterday at Derby High School in Bury. The newly formed Broncos took ...(more)

BASEBALL IS A BIG HIT AT MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL - 2nd Jul 2008

BSUK’s North West Coach-in-Residence Brad Serton and John Eaton from the Manchester Baseball Club ran a clinic for students at Manchester Grammar School on ...(more)

TEE-BALL FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF PARRS WOOD YOUTH SOFTBALL CLUB THIS WEEK - 2nd Jul 2008

BSUK, in association with the soon-to-be-formed Parrs Wood Marvels Youth Softball Club, will host a Tee-ball Festival for nearly 100 primary school children ...(more)

Dominoes Netball Club Hit New Heights - 26th Jun 2008

Dominoes Netball club who have recently relocated to Wright Robinson College have had their best season yet! Not only did each of the 5 teams in the Senior ...(more)

GRANT FUND SCHEME TO SUPPORT NORTH WEST AQUATIC CLUBS - 26th Jun 2008

Over the past six months the swimnorthwest team has been out and about listening to your views on how they can help support your club and its personnel. The ...(more)

RFL Website Encourages More to Volunteer - 16th Jun 2008

Having left the Royal Marines due to injury, Tom Haworth wanted to pursue a career in sport and also get involved in volunteering in his local community of ...(more)

Runningsports backed by Sport England in a bid to upskill volunteers in England - 29th May 2008

Sport England Spotlights The Importance Of Providing Skills And Support To The 5.8 Million Sports Volunteers In a clear show of support for the ...(more)

Ladies get 'Back2Netball' in Salford - 19th May 2008

The Eccles & Walkden communities have been playing host to a new and exciting Back to Netball Project since January 2008. The project, run by Salford ...(more)

Midnight Leagues in Wigan hailed a success - 9th May 2008

A Friday night project has taken young people off the streets and put a football at their feet. The GAME ON Midnight Leagues have seen almost 200 ...(more)

Games secures Title Sponsors for 20th Anniversary Celebration - 6th May 2008

‘I love me’ and the Association of Greater Manchester PCTs become Title Sponsors to celebrate 20 Years of the Greater Manchester Youth Games The ...(more)

Prestwich Sports Club Wins The Lottery! - 28th Apr 2008

Prestwich Cricket, Tennis and Bowling Club (PCTBC – the Club) is delighted to have secured a grant from Awards For All towards the provision of disabled ...(more)

British Cycling Shows MP Secrets Of GO-RIDE Success - 18th Apr 2008

Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport Andy Burnham MP attended a British Cycling Go-Ride coaching session at Lowton High School in ...(more)

Clubmark Success for Athletics in Greater Manchester - 18th Apr 2008

3 Greater Manchester Athletics Clubs were awarded Clubmark accreditation by England Athletics at the North West Counties Athletics Academy held at Sportcity ...(more)

Winners of the Greater Manchester Sports Awards revealed! - 14th Apr 2008

The Greater Manchester Sports Awards have taken place, and the winners of the six categories have been revealed. In a glittering ceremony at the City of ...(more)

Both the Oldham Titans and Oldham Ball Hall gain Clubmark - 4th Apr 2008

Both Basketball organistations in Oldham have been award the 3Star Clubmark accreditation by England Basketball. These accreditations are a result of ...(more)

Basketball Academy Formed in Manchester - 19th Mar 2008

Following the success of other Academies around the country, Manchester has formed a partnership with Loreto College to begin in September 2008. Loreto is a ...(more)

Bursary for coaches and leaders - get info here on how to apply - 14th Mar 2008

Applications for the Nancy Ovens bursary, aimed at coaches or leaders working in the active leisure and learning sector, are once again being accepted.   ...(more)

Greater Manchester well represented in International Olympic Training Camps Directory - 5th Mar 2008

73 North West sporting venues have been selected to appear in the official London 2012 pre-Games Training Camp Guide, highlighting the region’s world-class ...(more)

