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LATEST NEWS
Grant Update - Westcroft Judo - Commonwealth Judo Tournament...
Mike Sexton, Matthew Sexton and Ambers Sexton, from the Westcroft Judo Club, represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Judo Championships held in Birmingham (UK) on 25-29 September 2019.
Mike Sexton was the accredited team coach for the event and won Gold in the veterans section, Matthew Sexton narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in his first outing representing New Zealand in the Senior Mens division and Amber Sexton narrowly lost the bronze medal fight, in the Junior Womens division, during... Read More
Grant Update - Salfords Cricket Club - New Scoreboard...
Attached is a picture of Salford Cricket Club's digital scoreboard. A grant of £500 was awarded in November 2017 towards the cost of the new scoreboard. Not really news since the scoreboard was purchased and installed for use last season! However nice to see a picture of it up & running. ... Read More
Grant Update - Matthew - Athletics...
Some of £250 Athletics Grant for Matthew has already put to good use with a new pair of spikes for the forthcoming track season. The photo attached features Matthew with the Junior Boys Team at the English Schools Cross Country Championships held at Temple Newsam, Leeds on the 16th March. Pictured after their 4.1K race.... Read More
Grant Update - Redhill Bowling Club's New Mower...
Reigate & Banstead District Sports Council recently awarded a grant to Redhill Bowling Club of £400 towards the cost of a new mower for their bowls green. John Davison, Director & Treasurer of Redhill Bowling Club has confirmed that they have now taken possession of their new mower. Great photo! Thanks for the update.... Read More
Grant Update - Laura - Running...
Laura recently took part in the National Road relays in Birmingham. Her leg ranked her in the top 25 Senior women individually and helped her team to victory: Their fourth national road title in a row and total 11th in 12 years. Congratulations and keep up the incredible work.... Read More
Grant Update - Liam - Fencing...
Liam travelled to Liberec in the Czech Republic last weekend (6th Oct 2018) for the first European Under 14 fencing competition of the new season. He was up against competitors from the home nation, Germany, Slovenia and Poland. After the preliminary poule stages he had won 9 fights and lost just the 1. In the knockout stages he convincingly beat a fencer from Germany in the round of 64 setting up a match against an experienced local fencer. Coming from... Read More
Surrey Youth Games - Volunteer of the Year...
Julie Mayo - Netball
For the 10th year running Julie, has stepped in to lead netball training sessions for the Surrey Youth Games. Last year she led and mentored a team of six volunteers so that over sixty five girls, none of whom were members of a netball club, could benefit from 1.5 hours a week for 8 weeks of their favourite school sport. In 2017 Reigate & Banstead took 4 teams to the games. The older u13 girls 1st team,... Read More
Club of the Year...
Reigate Priory Hockey Club
(Runner-up: Sovereign Gymnastics Club)
The club and its twenty teams had another highly successful season. It has nine colts league teams across various girls and boys age groups from under 10’s to under 16’s although coaching starts from school year two. The club encourages colts from age 14 to then integrate into adult teams and develop their sport and social skills. This season the club had four mens and five ladies teams, the youngest player being 14 and... Read More
Young Sports Persons of the Year...
Megan Matthews - Livingwell Taekwondo
(Runner-Up: Katie Mackison)
Megan has been training in taekwondo since she was 6 years old. She has achieved black belt (due to be tested for 2nd dan) and has competed and medalled nationally and represented GB in the national Poomsae (non-contact) team internationally. Her ambition is to teach and make people aware of anyone who has any kind of disability physical or mentally challenged. She has twice travelled to Srilanka with Livingwell Taekwondo to help the less... Read More
Team Of the Year...
Chipstead Rugby Football Club 1st Team
(Runner-up: YMCA East Surrey Boccia Club - Wildcats A Team)
A great team formed largely of ex-club junior players who have stepped up. They were recently promoted from the Surrey II league to Surrey I finishing 5th in the league. They were regional champions in the RFU Junior Vase competition and reached the semi-final of the National RFU Junior Vase, losing to South Molton. Their next game would have been at Twickenham.
Our warmest thanks to KD... Read More
Club Official of the Year...
Val Knight - Reigate Priory Bowling Club
(Runner-Up: John Wilson - Old Reigatians Hockey Club)
Val is pivotal to the successful running of Reigate Priory Bowling Club (RPBC). She keeps our Club’s constitution up to date, records Health & Safety requirements, handles new member applications, ensures members’ queries are directed to the responsible club official and a host of other administrative requirements. Val led and championed the process for the club to achieve its Clubmark accreditation in July. She was not only... Read More
Coach of the Year...
Jane Lanaway - Maxforce Trampoline & DMT Club
(Runner-Up: Jimmy Skitt - Reigate Priory Cricket Club)
Jane is an amazing, dedicated and highly qualified level 4 trampoline and level 5 DMT coach. She is the head coach at Max Force and has achieved an amazing year of medals and titles. At the national league finals last held in December 2017 Maxforce performers coached by her took 11 top 10 positions across the age groups and categories. They had two age group champions... Read More
AFFILIATED CLUBS
Affiliation to the District Sports Council is open to any sports club or other organisation in the Borough with a substantial sporting interest. Annual fee - £10 due by 1st April.
The District Sports Council encourages clubs to attain Sport England's Clubmark accreditation and Active Surreys Gold, Silver or Bronze awards. Clubs with one of these awards have the appropriate badge shown in their entry on the list below.
Information about these accreditation awards may be found by clicking on Sport England's Clubmark, Active Surreys Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.