Clubs & Facilities

Clubs Directory for Barrow-in-Furness

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Clubmark

Clubmark was introduced in 2002 by Sport England to:

  • ensure that accrediting partners apply core common criteria to ensure that consistent good practice and minimum operating standards are delivered through all club development and accreditation schemes.
  • empower parent(s)/carer(s) when choosing a club for their children.
  • ensure that Clubmark accredited clubs are recognised through a common approach to branding.
  • provide a focus around which all organisations involved in sport can come together to support good practice in sports clubs working with children and young people.

Clubmark is now managed by Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) Consultants and details of Clubmark can be found here. Clubmark accreditation is awarded to clubs that comply with minimum operating standards in four areas:

The Playing Programme
Duty of Care and Child Protection
Sports Equity and Ethics
Club Management

Clubs working towards accreditation can receive support and advice from their NGB and other partners such as the County Sports Partnership and the Sport Development team. Circumstances will vary between clubs and sports but the process of accreditation is the same. There is only one set of paperwork to complete and in general most clubs are well on the way to achieving accreditation without realising it.

For a 2009 review of Clubmark in Cumbria, click here.

Barrow Borough Vision - Number of Accredited Clubs by 2012: 21 clubs

To date (June 10), 14 clubs have achieved Clubmark status:

Barrow Amateur Swimming Club
Barrow Basketball Club
Barrow Cricket Club
Barrow and District Table Tennis Club
Barrow Golf Club
Barrow Island Rugby League Club
Barrow and District Orienteering Club
Dalton Cricket Club
Dalton Squash Club
Duddon Canoe Club
Furness Cricket Club
Furness Golf Club
Lindal Cricket Club
Pozitive Junior Badminton Club

To date (June '10), 16 clubs are working towards Clubmark status:

Askam ARLFC
Barrow Amateur Boxing Club
Barrow and Furness Striders Athletics Club
Barrow Laikers ARLFC
Barrow Raiders RLFC
Dalton ARLFC
Duddon Cricket Club
Dunnerholme Golf Club
Furness Gymnastics Club
Furness Rugby Union Club
Hawcoat Park Rugby Union Club
Hawcoat Storm Rugby League Club
Hindpool Tigers ARLFC
Roose Pioneers ARLFC
St Columba Table Tennis Club
Walney Central ARLFC

Football - Charter standard

This local Clubmark data does not include the FA’s Charter Standard accredited clubs.  Currently there are 2 clubs within the Borough who have achieved the FA Charter Standard:

Dalton United
Crookland Casuals FC

To date (January 10), 8 football clubs are working towards FA Charter Standard:

Barrow Island Juniors
Dalton Juniors
Duddon Junior Football Club
Furness Cavaliers
Hawcoat Park Juniors
Vickerstown CC Football Club
Dalton Women and Girls FC
Walney Island FC

For more information on clubmark click here

Barrow Island ARLFC has gained Clubmark Gold

Barrow Island ARLFC recently gained their Clubmark gold status and celebrated with a touch competition between parents and kids from various age groups at the club.The competition which was held at Hoops basketball gym Barrow on the 12th March saw a mixture Under 12, 14, 16's players and coaches, and also an open age team compete. The youngsters certainly showed the more experienced players that they had allot of talent, although the open age team narrowly took the title with the Under 16's close behind. 

The evening proved to be very successful with the event organiser Matt Jefferson (League for All Officer, RFL) being more than happy with the turnout.

The event has been offered to all Clubmark gold clubs as an incentive for achieving the award. It is an opportunity for the parents and coaches to get involved in playing themselves, and socialising with the rest of the people involved in the club.

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