This year’s golf day will be held at Slaley Hall on Tuesday, 5th October. To enter a team of four players, please contact Gary Shipley on 077198 38390 or email Gary on gary@ambersafetyservices.com

Ideally we’d like teams confirmed by the 1st August, so please can any interested parties get in touch as soon as possible.

SPORT NEWCASTLE GOLF TOURNAMENT

Venue SLALEY HALL GOLF CLUB. Hunting Course.

• Biscuits, tea and coffee on arrival. Bacon Sandwiches £4.
• Free driving range tokens from 9.00am

• 10.00 – 11.00:-Team Captain to Report to the Starters table in the golfers bar.
Collect team card.
Any relevant Local rules will be explained.
You will be told which your allocated tee is.
Purchase raffle tickets and identify prizes.

• 11.00 – 11.30:- Pick up any pre booked buggy or independently booked buggy.

• 11.40:- Make your way to your designated tee. (Officials will transport to the furthest tees if required.)

• 12.00:- Shotgun start.

• Best 2 out of 4 scores.

• Handicap allowance maximum 18 for men, 24 for ladies.

• 2 course Buffet meal after excellent day’s golf.

• Prize Giving.

PRIZES

• Nearest pin prizes on each par 3.
• Top 4 team prizes.
• Best dressed team prize.
• Raffle prizes.
• Secret Auction prize.

A message from Malcolm Dix :- We are looking to raise funds for local sports men and women both able bodied and disabled and from all cultures. With your support we can help these sports people realize their full potential, where otherwise they may have struggled. Thank you for entering the event and we look forward to seeing a high level of golf, etiquette, and enjoyment from all. Good Golfing!!

Newcastle United Foundation’s Girls’ Centre of Excellence is celebrating the end of the 2009/2010 season.
60 budding young female stars in squads of Under 10s, 12s, 14s and 16s trained twice a week for 30 weeks over the season, playing weekly fixtures against other FA Centres including Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Sheffield United, and Leeds United.
Trophies for Most Improved Player in each age group were awarded to the following at the Annual Presentation evening held at Newcastle United Academy: Ellie Mark (Under 10), Natasha Goodall (Under 12), Abbey Joice (Under 14). As role models within their age group these girls have helped increase the standards expected both on and off the pitch.
A special award was also presented to Beth Milne who received a surprise call up to an England Under 15 training camp this season.
Centre Director Ben Dawson said: “We are very grateful for the support of Sport Newcastle this season. Their funding towards this programme helps to ensure there is a pathway for gifted and talented female football players in this area”
Assessments are now being held to select players for the 2010/2011 season.

For more information about the Girls Centre of Excellence contact Centre Director Ben Dawson via email – ben.dawson@nufc.co.uk.

Newcastle United Women’s football Club are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Mark Brooksbank as the clubs new Head Coach.

Mark, who takes up his new position with immediate effect said, “I am extremely honoured and excited to be offered this prestigious position as Head Coach of Newcastle United Women’s FC. I can not wait to get started and help the club achieve its full potential. I look forward to meeting my staff and players. These are exciting times for the club and preparation for this fast approaching season has already started. Nothing great was ever achieved with out hard work and this challenge will be no different.”

Mark is a UEFA B licence holder and has completed his UEFA A Licence Preparatory Course. He has many years coaching and management experience working with several leading female teams including the Army Women’s Representative Team, Millwall Lionesses, Crystal Palace Ladies and Sunderland Ladies. Mark has also coached at AFC Wimbledon and at several girls Centre of Excellence including, Brighton and Hove Albion Girls, Leyton Orient Girls, Middlesbrough Girls, West Ridding FA Girls and York Girls. He was also 1st Team Coach and U18s Manager at Kingstonian FC.

