Competition Managers

The existing Competition Manager team in Derbyshire came into post in September 2007. The team currently consists of a Senior Competition Manager and two Competition Managers. However, additional funding from April 2008 to March 2011, announced in December 2007, will see the team expand with the addition of two further Competition Managers.

The Derbyshire Competition Manager team is part of the national programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and managed nationally by the Youth Sport Trust. Through a national network of 226 Competition Managers the aim is to create:

“A world class system for school aged competition that provides both opportunities for all young people regardless of their ability, and recognised pathways to develop their talents.”

Within Derbyshire the team has identified three key strands to their work, which will help to deliver this national vision:

Support and strengthen existing competitions and infrastructure
Work in partnership to provide new opportunities in competitive school sport
Enhance the communication of information surrounding competitive school sport

The Competition Managers will engage a range of key local partners to work on these three strands. A Derbyshire “High Quality School Competition Plan” is being developed, with local partners, to ensure that sustainable developments are put in place. This plan will provide the basis of the Competition Managers’ work for the three years to March 2011.

By working with area school sport associations, School Sport Partnerships and local PE teachers the Competition Managers will develop local delivery plans to ensure that the County-wide plan is translated into local action. This localised planning process will provide the flexible approach to ensure that the programme is effective for the differing demands within Derbyshire.

The work within local plans will include the planning and organisation of new competitive opportunities for local children, as well as plans to ensure the effective communication of information to schools. Competition Managers will also be collecting and collating data on all inter-school competitions within Derbyshire, enabling reports to be provided to schools and the School Sport Partnerships.

Following the Derbyshire Competition Review, undertaken through 2007, school sport competitions will be designed to fit with the competition frameworks, currently in place for 12 sports. These frameworks provide guidance on the appropriate competitions for young people and the scheduling of those competitions to ensure a calendar that enables more young people to compete and progress within competitive school sport.

Competition Managers

(areas and contact details)

Will Evans – Senior Competition Manager

Derby City and High Peak

Based at Derbyshire Sport offices – Godkin House, Ripley

01773 571235

07717787779

will.evans@derbyshire.gov.uk

Alice Elcombe

Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales

Based at Tibshelf School

01773 872391 ext. 242