Barrow Borough Sports Council

Our free holiday sports for Whit Half Term 

Daily - Tuesday 28 May to Friday 31 May

2pm – 4pm Furness Academy South site outdoor sports

2pm – 4pm Barrow Table Tennis Centre*

11am – 12 noon  Hindpool MUGA

2pm and 3pm  Dance mats at the Park Leisure Centre*

Tuesday 28 May and Thursday 30 May

3pm – 4pm Boxing at Pats Gym

              

All free for 8 to 15 year olds - boys and girls  

6 and 7 year olds can also attend Table Tennis and Dance Mats but the parent or carer must stay.

        

Free Street Sports for 8 to 15 year olds
Boys and girls welcome

Term time

Tuesday – Hindpool – multi sports
5.30 – 7 at Hindpool Urban Park
 
Wednesday – Ormsgill – multi sports
6.30 – 8 at Ormsgill Kick about

No kit required - just turn up and play

With Barrow Raiders Community Foundation

 

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Roller Derby - now open to men!

Barrow Infernos - The mens team

Although predominantly a game played by women, men just had to get in on the act. The men’s game, Merby is taking off in a big way, and the Furness Firecrackers now have a men’s team too!

Training Times 

Ladies Only - Tuesdays
Park Leisure Centre 5:45 - 7:15pm

Men Only - Thursdays
Hoops Basketball Centre - 7:00 - 8:30pm

Everyone - Endurance and Agility - Fridays
Hoops Basketball Centre - 7:45 - 9:15pm

Newbies - Sundays - Hoops Basketball Centre - 6:00 - 7:30pm

Check out the newbies page of the Firecrackers website for more info or visit here for a quick introduction.

  

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, on our calendar and on facebook.  Our weekly email goes out directly to over 1000 people every week and we have over 2000 friends of Facebook.  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 .

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