Profiles Power Ben Towards World Championship Dream - 28th Feb 2008

Ben Morse has dreams of becoming a world champion - the first ever Junior Powerboat Racing World Champion.  Now, thanks to Ashton Leisure Centre, his dreams ...(more)

Disability Cricket on the rise in the North West - but what are the barriers to participation? - 22nd Feb 2008

The North West Disability Cricket Forum (NWDCF) recently reflected on the excellent strides forward in the number of participants being introduced to ...(more)

Funding received to develop disability cricket in Greater Manchester - 12th Feb 2008

The Greater Manchester Cricket Partnership (GMCP) has received £7500 from Awards For All (A4A) to fund the development of disability cricket in Greater ...(more)

Celebrate the Olympics with GreaterSport and BBC Radio Manchester! - 1st Feb 2008

GreaterSport and BBC Radio Manchester have created a new partnership to celebrate the preparations that elite athletes from Greater Manchester are making in ...(more)

Prime Minister calls on sport to find local community OBE and MBE nominations - 23rd Jan 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling on communities across the country to identify the local heroes who they believe should be honoured by the nation. ...(more)

New Chair Takes the Helm at Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust - 18th Jan 2008

A new era for leisure and cultural services in Wigan Borough began this week as Andy Wiggans embarked on his role as the new Chair of Wigan Leisure and ...(more)

Multi Million Pound Sports Centre Opens for Action - 3rd Jan 2008

One of the largest sports facilities of its type in the North West opened its doors this week.  Leigh Indoor Sports Centre beckoned in a new era for sport ...(more)

Make sport your New Years resolution!! - 2nd Jan 2008

It’s a New Year…..it’s a global year of sport…..you can be part of it! Whether you are looking for a new hobby, picking up an old one, on a mission to ...(more)

Wigan Borough’s Streets Set to Swell with Sport - 19th Dec 2007

The streets of Wigan Borough will soon be buzzing with organised activities thanks to an innovative new scheme to give more young people the chance to get ...(more)

Service Area Successes Make Wigan & Leigh the envy of Rugby League Development - 17th Dec 2007

The Wigan & Leigh Service Area have always been pioneers in Rugby League and were one of the first in the country to appoint a full time Coordinator. ...(more)

Young orienteers check in to represent Great Britain - 10th Dec 2007

Two members of Clubmarked, Manchester and District Orienteering Club - www.mdoc.org.uk - Tom and Alice Fellbaum have been enjoying recent success.   Alice ...(more)

Well done to Thomas Burton, winner of a BBC North West Sports Award! - 28th Nov 2007

Well done to Thomas Burton, winner of ‘Sport England Young Sports Performer of the Year’ category at the BBC North West Sports Awards on 23 November 2007. ...(more)

Local teacher wins national award - 26th Nov 2007

Helen Finbow from Ramsbottom was awarded with ‘PE Teacher of the Year’ at the recent ‘Sports Woman of the Year Awards’. To read more about Helen’s ...(more)

SPAA Projects Harness Wigan’s Passion for Sport - 22nd Nov 2007

Nobody is more passionate about sport than the people of Wigan Borough.  Wigan Sports Development, part of Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, is helping to ...(more)

Two swimmers from Greater Manchester destined for Beijing! - 21st Nov 2007

Ryan Bennett from Bolton Metro Swimming Club and Michael Rock from Stockport Metro are on the road to success for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. British ...(more)

Fitness Academy Helps Children get Ahead in Health - 9th Nov 2007

A scheme to encourage young people across Wigan Borough to think healthy and improve their physical well being is proving to be a huge hit with local ...(more)

Sports Volunteering North West and GreaterSport support Wigan and Leigh CVS at Young Peoples consultation event - 2nd Nov 2007

Leigh and Wigan CVS invited Sports Volunteering North West along to their consultation event on the Borough’s Young People Strategy for volunteering. ...(more)

