6th October 2008
Latest news
News Articles 2007 - 2008
| 03/10/2008 | BBC Sports Personality of the Year |
| BBC Sports Personality of the Year are looking for nominations for this year's Young Sports Personality of the Year. | |
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| 02/10/2008 | Golden girl supports Young Ambassador Conferences |
| Olympic sensation Rebecca Romero is today in Derby to support our Young Ambassador Conference. | |
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| 01/10/2008 | BBC Sports Unsung Hero 2008 |
| Do you know someone in your area who goes an extra mile to change the lives of others through sport and deserves recognition? | |
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| 29/09/2008 | Registration opens for a very special conference |
| Online registration is now open for the Special Schools PE and Sport Conference 2008 - Inspiring Dreams: Creating Opportunities. | |
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| 29/09/2008 | Sue Campbell CBE is appointed to the House of Lords |
| Sue Campbell CBE, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust and UK Sport and has been appointed to the House of Lords and will serve as a Crossbench (non-party political) Peer. The accolade is in recognition of her major sporting contribution to the UK. | |
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| 23/09/2008 | Silver sailor visits Oxford to support nationwide Young Ambassador Scheme. |
| Olympic silver medal-winning sailor Joe Glanfield is in Oxford on Tuesday 23 September to support a nationwide scheme which celebrates Britain’s hosting of the 2012 Games. | |
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| 18/09/2008 | Young Ambassadors get London 2012 recognition |
| Our Young Ambassador programme has been granted the London 2012 Inspire Mark by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). | |
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| 18/09/2008 | Inspiring the next generation |
| To coincide with the launch of the London 2012 education programme, the Youth Sport Trust has launched the Inspiring School Sport website. | |
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| 11/09/2008 | Helene wins gold! |
| Sky Sports Living for Sport Athlete Mentor Helene Raynsford became the first Paralympic rowing gold medallist in history, winning 1000m single sculls races in Beijing. | |
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| 10/09/2008 | Guiding the sporting agenda |
| The Youth Sport Trust and Sport England recently met with Girlguiding UK to develop a formal relationship to support sport through alternative methods. | |
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| 09/09/2008 | Eleanor makes history |
| Eleanor Simmonds, became Great Britain's youngest individual Paralympic gold medal-winner yesterday winning the 100 metres freestyle in Beijing and beating 39-year-old Holland swimmer, Mirjam de Koning-Peper, in 1min 18.75sec. | |
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| 08/09/2008 | Paralympic Games 2008 |
| Britain’s Paralympic bid got off to flying start yesterday with Team GB winning four gold medals on the first day of action. | |
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| 05/09/2008 | Local MP witnesses the power of Sky Sports Living For Sport |
| Damian Green, MP for Ashford, Kent is today meeting students from The North School in Ashford, Kent who are involved in ‘Sky Sports Living For Sport’. | |
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| 04/09/2008 | Young Ambassador becomes Paralympic Games torchbearer |
| Dominique Alexander-Ellis, a Young Ambassador from Capital City Academy in London has been invited by the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) to take part in the Beijing Paralympic Torch Relay. | |
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| 01/09/2008 | It’s all change at the Xchange |
| The School Sport Xchange (SSX) has grown substantially over the last year which is why we’ve given it a clean out over the summer. | |
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| 01/09/2008 | Highlights from the UK School Games |
| We give you all the highlights from the UK School Games 2008, which was the biggest and best yet. | |
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| 01/09/2008 | Bright future for young sprinter |
| UK School Games gold medallist Deji Tobias reckons he has the potential to catch triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt after he won gold in the 100m final. | |
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| 29/08/2008 | Rebecca Adlington opens the UK School Games |
| Golden girl of the Olympic pool, Rebecca Adlington, yesterday backed the third annual UK School Games, being held in Bath and Bristol. | |
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| 21/08/2008 | UK School Games |
| The UK School Games kicks off in Bath and Bristol from 28 to 31 August showcasing the UK’s finest school-age elite athletes. This is the third UK School Games to be staged and it looks set to be the biggest and best yet. | |
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| 19/08/2008 | Face behind the Games - Lisa Blacow |
| Lisa Blacow, Senior Competition Manager, tells us about the role her team have played in the event and the importance of school sport. | |
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