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, Furness College Sports Hub and lots of other local projects and activities. We also recognise local achievement by awarding a Performance of the Month Award (surprisingly, every month....) 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. Our next AGM is on 26th November 2009.
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
Holiday sports prgramme at Hindpool Urban Park
Table tennis session at our Womens Sports Day in June 2009
Our 2008 Annual General Meeting
It was our AGM on 27th November and we re-elected Tony Callister as our Chair and Glyn Roberts as our Vice-chair. Lis Stephenson is still our Treasurer because no-one else will do it. Emma Broadbent is still secretary because if we get someone else, we will have to make too many changes on the website..... and because she does a wonderful job.
Our amateur sports clubs and other organisations are now represented by;
Neil Bates - Walney Central RLFC
Glyn Roberts - Barrow Swimming Club
John Sherwen - Duddon Canoe Club
Alan Troughton - Hawcoat Park Sports Club
Mark Burrow - Cheers4all
Pat Ryan - Furness Catholic Amateur Boxing Club
Stephen Cheers - Barrow and Furness Striders
Dave Bailey - Furness Falcons
Dave Maguire - Furness Rugby Union
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.
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If you are thinking of buying something from Amazon, please use the banner at the top of our website. If you go from our site to Amazon and make a purchase, we get a small fee. If you leave Amazon and go back to make your purchase we don't get anything. So please use our link. Any funds we raise will go to support local sports. Thanks.
Furness Community Press
Most of the pictures on this website are provided by our friends at Furness Community Press. If you see any dodgy pictures, they have probably been taken by an enthusiastic member of the sports development team.
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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