April

A girl’s cricket team from Anthony Gell School has qualified to compete in the national final of The Lady Taverners U13 Indoor Schools Competition at Lords Cricket Ground.

Bolsover District Council is encouraging people to get active and take up hockey.

Clubs, leagues and district development groups are being invited to make nominations for this year’s NatWest OSCAs (Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards).  

Derbyshire’s U13 Badminton Juniors have taken second place at the National Team Finals, held in Hatfield.

More than 1,000 Derby school pupils are set to take part in a huge celebration of Dance at the Assembly Rooms. The ‘Celebration of Dance’ is organised by the Derby City School Sport Partnerships to give pupils involved in dance the opportunity to take demonstrate their talents in a professional setting.

v, the youth volunteering charity, is inviting young people aged 16 to 25 to apply for funding to set up small volunteer-led projects in England that are inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Pupils and teachers at Anthony Gell School are celebrating three times over after U14 girls teams from the school won County Championship titles in three different sports.

A lucky 13 young sporting stars from North East Derbyshire have received bursaries from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund, between them sharing £3,810.

Players at Hilton Disability Football Club have been presented with new kit from the South Derbyshire School Sport Partnership, ahead of their appearance at the forthcoming international football match which is being staged at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton.

A total of 56 coaches have been offered a share of £5,000 to help them gain new skills and qualifications, thanks to the Derbyshire Sport Coach Bursary Fund.

New disability football sessions have been launched in Wirksworth through a partnership between Wirksworth Colts, Derby County in the Community, Derbyshire FA and Derbyshire Dales District Council.

Eight talented young sports people from the Derbyshire Dales have shared in a £2,310 cash boost from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

More than 4,500 people took part in this year’s Derbyshire Building Society 10k, Fun Run and Cooper Parry Business Team Challenge.

The Community Sports Trust has launched the Derbyshire Village Games, a new exciting sports project for rural Derbyshire.

Bursaries totalling £3,240 have been shared by 12 of Amber Valley’s most gifted sporting stars, awarded by the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

Bursaries totalling £3,150 have been shared by 11 sporting stars from Chesterfield thanks to the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.