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sports@forest-heath.gov.uk   Tel:  01638 719763



 


2010 Suffolk Youth Games

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Team Forest Heath take 3rd place at Suffolk Youth Games

Around 800 young people representing Suffolk’s sporting future converged on Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 11th July for the eleventh staging of the Redrow Homes Suffolk Youth Games.

The event, organised by Suffolk Sport, in association with local authorities, sports clubs, schools and other sports partners across Suffolk is the largest multi sport event in Suffolk. With the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London just around the corner, the Suffolk Youth Games offers the young people of Suffolk a small taste of what it is like to take part in a large-scale, multi-sport event.

The competition in all nine sports was hotly contested, with strong teams from St Edmundsbury, Mid Suffolk, Waveney & Forest Heath in particular ensuring it remained a closely fought title.

Over 80 young people from across the district represented Forest Heath at this years Suffolk Youth Games and showed a great sporting attitude. 8 weeks of training sessions organised by Forest Heath District Council in partnership with Anglia Community Leisure meant that the young people where on top of their game coming second in Tennis, Basketball, Squash and Girls Hockey, along with great team and individual performance in the other sports. The young people were a credit to the district and conducted themselves impeccably throughout the day.

 

Team Forest Heath earned themselves 3rd place, their best ever result, just one point off 2nd place St. Edmundsbury.

 

A great day was had by all and plans are already being drawn up for the 2011 event.

Sports Awards 2009

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Celebrating Sporting Success

WASP Awards Leave Winners Buzzing

 


The fourth annual West Anglia Sports Partnership (WASP) sports awards evening was held at Newmarket Leisure Centre on Sunday 6 December. Supported by Forest Heath District Council and Newmarket Journal the evening was opened with a tremendous performance from the Norwich Synchronised Swimming Team.

 

Short-listed candidates from nine categories came from all over the district to receive recognition for their efforts as participants, coaches and volunteers during 2009.

 

Whilst this was a celebration of sport in general and every effort was made to recognise the achievements of all those in the room, the winners were celebrated with style and given generous applause by those present. Undoubtedly Mildenhall Cricket Club will have been extremely pleased with their evening. The Junior Teams walked away with team of the year in recognition of their exceptional performances this season, whilst junior cricketer, Lily Reynolds, was celebrated as Junior Sports Personality of the Year.

 


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Elsewhere, Scaltback Middle School in Newmarket will be justifiably proud having picked up the School of the Year Award as will West Row Bowls Club who walked away as Club of the Year.

 

The most prestigious awards of the evening were kept until the end of the ceremony. Both the Forest Heath District Council Service to Sport Award and the Newmarket Journal Sports Personality of the Year awards proved extremely difficult for the judges to choose a winner. Pat Widger was awarded the Service to Sport Award for over 40 years coaching Gymnastics and Newmarket’s own 2012 Rowing hopeful Ben Hicks was a worthy winner of Sports Personality of the Year.

 

Other winners were Sarah Stokes who was awarded the Contribution to Disability Sport Award and Claire Thompson won Coach of the Year with the Ray Wells Spirit of the Games Award going to three young Basketball Coaches, Karlynn Edgeller, Chloe Baker and Katy Merryweather.

 

Cllr. Brian Keane, Cultural Services Champion for Forest Heath District Council said commented that ‘Community Sports Clubs play an integral part in offering high quality sports provision across the district. Many are non profit making and dependant on a small army of volunteers who offer their services week in week out to coach, referee, maintain the grounds and clean the clubhouse. The awards evening celebrate the breadth and quality of sport offered by these clubs.’

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 Community Sports Coaches


In partnership with Suffolk Sport, our community sports coaches deliver a range of activities, which provides opportunities for children aged 8-15 to participate in the sport of their choice. The team is also engaged in a range of projects aimed at increasing the number of, and improving existing, sporting facilities.

Sports Development Grants

Sports development grants are available, including the Coach Education Award for people wishing to become qualified sports coaches, and the Sports Excellence Award for sportsmen and women looking for financial assistance to help them reach the top of their sport.

Application Form (pdf download 100kb)
Guidance Notes (pdf download 70kb)

 

Forest Heath has a wide variety of community sports clubs that are open to all.

SportsClubGuide.pdf

Swimming and sports courses


For more information on Sports Development projects across Suffolk, see the Suffolk Sport website.

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