Leisure and Physical Activities

Vale of Glamorgan Community Sports News

Archive: July 2011 - September 2011

 

Kim Morgan toasts her 25 years at Cowbridge Leisure Centre with leisure services manager, Jamie Morgans25 year celebration for Cowbridge Leisure Centre - 29/09/2011

Customers and staff at Cowbridge Leisure Centre have been celebrating its 25th anniversary - and the impact of one staff member in particular.  

 

Girls invited to turn up and play football - 19/09/2011

A new weekly 'turn up and play' football session for girls is starting at Parc Bryn Y Don in Dinas Powys from Saturday 24 September.

 

Charity auction raises cash for disability sport in the Vale - 09/09/2011

Disability sports in the Vale of Glamorgan have received a generous financial boost after a local cricket club’s charity auction evening raised £1160.

 

Vale beginners are blown away by windsurfing taster day - 17/08/2011

A Community Chest grant has helped the Barry Windsurfing Association hold a free taster day for beginners and intermediates in the Vale.

 

National Play Day a big hit with Vale families - 09/08/2011

More than 500 people made Victoria Park in Barry a frenzy of fun for this year’s National Play Day on Wednesday 3 August.

 

Windsurfing taster dayNew street dance course at Barry Leisure Centre - 08/08/2011

Bookings are now being taken at Barry Leisure Centre for a brand new 10-week street dance course which will start from Monday 12 September.

 

Victoria Park enjoys sporty boost - 05/08/2011

Victoria Park in Barry is set to become one of the Vale's sportiest parks after a local community group was awarded a Community Chest grant.

 

Young rookies learn lifesaving skills at Llantwit Major Leisure Centre - 22/07/2011

A group of young swimmers at Llantwit Major Leisure Centre are now armed with vital lifesaving skills after successfully completing a ‘rookie lifeguards’ course.

 

Vale beach cricket  festival bigger than ever - 22/07/2011

A record number of primary school pupils from across the Vale took to the sand at Whitmore Bay for the annual Dragon Sport beach cricket and boccia festival.

 

Council event helps obtain extra funding for Skill Centre tennis sessions - 21/07/2011

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has helped the Sully Skills Development Centre obtain funding for tennis sessions for people with disabilities.

 

Lottery play project to give Vale children a summer of fun - 19/07/2011

This weekend sees the launch of the summer ‘Play Aloud’ programme, a series of free children’s events across the Vale.

 

Vale leisure centre staff trained to save lives - 04/07/2011

All staff at the Vale of Glamorgan’s leisure centres have undergone practical training in the use of Automated External Defibrillators, vital equipment which could save a customer’s life.

 

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