February

Derby triathlete Tom Bishop retained his Senior Boys title at the East Midlands Airport Derbyshire Schools’ Cross Country Championships, during a busy afternoon of racing at Mount St Mary's College in Spinkhill, North Derbyshire.

After several months of planning, Jog Derbyshire is up and jogging!

A new boccia club has been set up in Amber Valley, with the first session due to be held on Monday 23 February 2009.

A ‘lucky 13’ promising sports stars from Erewash have been presented with bursaries from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

Four rising sports stars from Bolsover district have been given a helping hand in their bid to reach the top, with a bursary of £300 each from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

Teams from Chellaston School and Woodlands School came out on top at the year seven Derby City Sportshall Athletics Championships, held at Moorways Sports Centre.

Ben Ainslie CBE has kindly agreed to the naming of the Derbyshire Youth Sailing intermediate age group, series championship trophy, as the Ben Ainslie Trophy.  Ben Ainslie, the Multiple Olympic and World Champion dinghy sailor was named for a record breaking third time as the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of The Year 2008 as well as being a finalist in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards and receiving a CBE in the 2009 New Year’s Honours list.

Derby snooker player Hannah Jones has become the youngest player to ever win an event in the World Ladies and Billiards Snooker Association.

Workmates who want to get fit and tackle a challenge as a team, whilst raising money for a Derbyshire charity at the same time, are being sought to take part in this year’s Championing Derbyshire Corporate Team Challenge.

Around 500 Derbyshire school pupils will compete for glory in the East Midlands Airport Derbyshire Schools’ Cross Country Championships on Tuesday, February 24.

Disabled people in North East Derbyshire and Chesterfield are being encouraged to get involved in sport as part of a new leisure scheme.

Some of Derbyshire’s Olympic hopefuls have been given a boost in their quest for glory, with a bursary from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

Derbyshire hockey player Alice Sharp has been chosen as the winner of the Higgins Group UK Youth Award for 2008 by the Hockey Writers' Club.

A team from Chesterfield’s Brookfield Community School have won the first county futsal competition for girls.

A new 3G football pitch at Queen's Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield has been officially opened by Chesterfield Borough Council.