For more information on NUWFC, please see their website www.nuwfc.co.uk

Olympic Weightlifting is a major world sport – one of the top six sports, in terms of number of countries taking part. The beauty of this sport is that it is open to everybody – people of every shape and size are welcome, as they compete in their own weight category. It is also a great way of keeping fit!
The main focus for younger people is to learning about safety and sound techniques, and not to lift maximum weights. The AQA, the UK’s favorite exam board, lists Olympic weightlifting in their GCSE 2010 prospectus, as part of the athletic activities.
Olympic Weightlifting athletes produce phenomenally fast actions that make the two competitive lifts (Snatch, Clean and Jerk) look very elegant and graceful.
Since March this year, more and more primary and secondary school students have been quite literally “raising the bar”, in the comfort of their own school. The lifters from all year groups are working hard on their perfect posture, agility, coordination, synchronization, and speed when doing Olympic Weightlifting.
Vika, the qualified BWLA Olympic Weightlifting coach, is constantly promoting the sport she loves, training athletes, and spotting more talented and gifted future stars from the North East. Of course, with the Commonwealth Games 2014 coming to Glasgow, this is a great focus and target for anyone new to Olympic Weightlifting with the determination to succeed.
Have you ever tried it? If not, now there is a chance for you.
In May 2010, with the long term development plan and the help of Clive Wright from Newcastle City Council, the first Olympic Weightlifting club in Newcastle, was set up at the Lightfoot Leisure Centre, in Walker. It is affiliated and sponsored by the British Weightlifting Association. Vika hopes to receive Club mark award, and support lifters in every way possible. The club is open to anyone from the age of 9 years of age, and sessions are free with FUSION cards.
One of the lifters, aged 13, from Walker Schools, who thoroughly enjoyed the after-school activity, commented: “I thought the weightlifting was fun and because I hadn’t tried it before, it was exciting to learn new things”. Jane Hardy, SSCo at the school added: “Our pupils really enjoyed the sessions and Vika was fantastic with the group; she gave the girls lots of confidence!”
Vika is working closely with Joyce Matthews, PDM of Newcastle School Sport Partnership, who helps every step of the way. Thanks to Joyce now more and more schools are inviting Vika to run weightlifting clubs at their schools. Joyce Matthews said: “We are constantly striving for new activities to engage young people, and Vika has the same philosophy that we have in the partnership. Sport changes lives and this could be of these activities that realises untapped potential in our students”.

The sky is the limit in weightlifting! Please come and give and it a go, chances are – you will stay.
Open every Wednesday from 5pm – 6pm and 6pm -7pm
For males and females of 9 – 19+ years of age
FREE with FUSION card at

Lightfoot Centre, Walker

www.raisethebarnewcastle.co.uk

Tel: 0191 2788558
Email: clive.wright@newcastle.gov.uk

Newcastle United Women’s Football Club announces that the First Team Manager Neil Baistow and Head Coach Melanie Reay have decided to leave to club at the end of the 2009 / 2010 season.

The NUWFC Committee and Players would like to thank Neil and Melanie for their outstanding commitment to the club over the last few years and wish them well with their future footballing careers.

Phil Eadon Chairman of NUWFC said ‘Neil and Melanie have both been a big part of this club. Their commitment and dedication to running the club and developing the players over the last few years has been fantastic. This last year Melanie stepped up from being a top class player, who won the Golden Boot, to being Head Coach. They will be a hard act to follow. The NUWFC committee are dedicated to the on going development of the club and will be advertising for their replacements over the coming weeks.”
Neil Baistow and Melanie Reay released a joint statement, “It is has taken a lot of thought to come to the decision but we feel that the time is right for fresh impetus and fresh enthusiasm to drive the club forward. We can look back on our time in charge with a great deal of pride and happiness as we have many fond memories. We leave with the satisfaction that the club is in a healthy position both on and off the pitch.”
For more information please contact: Anne at NUWFC on 0191 415 7340

Ian Elvin was awarded the Wilkinson Sword Trophy for a double decade of dedication to Sport Newcastle. In a fitting tribute, Alan Younger, who recently took over from Ian as Chair, spoke eloquently when describing his service as ‘above and beyond the call of duty’.

Ian, along with Malcolm Dix, oversaw the development of Sport Newcastle over the years and gave his time and expertise to build the Trust into the organisation that it is today. He steps down to focus on his role as Director of Sport for the University of Northumbria.

