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Winchester City FC are breaking new ground with the creation of their new Football & Education Academy. This is a unique collaboration between Winchester City Football Club, the University of Winchester, and Jupiter Training, delivering a program
Congratulations and a big thank you to Sport Winchester Intern @emmaj_1904 who graduated yesterday from the University of Winchester BA (Hons) Media and Communications. Wishing Emma all success for her Masters study 🎓We look forward to continuing ou
Congratulations to Littleton Junior Football Club and Prodigy Sport Academy, a division of Winchester Amateur Boxing Club, joint recipients of Sport Winchester’s Community Grant One. Both have been awarded funds to support community sport throu
We are delighted to announce that @activeld_cic is our newest member! Active LD empowers people with learning disabilities through activity, confidence, and community. We are so pleased to have Active LD join our growing community of organisations jo
Free boxing training for Winchester schools! To find out more email: waboxingclub@yahoo.co.uk or call 07769208768 Please share to anyone who may be interested in this great opportunity
Can you help in the latest #spaceforsport quest?Reaching out to the Winchester community to find free land where Cyclocross coaching and practice can take place. We would love to hear from anyone who has land or knows of space that could be made avai
The recent report, “Game Changing: How sport gives every girl a better chance”produced by Public First and commissioned by Sky Sports, estimated that enabling 18-year-old girls to play sport could lead to £570m in annual productivit
Sport Winchester recently launched its vision for a sporting hub at the location of the old River Park Leisure Centre – full details of which can be found on our website. Sport Winchester Chair, Andy Eymond, commented, “We’ve been d
Sport Winchester and architect partners, @radleyhousepartnership have launched this artist’s impression of a community sporting facility on the site of the old River Park leisure centre which could provide space for a range of sporting and recr
@womeninsport_uk have just released a saddening report about inclusivity in sport. The report states that Black girls love sport for the joy and freedom it provides, and 60% of Black girls dream of becoming elite athletes, compared to 33% of White gi
Get active in Winchester this summer! @winchestercitycouncil are hosting a number of exciting events, starting with football sessions for girls and boys aged 6-13 years old during the May half-term (27th-30th May), in partnership with @activeme360. T
This Spring Bank Holiday weekend, why not try a new sport? The @bowlsengland Bowls’ Big Weekend is taking place from 23rd to 26th May, with 800 clubs set to participate. Winchester City Bowls Club will be taking part in the nation-wide event to
Our colleagues at @officialsportengland released some good news last week! The number of adults partaking in sports and physical activity (30 million) is the highest it has been since these statistics were first recorded in 2016. Since then, the numb
Our colleagues at @emduk.ngb, the national governing body for group exercise, have recently released a report on the benefits of collective physical activity, which generated £5.3 billion in the last year. Group exercise helps lower health cost
Last month the government announced it would provide £100 million in funding to upgrade sports facilities in local areas across the United Kingdom, particularly football pitches, changing rooms, goalposts and floodlights. The funding will be ta
@ukactive has recently published its report on the state of the UK Health and Fitness market, which shows some positive trends in that sector. Membership numbers and revenue at gyms and fitness clubs are higher than last year, with a shift towards mo
Earlier this week was the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, celebrated at the @unitednations Headquarters in New York. The theme this year was Sport for Social Inclusion, highlighting how it can bring people together and erase bou
Sport and physical activity have an important social value: they are great ways to build communities, partnerships, teams. However, this can only happen in inclusive and supportive environments, which are somewhat lacking in certain sports. Researc
Community sport is more than just about bringing physical activity to people in a local area. It’s more than just fostering the next generation of sporting stars. It is also about giving residents a sense of belonging, as Iman Mahmood found out
March is Women’s History Month, which is the perfect opportunity to shine a light on some of Hampshire’s most successful sportswomen. These include: @leanneganney14, an ice hockey player from Basingstoke who has played for Team GB. Melani