Welcome to the Cumbria Sport Partnership e-zine!

This month sees the launch of the nomination process for the Cumbria Sports Awards 2008 that will this year celebrate its 25th Anniversary! The Cumbria Sports Awards are the most prestigious sporting awards in Cumbria. The nominations are open to anyone who you feel who has achieved great things in sport locally or who has made a huge voluntary contribution to sport in Cumbria during 2008. Find out more below.

If you have a story that you would like to see in the newsletter, on our website or in Active Cumbria (monthly sport and physical activity newspaper supplements published throughout Cumbria), please call Amy Clement on 01228 221263 or email amy.clement@cumbriacc.gov.uk.

WHAT WE DO...

To help you learn more about the Cumbria Sport Partnership and what we do, we have produced an A-Z of Services to give you more information on the projects, products and programmes we are involved in. Hard copies are available by contacting Jackie Hayhow on 01228 226885. If you would like to know more about the work of Cumbria Sport Partnership, or get involved, please search the 'About Us' pages of the Cumbria Sport Partnership website, or contact the office on 01228 226885.

ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008

Please visit www.cumbriasport.com to download the Cumbria Sport Partnership Annual Report for 2007 – 2008.

Cumbria Sport Partnership has continued its highly successful mission during the current financial year; this has seen a real strengthening of relationships with a wide range of partner agencies, which has led to a great deal of progress being made. The CSP has, and will continue to adapt over the coming year to the ever changing landscape for sport in England. We will strive to maintain and strengthen our position as the sub-regional voice for sports development.

If you require additional details regarding any of the information contained within this document, please contact Eddie Edge on 01228 226096 or email eddie.edge@cumbriacc.gov.uk.

NOMINATE NOW FOR THE CUMBRIA SPORTS AWARDS 2008!

The Cumbria Sports Awards recognises the outstanding talents, commitment and successes of teams and individuals throughout Cumbria who are involved in sport, and we want you to send in your nominations now for this years deserving winners!

We are looking for heroes for awards in 10 categories that recognise various levels of sporting success, in addition to the support services of administration and coaching.

Do you know a budding young sportsperson, veteran or master athlete who just keeps achieving? It could be your child's teacher who teaches sports after school and works tirelessly to train a team for the next sports championships. Or it could be a coach at your local sports club who has spent hours voluntary coaching, and you feel it is time they got the recognition they deserve.

View the 10 Award Categories here.

Each year our judging panel has a real task to choose all the deserving winners as we have some outstanding talent and dedication to sport in the county. Whatever the sport, we're searching for your local sporting hero, so get nominating! The awards will be presented at the Low Wood Hotel on Friday 28th November.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 17th, 2008.

Nominations can be made on-line at www.cumbriasport.com. Nomination forms are also available from branches of the Cumberland Building Society or can be downloaded from www.cumbriasport.com . Nomination forms should be returned to Cumbria Sport Partnership, 5 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1PU.

Tickets to the event are available from Cumbria Sport Partnership, priced at £25. For further information, contact Cumbria Sport Partnership on 01228 226885.

THE NEW BALANCE GREAT CUMBRIAN RUN 2008

The New Balance Great Cumbrian Run for 2008 features an amazing new city centre route. The route for 2008 features a new start location at Carlisle Castle and runs past Carlisle Cathedral and the Citadel within the first mile.

All participants receive a souvenir medal and goody bag at the finish. T-shirts will be given out to all half marathon entrants on collection of their timing chip.

The Half Marathon starts from Carlisle Castle at 9.30am prompt on Sunday 19th October 2008.

You may not be up for the challenge this year, but come along on the day and get inspired to get fit for next years event!

The race is open to all runners aged 17 years and older on 19th October 2007.

For more information on the race visit www.greatcumbrianrun.org.uk . 

OVER £¾ MILLION GIVEN TO SUPPORT SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ALLIANCES IN CUMBRIA!

SPAAs are Sport & Physical Activity Alliances within our six local authority areas. They are the main mechanism for identifying and prioritising initiatives for sport and physical activity at a local level.

In Cumbria £772,779 of Sports Lottery funds has already been awarded to SPAA Projects for schemes with a total value of over £3million! For more information on SPAAs, contact your Local Authority Sports Department. You can download a list of SPAA projects and project funding here.

5 HOUR OFFER

In the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, the government wants to make sport a part of every child’s day and to build a greater sporting and fitter, nation.

The Government's overarching aim is to ensure that all 5-16 year olds have access to two hours high quality PE and three hours of sport beyond the curriculum and that 16-19 year olds have three hours of sport outside of the curriculum. Collectively this is referred to as the '5 Hour Sports Offer'.

This commitment is expressed through the new National PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) launched in January 2008. You can download the new Cumbria PE and Sport Strategic Framework 2008-2011 as well as the Executive Summary document here.

CUMBRIA SPORT CLUBS DATABASE

Cumbria Sport Partnership have been developing a clubs and activity database to help you find opportunities to play sport and get involved in physical activity in your area.

If your clubs details aren't currently in the database, please submit your club details.

If you want to try a new sport, you can also contact your local Leisure Centre or sports club to see what activities they have on offer.