June

A team from Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School has taken first place in the first U12 county rounders event.

Simmondley Primary School were the champions at the Derbyshire County Kwik Cricket Finals.

Athletes from Erewash who compete in a wide variety of sports, ranging from ice hockey and fencing to table tennis and horseball, have been awarded bursaries from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

The sporting achievements of athletes, coaches and volunteers across Derbyshire are to be recognised at the 2010 Derbyshire Sports Awards.

Interface10, a showcase of inspirational dance performances by young people from Derbyshire and Derby City, has been held at Buxton Opera House.

Derbyshire Olympian Donna Kellogg has been awarded an MBE for service to badminton.

Records were broken in a number of events at this year’s Derbyshire Schools' Track and Field Championships, as young athletes from across the county competed at Moorways Sports Centre Stadium in Derby.

Two free Return to Rounders taster sessions are to be held next month as part of the Bolsover District Council Return to Sport Programme and the Bolsover & District School Sports Partnership Active Tibshelf Initiative.

Young people from Derby City and Chesterfield School Sport Partnerships have taken part in a county athlete assessment day as part of the national Playground to Podium programme.

Highfields Sports Leadership Academy has received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for its sports partnership work with the community.

The first ever Jog Derbyshire 5k is to be held at Shipley Country Park later this year.

Derbyshire Disabled Cricket Club coach Paul Roe has received the Unsung Sporting Hero Award at this year's Community Champions Awards.

Five sporting stars from Bolsover district have each received a bursary from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

Bursaries totalling £4,020 have been shared by 14 of the brightest sporting stars from across the High Peak.

 

Derbyshire will be holding a County Athlete Assessment Day as part of the Playground to Podium programme.

Volunteers' Week, which runs from June 1 to 7, is the UK's annual celebration of the work volunteers do. To mark the event, here we highlight some of the volunteering work taking place within sport in Derbyshire.

Derby goalkeeper Leon Taylor had the opportunity to mix with ex-footballers, soap stars and media when he took part in a celebrity football match during the Paralympic World Cup held at the Manchester Regional Arena.

Volunteers' Week, which runs from June 1 to 7, is the UK's annual celebration of the work volunteers do. To mark the event, here we highlight some of the volunteering work taking place within sport in Derbyshire.