December

Derbyshire’s Liam Pitchford has been named the 2010 Olympic Athlete of the Year for table tennis.

Sport England has launched a new online tool to help sports organisations in their bid to get more people playing sport.

Liz Broomhead , a dedicated servant of netball at all levels in Derbyshire, has won the BBC East Midlands Sports Unsung Hero award for 2010.

England and Great Britain Cerebral Palsy footballer Leon Taylor has visited Remploy Derby's offices to give a presentation to workers there. 

Two students from Derby are among the young volunteers to be honoured by Sports Leaders UK at a special awards ceremony at the House of Lords.

The ASA Young Leaders Training Programme is to be launched in Derbyshire.

Highfields School in Matlock has been selected as an Olympic Dreams School, as part of a special project run by the BBC and the British Council in the run-up to the London Olympics in 2012.

Teams from Derbyshire’s Frederick Gent School and Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School have made it through to the regional stages of the Carnegie Champion Schools Rugby League Competition. 

Nominations are being invited for the Golf Volunteer of the Year Awards.

Businesses are being invited to sign up for the UK Corporate Games 2011.

Chesterfield table tennis star Liam Pitchford has been shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.