Barrow Borough Sports Council

Touch Rugby teams ready for action

Wednesday 16th May saw team Captains from all Touch Teams gather for a introduction evening to next week’s
competitive league starting at Craven Park.

The League will be running from 6pm to 8pm starting next Wednesday 23rd May for 10 consecutive weeks.

Eight Teams have entered into the league and they consist of BAE Bulls, Furness Tile Tornados, Barrow Island ARLFC, Walney ARLFC, Barrow FRLC, Tax Dodgers, Furness RU and the Barbarians.

The Barbarians team will be made up of individuals that don’t belong to a team but would like to
come along for a run out. Touch is fun, easy, sociable and minimal contact so males and females can play together.
There is a cost of £30 per team per week (£3 per player based on teams of 10).

For more information visit the Cumbria Rugby League website

If you are interested in coming along to the league then just turn up on the night, or contact Matt on 07775022799 to confirm your attendance.

Nobody will get turned away.

Why workout when you can play?

FREE Holiday Sports at half term

Wednesday 6th June

Hindpool MUGA, 11am - 12noon, Multi Sports
Park Leisure Centre, 2pm and 3pm, Dance Mats
Furness Academy South Site, 2 - 4pm, Multi Sports
Barrow Table Tennis Centre, 2 - 4pm, Table Tennis
Duddon Canoe Club, 2 - 4pm, Canoeing
Furness Academy South SIte, 3 - 5pm, Street Rugby

Thursday 7th June

Park Leisure Centre, 2pm and 3pm, Dance Mats
Furness Academy South Site, 2 - 4pm, Multi Sports
Barrow Table Tennis Centre, 2 - 4pm, Table Tennis
Furness Academy South Site, 2 - 4pm, Netball
Duddon Canoe Club, 2 - 4pm, Canoeing
Walney Mill Lane MUGA, 2 - 4pm, Multi Sports
HIndpool MUGA, 3 - 5pm, Street Rugby

Friday 8th June

Hindpool MUGA, 11am - 12noon, Multi Sports
Park Leisure Centre, 2pm and 3pm, Dance Mats
Furness Academy South Site, 2 - 4pm, Multi Sports
Barrow Table Tennis Centre, 2 - 4pm, Table Tennis

You can turn up to any of the sessions, except canoeing, which must be booked. To book a place for canoeing contact Dan by email, or on 845929.  For a flyer of all of the Whit half-term activities, please click here.

We try to make our activities as accessible as possible we also have lots of free activities for young people with a disability.  These are over on our Equity page.

Walking football for the over 50's

Ever fancied playing on the pitch at the Furness Building Society Stadium but you thought you'd left it too late?  Fancy a game of footie but don't have enough energy to chase the ball.....?   Or maybe you just want to be the new Berbatov?

Walking Football for the over 50's is just for you!

Barrow AFC will be hosting three free taster sessions starting on Tuesday 19 June at 6pm.  And you can chill out after the first session by watching England v Ukraine in the Cross Bar.

For more details, see What's happening.

 

Inspired Facilities workshops with Sport England

Inspired Facilities is the Sport England programme for local community and volunteer groups to improve and refurbish sports clubs or transform non-sporting venues into modern grassroots sport facilities.

There are two free workshops taking place at Penrith RUFC on Wednesday 23rd May.

The first workshop session 'A' will run from 2pm and finish at approximately 4pm. The evening workshop session 'B', will start at 7pm and finish at approximately 9pm.

To book on to either of these workshop sessions, please contact Jackie Hayhow at Active Cumbria by email or ring 01228 221360

You will need to provide your name, organisation and contact details and confirm which workshop session (A or B) you would like to attend

Have some Community Games in your neighbourhood

Community Games provide a wonderful and unique opportunity for communities from all backgrounds right across the country to come together and celebrate the 2012 Games and enable thousands of people to experience and create their own Olympic or Paralympic moment.

We hope that you will want to be part of the Community Games programme - we will support you along the way as you organise your event.

Sign up now for Community Games and bring London 2012 to your neighbourhood.

Grants of up to £250 are available in Cumbria.  For more information visit the Community Games website and express an interest.

 

We can promote your activities - just send us details

If you have any sports activities open to the general public, we can promote them in our weekly email, on What's happening and on our calendar.  Our weekly email goes out directly to over 1000 people every week.  We know that many people forward this to friends, club members and work colleagues.  Other websites also share our calendar.

So if you've got anything on, we can promote it to hundreds of people for free.  Just email Emma your activity, the date, time, venue, cost and contact details and we'll do the rest.

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Join us and help to develop sport

We welcome new nominations for members of the Sports Council from local clubs all year round.  So if you want to join us, don't wait for our next AGM.  You can nominate a member now.  Click here to open the nomination form!

If you want to know who we are and what we do, have a look here or ring Emma on 407319 .

Check out our You Tube site

We now have a You Tube site.  On it, you can see short videos of some of the activities we put on over the holidays and a short film of the new soft play and sensory room.  

You can also check out the Barrow Skate site here.    

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