Sporting card worth its weight in gold - 2nd Nov 2007

WORLD champion badminton player Dave Clarke is aiming to expand his collection of medals with an intensive training programme – and the help of Bolton ...(more)

LCB announce expansion changes - 1st Nov 2007

The Lancashire Cricket Board (LCB) have taken the bold decision to expand its operation and be ‘fit for purpose’ in this ever-evolving world of sport. This ...(more)

Tameside Talent wow's judges and gains funding for project expansion - 1st Nov 2007

Tameside Talent was one of 12 regional winners in Norwich Union’s 2007 Join Our Team campaign. The winners were chosen via an online initiative which ...(more)

Well done to Reddish Basketball Club! - 1st Nov 2007

Basketball Club in Reddish proves that Clubmark helps increase membership! Read their story by clicking here. http://www.clubmark.org. ...(more)

A young swimmer who began his training in Ramsbottom could make a big splash at the 2012 Olympics - 31st Oct 2007

Fifteen-year-old Lewis Coleman is currently ranked number one in the UK for the 200m breast stroke for his age group and has now been invited on to the 2012 ...(more)

GMSP raises the bar in achieving High Quality School Club Links - 26th Oct 2007

The Greater Manchester Sports Partnership have formally launched their new programme for encouraging schools and clubs in their area to achieve High Quality ...(more)

FREE SKATEBOARDING! - 16th Oct 2007

Projekts mcr & the youth contact team introduce: ‘The Sunday Sessions’ – Free Skateboarding at Projekts Mcr skatepark for 13 - 19 year olds. ...(more)

British Heart Foundation launches new campaign to get people active - 2nd Oct 2007

The British Heart Foundation has launched a new TV and internet campaign to encourage everybody to do 30 minutes of activity every day. Watch the TV ...(more)

Wigan Borough Unites to Get in SHAPE - 28th Sep 2007

Wigan and Leigh were united in the race to get fit on Wednesday, as council, sport and health chiefs launched their plan to get the borough into SHAPE over ...(more)

Lancashire retain Disability County Championship - 27th Sep 2007

Walmley Cricket Club – Birmingham – 23rd September 2007 The Lancashire disability senior squad travelled down to Walmley Cricket Club (Birmingham) on ...(more)

£5 MILLION DRIVE TO RECRUIT ARMY OF SPORTS COACHES - 25th Sep 2007

The North West is set to benefit from a campaign to recruit 10,000 voluntary community sports coaches in 70 of the most deprived areas of the country ...(more)

New coaching career opportunities for women in Bury, Bolton or Salford! - 31st Aug 2007

Are you female, living or working in Bury, Bolton or Salford. Do you want to further your Sport and Fitness Career? Breaking barriers is a European ...(more)

Wigan Olympic hopeful shines at 2012 roadshow in Manchester - 23rd Aug 2007

Sam Russell, 16 of Standish, Wigan represented Wigan at the London 2012 Olympics roadshow in Manchester on 22nd August 2007. The roadshow was at the ...(more)

Women into Higher Level Sports Coaching coach to feature in national press - 22nd Aug 2007

Tracie Gorst, one of the coaches registered on the pioneering ‘Women into Higher Level Sports Coaching’ programme hosted by the North West, and with its ...(more)

Lancashire hit Clubmark century!! - 13th Jun 2007

Lancashire – Hit Century! Lancashire has become the first County in the country to achieve 100 ECB Clubmark accredited clubs. The ECB Clubmark ...(more)

London 2012 launch new logo - 11th Jun 2007

The new London 2012 brand was released last week, click on the website to view videos on the brand and to see how three people have been inspired by the ...(more)

Partnership launches new Website Equity pages to support commitment to Equality - 6th Jun 2007

Following the partnerships success in achieving the Foundation Level of the Equality Standard, a national standard for comitment to Equality, the ...(more)