December

The Derbyshire Golf Partnership has launched the Derbyshire Golf Coach Development programme.

The main pool at Queen’s Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield has reopened after undergoing extensive modernisation and improvements including a new air handling unit, a moveable boom, an electronic auto-time system and a re-furbished viewing gallery.

Derbyshire Golf is to benefit from an investment of funding from Sport England, Golf England and Derbyshire Sport.

The sporting feats of young people living in Derbyshire were among the accomplishments recognised at this year’s Derbyshire County Council Young Achiever Awards.

Teams from Ecclesbourne School, Chellaston School, Tupton Hall School and Shirebrook School emerged triumphant at this year’s county futsal tournament.

Derbyshire is becoming a more active county, with 23.5 per cent of residents now taking part in sport or active recreation for at least 30 minutes three times a week.

A vision of how sport in Derbyshire will look in 2015 has been unveiled, with the launch of the Plan for Sport and Active Recreation in Derbyshire 2010-15.

The latest round of the Derbyshire Sport Coach Bursary Fund, which ended on 31 October 2009, has been able to offer 63 coaches a share of £5,658. This support will help coaches gain new skills and qualifications and enable them to make a significant difference to sport in Derbyshire.

A multi purpose national cycling velodrome is the centrepiece of a report detailing a £50m overhaul of Derby’s leisure facilities to be presented to Derby City Council Cabinet in January 2010.  It follows an independent study to assess the adequacy of Derby’s existing leisure facilities and to make recommendations about their future.

A nationwide talent drive has been launched to find athletes with the potential to become a Paralympic Champion in 2012.

A new directory for qualified sports coaches and leaders in Derbyshire has been created to help meet the expected surge in interest in sport as the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games get closer.