Vale of Glamorgan Community Sports News
Archive: July 2011 - September 2011
25 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.
New
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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