Barrow Borough Sports Council

What we do

Barrow Borough Sports Council is the strategic body supporting sport and physical activity in the Barrow Borough. Our members include the Borough and County Councils, local schools and Colleges, professional and amateur sports clubs and other agencies which support sport and physical activity in the area.

The Sports Council is supported by a multi-agency Sports Development team. This team works together to implement the Barrow Sports and Physical Activity Strategy. 

The Sports Council awards grants to local clubs, organisations and individuals who are working on projects which support our Strategy.  We run free holiday sports activities and we are partners in Kick It Out, Furness Street Soccer and lots of other local projects and activities.  We also recognise local achievement by awarding a Performance of the Month Award and with our Annual Sports Awards. 

The Sports Council meets every 6 to 8 weeks and our Annual General Meeting is in November each year.  If you want to keep informed about what we do and other sporty stuff in the area, email Emma and and ask to receive our free weekly email

Barrow Borough Sports Council Meetings 2012

Thursday 26th January
Thursday 15th March
Thursday 10th May
Thursday 5th July
Thursday 13th September
Thursday 11th October (includes voting for Sports Awards)
Thursday 29th November - AGM
All meetings will be held at 7pm at the Nan Tait Centre

Sports Development Team Meeting Dates 2012

Thursday 12th January
Thursday 23rd February
Thursday 19th April
Thursday 14th June
Thursday 12th July
Thursday 27th September
Thursday 8th November
All meetings will be held at 1pm at the Nan Tait Centre

Our 2010 - 11 Annual Report

You can read our 2010 - 11 Annual Report as a 3MB Word document here or as a pdf here.  

Barrow Borough Sports Awards 2011 Winners

Our 2011 Sports Awards Winners were announced on Friday 18th November in front of a full house at Barrow Town Hall. 

Junior team Hawcoat Park Rugby Union Junior Colts

Young sports volunteer Joe Johns      

Open age team Furness Cricket Club

Sportsperson Barrow Raiders' Gary Broadbent

Junior sportsperson of the Year was table tennis player Emily Bolton.  Emily couldn't attend our event because she was away winning the national under 15s doubles championship with her partner Tin Tin Ho.

Pat Ryan Service to Sport winners were David Braithwaite, Jeff Coward, Alison Otto, Jack Charnley, John Patterson

Congratulations to all the winners and the finalists.  

The finalists are listed below. 

Junior Team of the Year

Hawcoat Park Rugby Union Junior Colts
Barrow Island U12 Rugby League Team
Furness Academy Year 7 Football Team
Cumbria Cascades Junior Entertaining Troupe
Yarlside Primary School Football Team

Junior Sportsperson of the Year

Emily Bolton Table Tennis
Elliot Newby  Football
Sarah Jones  Orienteering
Sam Nicholson Athletics
Jamie Warriner Disabled Swimming

Young Sports Volunteer of the Year

Thearapat Nueto  
Sarah Kirkby
Tom Milligan  
Joe Johns  
Gabby Steele  
Brogan Stewart

Open Age Team/Club of the Year

Barrow Wanderers Football Club
Furness Cricket Club
Barrow Table Tennis Club

Sportsperson of the Year

Chris Pearce Basketball
Gary Broadbent Rugby League
Sonja Foster Multi Sports
Dean Kelly Multi Sports

 

Womens Sports Day

Masters Rugby

Free holiday sports

Join us

We are always happy to receive new nominations for members of the Sports Council from local clubs and leagues. You can nominate a member on the attached form at any time. If you want a chat about what’s involved before you take the plunge, ring our super secretary Emma on 01229 407319.

Click here to open the application form!

Get in touch

We hope you find our website useful.  We try to keep it up to date but we rely on local clubs and partners for information. 

Please let us know if you want anything adding to the site;  if any of the information is incorrect or if something doesn't work.  

Weekly E-Bulletin from Cumbria CVS

Our friends at Cumbria CVS send out an e-bulletin newsletter about community issues every Friday.  This includes lots of advice for community groups and charities.  Some of this will be useful to sports clubs.

If you would like to start receiving the e-mail or have information that you would like to be included in the newsletter, submissions need to be received by  2pm every Thursday.

Please contact:  Julie Sharkey - Tel: 01229 823144, email:  juliesh@cumbriacvs.org.uk

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