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		Fun and bruises had by all last Wednesday down at Cumbria Sports 10th Birthday Old Skool Sports day

Events
	Great North Swim Lake Windemere Sept 12th & 13th entries have now closed, limited charity places still available >>more The Cumberland Challenge - Sunday 6th September the 4th cyclo-sportive 105 mile cycleride starting 07:30 Brampton >>more UCI Track Cycling World Cup Thurs 1st October, Velodrome Manchester >>more Penrith Triathlon 30th August 400m swim, 24km cycle, 5km run >>more Cockermouth Triathlon 6th September 500m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run >>more Helvellyn Triathlon 6th September 38m cycle including kirkstone pass, 9 mile run up Helvellyn >>more Circus Ronaldo at Mintfest Thu 27th - Sat 29th part of Lakes Alive >>more Ulverston Sprint Triathlon 13th September 400m swim, 28km Cycle, 7km run. Starting from Lakes Leisure Ulverston >>more

Sport News
	Michael Johnson is left dumbfounded by Usain's performance >>view Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt wins the 100m gold medal at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin and sets a new world record time of 9.58 seconds in the process >>view Showboating rider Spanish Alvaro Bautista falls off bike after wheelie goes wrong! >>view Watch the key moments as GB's Jessica Ennis wins the heptathlon gold medal at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin >>video Usain Bolt breaks Michael Johnson's 200m world record from 1996 (19.32 sec.) >>video Andrew Flintoff hailed a great team effort by England after finishing his Test career as an Ashes winner. Watch the post match >>interview World number one Roger Federer has claimed his third Cincinnati Masters title after scoring a 6-1 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic >>more >> follow Cumbria Sport on Twitter

Though it hurts to say this from runner up position, 'Well-done!' to the Orange Hexagon's who stole the title from Yellow Diamonds at Cumbria Sport's 10th Birthday Celebration Old Skool Sports Day. Also, big well done to team '6-pubs-in-an-hour' for winning Pub-O and managing to get round 6 pubs in, you guessed it 1 hour (responsibly of course).

And the wooden spoon went to the Losers sorry team Blue Circles

Active Cumbria Goes Digital

Never miss another Active Cumbria! Active Cumbria monthly Press supplement is now available in digital format. All 2009 editions can be viewed, downloaded and printed. If you would like to be part of a future edition of Active Cumbria please contact us.

Follow the link to view the August edition >>more

The Olympians are coming! Great North Swim attracts the elite

Cassie Patten, our Olympic Herione from Beijing will defend her Great North Swim title. This year over 5,000 swimmers of all abilities will be set off in waves of 200 and the event will be televised for Channel 4. Nova have teamed up with a number of strategic local partners to create the event >>more

Sportswoman of the year - Nominations now open!

On the 3rd November Sport England will be sponsoring the Community Club Volunteer Award at The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Award. Last Year's winner Kay Stokes, a part-time worker and mother of three coached aspiring triathletes. As well as competing herself she spends seven hours a week working with juniors >>more

Well Done Dean! 7 medals for team GB

Walney based Dean Kelly has returned home from the World Dwarf Games in Belfast with and incredible 7 medals. these included 3 golds, 3 silver and 1 bronze!! He is now world champion in football, 100 metres, 200 metres >>more

Cumbrian Money goes un-claimed!!

Caudwell Children has made over 2000 donations to families with disabled children, donating almost £1 million to help children with wheelchair needs. Caudwell Children is a special, efficient and unique charity. Speaking to the team at Caudwell they have expressed that the Cumbrian pot has not yet been touched and no applications have yet been made >>more

Top professional Basketball Coach heading for Cumbria

Laszlo Ratgeber Head coach for Spartak Moscow Region, heading for Hoops to provide a coaching clinic is a major boost for Basketball in the North West. Ian France said "This is an ideal opportunity for basketball coaches and PE teachers to see coaching at the top level" >>more

The Charter for Children's Play - promotional resources

Play England have recently launched a new set of resources to help you raise the awareness of the importance of play for children in your area >>more

Surf Queen 2nd in World Championship

Self-taught Rhiannon Woodman from Carlisle tackled 12ft waves in Santa Cruz, Portugal last week to achieve 2nd in the World Championship contest >>more

Cumbria Outstanding Service To Cricket

No red carpet and no fanfare, but the CCB shone a spotlight on the outstanding contribution made to cricket by volunteers at the boards OSCAs ceremony at Edenside >>more

Wigton's Astro Turf - Official Opening

This weekend sees the official opening of Wigton Sports Partnership Astro-Turf. The team have been working tiredlessly since 1992 to provide the sports community of Wigton with first class facilities. Weekend events kick off on Saturday at 1.30pm with the grand opening of the pitch. Followed by Hockey, Rugby and Cricket then the all important barbecue. Sunday has a wide range of exciting activities >>more

New online E-Learning site launched

Advocacy & Activity Buddy scheme (ABBS) has launched an online 'E-Learning' site to train volunteers to support disabled people access sport or physical activity >>more

Coaches set to benefit from Typhoo Sports For All

Sports coaches are set to benefit from the new Typhoo Sports for All project. Typhoo Tea Limited is partnering with the English Federations of Disability Sport to make sport more accessible for disabled men, women and children right across the UK. This brand new initiative, funded entirely by Typhoo, will train a minimum of 500 community-based sports coaches all over the UK >>more

Jobs
	Development Officer (Coaching) Cumbria Sports Partnership 2-Year Fixed term appointment 37 hours based in Carlisle >>more Women's Hockey Head Coach University of Manchester 3hrs a week for 22 weeks >>more Regional Officer Cumbria/Lancaster - Badminton England £22 p/a closing date Friday 4th Sept 09 >>more Head Coach - Women's hockey Club Manchester University 1st Team >>more Football & Netball Coaches - University Of Cumbria, Newton Rigg campus >>more Men's Rugby Union Team Coach University of Manchester's Men's Rugby Club 2nd Team >>more Netball Coach 3rd & 4th Team Netball Clubs at Manchester University >>more Women's Cricket Coach University of Manchester Women's Cricket Club >>more Head of Communications & Marketing Sports Equals national organisation based in Birmingham £40,000 plus benefits >>more Community Cascade Training Project Manager Sporting Equals ntional organisation based in Birmingham. Up to £28,000 plus benefits >>more Head of Administration Sports Equals national organisation based in Birmingham. £30,000 pro rata 29 hours >>more Sports Consultant Sports Equals national organisation based in Birmingham. Up to £28,000 plus benefits >>more

	The Velopark - click image to find out more
	Dame Kelly Holmes believes grass-roots athletics in Britain is on the right track to produce the Olympic champions of tomorrow >>more Britain's women boxers have been given the green light to compete for gold at the London 2012 Olympics >>more Weymouth, London 2012's sailing venue, is promising to deliver a spectacular event for the next Olympics >>more Jamaican athletes, including Olympic and World Champion Usain Bolt, will use Birmingham as a base for training ahead of the London 2012 Games >>more >> follow London2012team on Twitter

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