Horsham District Latest News
New Ramadan PE Guidelines Launched
Ground-breaking Ramadan guidance developed by Dr Irfan Khawaja at Birmingham City University will create a more inclusive environment in schools for Muslim students and staff engaging in physical education.
Three Years of Uniting the Movement
January marks three years since Sport England launched Uniting the Movement, its 10-year strategy that aims to transform lives and communities in England through sport and physical activity.
Little Netballers Shine at Millais
The next generation of netball talent in the Horsham area was on show at Millais School on Thursday as school year 3+4 children (aged 7-9) gathered in a festival event under the tutelage of a year 9 group of sports leaders from the secondary school.
Southwater Go Double at the Dodge
Southwater enjoyed double success at tonight’s year 5+6 Horsham primary schools dodgeball tournament. Their A team became champions off the back of a sequence of four straight wins climaxing with a 2-0 defeat of Leechpool A in the final. Southwater B suffered a first phase loss to Kingslea A but bounced back in fine style in Phase 2 Division B again beating a Leechpool team, B, in the final.
All Saints Top of Netball Table, but Leechpool B in Control
After last week’s Division A freeze-off the Horsham Primary Schools Netball resumed with the first Phase 2 Division B meeting at The Bridge leisure centre multicourts. All Saints and Leechpool B both started well. In their first games All Saints beat a rejuvenated Greenway outfit by a single goal and Leechpool B saw off Kingslea B in conclusive style. All Saints then proceeded to despatch Shelley 6-0 and Leechpool B made lighter work of Greenway. Round 3 saw the two confront each other in an excellent game which Leechpool came out the better of, 3-1.
Southwater Year 6s Go Stronger Higher Faster in Indoor Athletics Comp
The third and final meeting of the Horsham Primary Schools Girls Football League took place tonight at the Tanbridge astroturf in bitterly cold weather. Heron Way A were heavy favourites starting the night in pole position and never looked like relinquishing that advantage as they added another three wins to their record. The bigger question mark hovered around second spot with Southwater and Leechpool front sides matching each other point for point but the former prevailing by a goal difference of just three.
Top Tips for Getting Physically Active
Sometimes it can be hard to start being more physically active. Parkrun chatted with a mental health expert from their partners at Mind to get some top tips to consider if you or someone you know is just starting to get active, or trying a new activity like parkrun.
Girls Still Unable to Dream of Reaching the Top in Sport
New research finds fewer than a third of girls (29%) dream of reaching the top of sport compared to half of boys (52%). Over the last three years the charity Women in Sport has tracked how the increased visibility of elite women’s sport has inspired girls. Despite inspirational performances from football’s Lionesses and netball’s Vitality Roses this summer, the latest data shows the number of girls who aspire to play elite level sport has declined (by 2%) compared to the same time a year ago.
Buddle Launch Offers Major Boost to Grassroots Sport and Activity
Grassroots sports clubs and community physical activity groups have a new home as Sport England launch Buddle. The National Lottery funded programme – which replaces Sport England’s Club Matters offering – will provide free learning and support resources to inspire and strengthen clubs and organisations offering sport and physical activity, as well the professionals that work with them.