• Golf club raises £40k for charity of the year to help prevent youth homelessness

    Golf club raises £40k for charity of the year to help prevent youth homelessness

    St Basils youth homelessness charity were presented a cheque for £40,000 from Edgbaston Golf Club, following a successful two year partnership.

    St Basils, which takes its name from the small church hall it was first launched from in 1972 in Digbeth, Birmingham, has since become the largest youth homelessness charity in the West Midlands, supporting over 5,000 16-25 year olds each year with a range of prevention, accommodation, support, employability and engagement services.

    An Edgbaston Golf Club spokesperson said: “Outgoing Edgbaston Golf Club Captains, Jim Jeffries and Janet Vakil, are delighted with the success of their two year’s association with St Basils. A Birmingham based Charity that works with young people to enable them to find and keep a home, grow their confidence, develop their skills and prevent homelessness. Fundraising activity, for Edgbaston's Captains’ Charity, included three sponsored walks: one in Spain and nearer to home at Ross-on-Wye and Cannock; and also a number of on-line auctions, raffles and contributions from Captains’ days, Invitation days and other golfing events. All of which were wonderfully well supported by the Edgbaston Membership and by friends of the Members.”

    Barrie Hodge, Head of Fundraising and Communications at St Basils said: “We can’t thank the team at Edgbaston Golf club enough for their amazing support during this partnership.  Their commitment to our cause has been outstanding. The money raised by the club is an investment, not just in the young people we support, but in the future of our region and the place we call home.  On behalf of all the young people we support at St Basils, thank you.”

    St Basils Business and Communities Executive for Birmingham Sian Dhillon said: “We’re really lucky to enjoy support from a number of local businesses in Birmingham who form partnerships with us as their chosen charity. Edgbaston Golf Club have gone above and beyond in terms of their dedication to the cause and we’ve been absolutely staggered by the generosity shown and by the amount they’ve managed to raise to help vulnerable young people across Birmingham.”

    St Basils are always on the look-out for further business partners across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

  • Golfers swinging into action to raise funds for mental health charity

    A group of golfers will be swinging into action when they take to the green to raise funds for a mental health and wellbeing charity.

    The 10th annual Michael and Neil Drew golf day will return on September 4 raising funds for The Kaleidoscope Plus Group at Gaudet Luce Golf Club in Droitwich. Brothers Chris and Phil Drew are the organisers of the event having set it up originally in 2011 in memory of their late father and brother, Michael and Neil.

  • Government consultation on exceptions to the Birmingham 2022 advertising and trading restrictions

    Individuals and organisations who could be affected by measures to restrict advertising and trading in and around Birmingham 2022 Games locations are being encouraged to provide their views on a number of proposed exceptions.

     

    The Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act contains offences concerning unauthorised advertising and unauthorised trading in certain places at certain times. These restrictions will help ensure we deliver on our hosting commitments for the Games. They will:

     

    • protect the rights of commercial sponsors, whose contributions help to offset the public costs of the Games
    • ensure Birmingham 2022 Games locations and their surroundings have a consistent look and feel in line with Commonwealth Games branding
    • ensure people can safely access the venues and the free flow of spectators

     

    The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is working closely with the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee and our Games partners to ensure we take a proportionate approach - one that protects the rights of commercial sponsors and ensures that spectators can move easily and safely around Games locations while minimising disruption to existing businesses.

     

    The consultation will run from 5 November until 11 January. Responses will be used to inform potential exceptions to the advertising and trading offences which we expect to be brought forward in secondary legislation later next year. An ‘exception’ is a form of advertising or trading activity (for example, public transport services) that will not be caught by the advertising and trading offences in the Act.

     

    The restrictions will be in place in and around specified Games locations at specified times, and will only be in place when and where necessary, but there is the possibility that the restrictions could apply at any time between 7 July to 13 August (a maximum of 38 days).

     

    A list of the Games locations that we currently expect to be affected is included in the consultation document. In most cases, we would expect the restrictions on advertising and trading to extend no more than a few hundred metres around each location’s perimeter.

     

    However, in some circumstances, restrictions may need to extend further to ensure that designated walking routes and key transport hubs are taken into account.

     

    This consultation does not address the timing or vicinity of the restrictions, as this will be driven by when and how Games locations are used and is the subject of ongoing operational planning. Once they have been finalised, the locations and timings of the restrictions will be set out in secondary legislation.

  • Government demands Premier stars to “play their part”

    With Bournemouth manager, Eddie Howe becoming the first Premier League manager to take a voluntary pay cut – which led to fellow Premier League side Brighton, whose manager, Graham Potter, plus the club’s Chief Executive Paul Barber and Technical Director, Dan Ashworth, publically announcing that they too were each taking pay cuts during the current coronavirus pandemic, the UK government has ordered that footballers all the clubs in English football’s top flight should take a cut in their wages to help frontline services during the current crisis.

     

    Health Minister, Matt Hancock, ordered footballers playing in England’s Premier League to take a pay cut and “play their part”.

     

    However, Gordon Taylor, Chief Executive of the players’ union; the Professional Footballers’ Association will lead negotiations with the Premier League; after which the 20 clubs in the game’s top division will be updated on the next step.

     

    They are seeking to agree a temporary cut, as there are increasing fears that deferring payments will put a massive burden on the clubs at a time when the world’s financial situation will be struggling.

     

    Hancock plead with the top players, saying: “Given the sacrifices that so many people are making, including some of my colleagues in the NHS, who have made the ultimate sacrifice of going into work and have caught the disease and have sadly died, the first thing that the Premier League can do is make a contribution – take a pay cut and play their part”.