On behalf of everyone at Sport Newcastle, we wish you well and thank you sincerely for all your effort and achievement Ian!

NEWCASTLE UNITED wrote their name all over the Sport Newcastle annual awards dinner last night as Steven Taylor and Bradden Inman walked away with two of the top prizes.

Taylor, who is on his way back from a knee injury and keen to play his part in the promotion run-in, was named Sports Personality of the Year.

Aussie youngster Inman picked up the Wor Jackie Award presented by Evening Chronicle editor Paul Robertson.

While Taylor took the top honour, Toon legend Alan Shearer grabbed much of the attention after his unannounced appearance to present the inaugural Jack Hixon Award.

It was created in honour of the legendary football scout, whose discoveries included Shearer and who was a proud supporter of the event in his later years. Hixon died in December aged 88.

The award in his name honours up-and-coming football talent and Remie Streete, a 15-year-old centre-back from South Shields, was selected by Newcastle United’s scouts as its first winner.

Streete played for Boldon Colts from the age of five to 13, but signed for Newcastle despite interest from neighbours Sunderland.

Durham cricketer Paul Collingwood won the Frank Brennan Award. The all-rounder is currently touring Bangladesh with England.

Northumberland squash coach Richard Vitty won the Stan Calvert Award for coaching, while the Wilkinson Sword went to Ian Elvin.

A former chairman of Sport Newcastle, Elvin is Northumbria University’s director of sport.

The Rising Stars awards went to fencers Abbi Harvey and Fawn Lamb, boxer Akaash Hussain, Newcastle United footballer Brad Inman, rower Edward Ford, basketball player Hamish Crackett, golfers Jack Hermeston and Nicola Haynes, swimmers Kayleigh Dawson and Lewis Wiseman-Ord, judo player Nico Giuliani, athlete Rachel Lundgren and rugby league player Sinclair Matthews

Miles Starforth reports on Sport Newcastle’s Jack Hixon Award.

Rising star Remie Streete has been tipped for the top. Streete was last night presented with the inaugural Jack Hixon Award by Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer at Sport Newcastle’s annual awards dinner.

The 15-year-old Boldon School pupil plays for Newcastle’s youth team after turning down an approach from rivals Sunderland.

And Shearer was happy to present the award, set up in memory of legendary scout Hixon to recognise up and coming talent, to Streete, of South Shields, who played for Boldon Colts until he was 13.

“It was great for Remie – it was a pleasure to present the award, which I’m sure Jack would also be pleased with,” said Shearer.

Hixon – who helped launched Shearer’s football career – passed away aged 88 last December.

Shearer went on: “His family were there, and it was good to see them. It’s always emotional where Jack is concerned – we all miss Jack.

“He was great for football and great for me. It’s a sad loss for us all.”

On Saturday the 29th May Twickenham will host the Guinness Premiership final. Diageo have kindly donated FOUR tickets for the event – which includes free pints of Guinness – if you would like to attend this spectacular event, please bid by following the below instructions.

At present, bids are invited for an absolute bargain sum of £110. If you’d like to bid, simply click on the add ‘Leave a comment’ link below this article.

100% of money raised will be donated to Sport Newcastle to support talented North East athletes.

Twelve athletes have been selected as Sport Newcastle ‘Rising Stars’, all of whom will receive their awards at the Annual Dinner on Monday, 8th March. Those successful are named below:

Kayleigh Dawson - Swimming
Edward Ford - Rowing
Akash Hussein - Boxing
Nico Giuliani - Judo
Fawn Lamb - Fencing
Rachel Lundgren - Athletics
Hamish Crackett - Basketball
Nicola Haynes - Golf
Jack Hermeston - Golf
Sinclair Matthews - Rugby League
Lewis Wiseman-Ord - Swimming
Abigail Harvey - Fencing

We plan to feature each of these individuals over the coming few weeks. If anyone would like to contribute any images or sporting news/biographies, then please feel free to get in touch.

Andrew
Vice Chair