"Darran was a fantastic ambassador to sport and physical activity. He helped children of all abilities around the course and was a fantastic motivational factor to the children. He even ran back to school with the children from Eastburn. Many thanks and appreciation to Darran for his contribution!"

Oakbank School, November 2008 

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Neball Sporting Champion Tracy Neville pictured above at the West Yorkshire Youth Games 2008.

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Event Organisers - Do YOU need a Sporting Champion?

18th July 2007

Could a Sporting Champion visit help to increase participation in your area.

Please let us at West Yorkshire Sport know of any upcoming events and we can nominate your event. All community and schools nominations must come via your County Sports Partnership.

In terms of benefits, a Sporting Champions visit will:

  • Raise awareness of sport and the benefits of physical activity
  • Engage and enthuse young people
  • Increase the profile of a variety of sports and local sports clubs
  • Improve behaviour in the local community
  • Motivate young people in their wider lives
  • Raise the profile of a particular event

 

Sporting Champions Guidelinee, the visit must

  • be a community visit or school visits however for the latter the emphasis should remain on community sport and not curriculum PE. The key message is school and club links with a view to increasing participation outside of school.
  • be linked to on-going plans to increase participation amongst young people in community sport.
  • encourage/trigger long-term sports development opportunities.

Click here for a flyer which you can download!

   

What will each Sporting Champion deliver?

It is essential that Champions are fully integrated into the event and that they are involved in meaningful, structured activity at all times. Please keep Champion's "mingling" (both with VIPs and young people) to a minimum.

Motivational talk based on the Champion's own experience and directly related to the key theme of the event.

Question and answer session with the young people.

Practical element e.g. workshops, demonstrations, coaching sessions.

All visits should include at least one of the above core elements.

 

Key Messages - Each visit should be linked to at least one of the following key themes:

  • Increasing participation in community sport
  • Club and school links
  • Leadership and volunteering

 

The visit theme you choose will add structure, value and meaning to your event. The Champions have all received training around these themes and can reinforce the importance of the messages to your audience. Please note we do not support awards ceremonies.

 

So, what next?

Get your thinking caps on as to the potential beneficiaries of visits. Contact Sarah.zagni@wysport.co.uk (01484 234087) to register your request.

 

Champions ideally need at least four weeks notice if not more. Your request will then by nominated by West Yorkshire Sport to Sporting Champions. If the nomination is successful Sporting Champions will liaise with your event organiser with regard to the specific details.    

 

We need to know the follwing information

Organisation  / Programme Name
Contact Name
Contact Phone number and email address
Brief details of the event - date, venue aim and aim of the event.

For more information on Yorkshire's Sporting Champions please follow this link http://www.sportingchampions.org.uk/sc2/champions.php?region=Yorkshire&champions_s_id=

If you would like to nominate an event - email sarah.zagni@wysport.co.uk