     

    All Premier League clubs will be asking players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs. One club, however, Tottenham Hotspur, have moved to cut none-playing staff’s pay.

     

    Many in - and out of - the game are urging top footballers in the country to not resist any pay cut in light of the present world situation.

     

     

  • Government planning to lift football standing ban?

    It has been said that plans to lift the ban on standing in the English Premier League and Championship are set to be announced by the government, with a handful of grounds being able to use designated safe standing areas before the end of the season. With an announcement set to be made within the coming weeks, it would mean that for the first time in over 25 years, fans of some top-flight football clubs would be legally allowed to stand and watch their team play.

    Chair of the Football Supporters Association, Malcolm Clarke, said it was a "welcome" development that would benefit all fans, adding: "People who want to stand should be able to do so in safety. Those who want to sit should be able to do so without having their view blocked."

  • Government provide £600m package for school sport as part of Lionesses 'legacy'

    England captain Leah Williamson has welcomed a substantial government package which will seek to create equal school sport opportunities for girls. Schools in England will be required to offer equal access to sports, including football, and deliver a minimum of two hours of physical education per week.

    More than £600m of funding is to be delivered over two academic years. It comes after the 23 members of England's Euro 2022-winning squad wrote an open letter to the government.

  • Government pulls plug on Australia 2025 Commonwealth Games

    The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host before Victoria volunteered in April 2022.

    But the premier said the projected cost had now tripled and become "well and truly too much" for the state to bear. CGF called the decision "hugely disappointing" and said it is "committed to finding a solution". Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto called the decision a massive humiliation for the state and hugely damaging for its reputation as a global events leader.

  • Government pulls plug on Australia 2025 Commonwealth Games

    The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host before Victoria volunteered in April 2022.

    But the premier said the projected cost had now tripled and become "well and truly too much" for the state to bear. CGF called the decision "hugely disappointing" and said it is "committed to finding a solution". Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto called the decision a massive humiliation for the state and hugely damaging for its reputation as a global events leader.

  • Grand Slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza announces retirement ahead of Laureus World Sports Awards

    Spain’s multiple Grand Slam tennis champion, and former World No.1, Garbiñe Muguruza has announced her retirement from the sport, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career.

  • Gravesend batonbearers announced for Queen's Baton Relay

    Batonbearers who will run the last leg of the Queen's Baton Relay in Kent have finally been announced ahead of its arrival next week.

    When it is paraded through Gravesend next Friday, the first athlete with Romany heritage to compete at the Paralympic Games, an Olympic heavyweight boxer and the chairman of the North Kent Caribbean Network will be some of those carrying the baton.

  • GRC, LME and UKA combine in groundbreaking new joint venture for future of athletics in the UK

    UK Athletics (UKA), The Great Run Company (GRC) and London Marathon Events (LME) have announced the creation of a new joint venture, Athletic Ventures, which is set to transform the future and growth of athletics in the UK and to deliver major athletics events.

  • Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad selected for home World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24

    The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, (1-3 March) has just been announced by UK Athletics.

  • Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships

    The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary (19-27 August) has been announced by UK Athletics. The team has been selected to fulfil the aim of the policy for these championships; to optimise medal success and the number of top eight placings.

    The full team will be finalised once UK Athletics has received World Rankings invitations from World Athletics next week. Subject to invites being received, those athletes who have met the UKA qualification standard and demonstrated current form will be selected.

  • Great Britain and Northern Ireland team are Belgrade-bound for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

    UK Athletics have announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad heading to Belgrade, Serbia for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships later this month (30 March).

  • Great Britain and Northern Ireland team selected for European Athletics U18 Championships

    UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team selected for the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel from 4-7 July.

    With a maximum team size of 40, Jessica Bailey (coach: Matthew Long, club: Leven Valley) heads to Jerusalem as a strong medal prospect as the current European leader in the 3000m, after a 9:19.12 clocking at the Milton Keynes BMC earlier this month.

  • Green fees included at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course

    Green fees are complimentary for all Sandals Emerald Bay guests at the world-class golf course in Great Exuma in The Bahamas.

    Designed by golf legend Greg Norman, the award-winning Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course is recognized as one of the most scenic 18-hole ocean-side golf courses in the Caribbean and renowned for its challenging fairways. A golfer’s paradise, 6 signature holes hug the coastline of a scenic peninsula, and prevailing trade winds promise new experiences with each game.

  • Grenada to face USA in CONCACAF Nations League tournament

    Grenada will host the highly anticipated Grenada versus USA football match in the 2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League international football tournament, th the game taking place at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium on March 24.

    Currently ranked 24th in the CONCACAF ranking index, the two, along with El Salvador, are in League A Group D, while the United States is ranked 2nd behind Mexico.

  • Grenada to host rugby tournament

    The 2022 Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) tournament will be held in the Spice Island.

    Set for December 2-3, 2022, at Grenada’s Cricket Stadium, rugby teams from Canada, England, Fiji, France, Scotland, the United States and Wales are expected to compete for prize money and the coveted winner’s titles that are up for grabs.

  • Ground-breaking Laureus Sport for Good Review reveals girls challenging barriers in sport

    Traditionally male-dominated sports are being challenged for popularity by sports and physical activity usually more favoured by girls and young women, while girls are also increasing their involvement in sports once regarded as predominantly male – suggesting the idea of “boys’ sports” or “girls’ sports” may be becoming an outdated concept.

  • Group taking action over ‘brain injuries caused by repeated heading impacts’

    A group of families - which includes 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles' son John - will present medical submissions to the High Court in London in the latest stage of a legal challenge being brought against the Football Association, its Welsh counterpart and international football's lawmakers Ifab.

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