Harborough District Sport & Activity Alliance - Olympic Games
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HDSAA - Developing Sport and Physical Activity in the Harborough District

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The HDSAA recognise the importance of sports clubs and other local orgnisations who provide excellent opportunities for the community to participate in sport and physical activity. Our ambition is for the Olympics to be a catalyst for developing a legacy in the Harborough District of more people participating with excellent opportunities provided by the best clubs, coaches and facilities.

A section of our action plan has now been developed to identify the way forward in developing a legacy for the District. Download our action plan for 2008 - 2009 below.

Local Success

Helping to achieve sporting dreams

 

Hugely-talented youngsters from the district, who could be going for gold in the next Olympics, have been helped on their way by council & HDSAA funding.

 

Following Team Great Britain’s fantastic medal haul in the recent Olympics, the district’s own future hopefuls are gearing up for the 2012 London Games.

 

Some of those who could be vying for medal glory in four years time include Tom Owen (windsurfer), Paul Koenig (judo), Caley Demarco (gymnastics) and Lorna Twomlow (paralympic swimmer). They recently helped raise a flag in Welland Park to mark London becoming the next Olympic host city.

 

Rounders player Rachael Roberts, triathlete Jack Hall and tennis ace Charlie Tully are also potential stars of the future.

 

These youngsters are just some of those who have benefited from Harborough District Council grants to help them achieve their sporting dreams.

 

Tom Owen, who has recently joined the Olympic development programme, said: “The council grant has helped me a great deal. It has been put towards my training and my coaching qualification, which I have now achieved. I spent a large portion of the money on one-to-one training to focus on my weak points to improve my racing results.”

 

Rachael Roberts added: “It is very hard to get funding or sponsorship, as rounders is not an Olympic sport, so I am extremely grateful to receive this money. It means a lot to me.”

 

If anyone is interested in sponsoring them, contact Andrew Watson at Harborough District Council on 01858 828282. 

 

Clubs

There are some fantastic clubs in the Harborough District. Harborough District Council and the HDSAA have produced the directory which can be downloaded below. For more information, please contact HDSAA on customer.services@harborough.gov.uk / 01858 828282.