Sport Islington

After the success of the inaugural Islington Sport Makers event in January 2012, the sports volunteering workshop returns to Voluntary Action Islington’s offices on Wedndesday 23rd May from 6-8pm.

If you want to make sport happen in your local community, then come along to the inspirational workshop, where you will also receive free Adidas kit and refreshments. For the full workshop flier, please click here and to sign up for the workshop, please visit www.sportmakers.co.uk or call 020 7815 7838.

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After the success of our 1st Olympic themed funding round, Sport Islington have just launched a 2nd themed round, which focuses on Paralympic and disabled sports projects. The deadline for applications to our latest themed funding round is 3o/06/12, applications will be accepted for grants of up to £1000.00. For more information and to apply to our Olympic themed funding round, visit the ‘Our Funds’ section of our website or see the flier here.

Our 3rd themed funding round will run from 1st July – 30th September and will focus on applications that create a sporting legacy from the Olympic games.

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Islington’s London Youth Games Team made the finals at Lords Cricket Ground for the 1st time in generation last Sunday. The team came an exceptional 3rd, losing in the semi-finals to eventual winners; Redbridge. For an inner London borough to make it to the finals is an exceptional achievement, to come in the medals is a brilliant endorsement of the improvement in cricket provision in Islington in recent years. Sport Islington would like to congratulate all the players, coaches, organisations and support workers involved and look forward to the rest of the 2012 Youth Games programme.

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A small delegation of Sport islington committee members went to the Olympic Aquatics centre on Thursday 8th March to cheer on Islington Sporting Future recipient, Harry Needs. Harry was competing in the Olympic Selection Trials, in his preferred discipline; 100m Butterfly. Harry, recovering from a recent injury, swam extremely well but just missed out on the semi-finals and the qualifying finals for the Games. Harry has another chance to put a marker down in the final selection event for the games in June. Harry is sponsored by Mount Anvil Construction and Sport Islington, we both wish him well with his recovery from injury.

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We have just relaesed our Annual Review of 2011-12, to see a copy please click here

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Sport Islington have launched an exciting new grant programme for 2012. Using the excitement of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, we have launched the 1st of three ‘Themed’ funding rounds for organisations, clubs and groups to apply to. Our 1st ‘Themed’ funding round is accepting applications for projects that will look to engage people through Olympic sports activities. A full list of 2012 Olympic sports is listed below. The deadline for applications to our Olympic themed funding round is 31/03/12, applications will be accepted for grants of up to £1000.00. For more information and to apply to our Olympic themed funding round, visit the ‘Our Funds’ section of our website.

Our 2nd themed funding round will run from 1st April – 30th June and will focus on Paralympic sports activities. Our 3rd themed funding round will run from 1st July – 30th September and will focus on applications that create a sporting legacy from the games.

Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Cycling – BMX, Cycling – Mountain Bike, Cycling – Road, Cycling – Track, Diving, Equestrian – Dressage, Equestrian – Eventing, Equestrian – Jumping, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Gymnastics – Trampoline, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling.

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Islington Council in partnership with Aquaterra Leisure are offering a great opportunity for free training and participation in the London mini-marathon (last 5 kilometres of the great race) on Sunday the 22nd April 2012. The training is open to any 11-17 year old who lives or goes to school/college in Islington.

Training sessions are taking place at Finsbury Park Athletics Track, every Sunday from 10.30-12.30. If you wish to attend, please contact Courtney on 0207 686 0802/07951 720095 courtney.deutrom@aquaterra.org

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Two brothers from Islington are celebrating an early Christmas present after landing Sport Islington’s largest funding grant.

Elliot and Kai Innocent from Angel Islington have bagged £2,000 to help cover the costs of training and competing in their respective sports of Trampolining and Football.

The money comes jointly from SportIslington – a voluntary organisation funded by Islington Council and the Joanna Brown Trust – a registered charity set up in memory of a sports enthusiast from Highbury who tragically died three years ago.

Elliott (17), a nationally ranked trampolinist and Kai (11) a trainee with QPR beat off stiff competition to win the annual ‘Joanna Brown award for sporting excellence’.

After receiving the grant, seventeen-year-old Elliott said; ‘This grant will really help me in 2012, I will be able to enter more competitions and push for the British Team’. Elliott’s brother Kai, said; ‘this funding will help my mum and dad pay for my travelling costs and all of my kit costs’.

Richard Brown of the Joanna Brown Trust, explained why the joint grant with Sport Islington was so important; ‘It is great to be supporting Elliott & Kai. The aim of the joint grant is to provide talented young athletes with support and I know Jo would be in full agreement with the choice to fund Elliott and Kai. The relationship our trust has built with Sport Islington is fantastic and with their help we can continue to support more Islington athletes in the future’.

The Joanna Brown Trust have shown their commitment to supporting Islington athletes by continuing to independently fund Aasha Kimpton and George Durden, who received the award for sporting excellence in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Declan Hamblin, Chairman of SportIslington, said “Combining forces with the Joanna Brown Trust enables both organisations to foster and develop a young talent for a whole year – it’s a great partnership that really helps an Islington resident reach their potential”

The Joanna Brown Trust was established in memory of 30-year-old Joanna Brown, a talented sports enthusiast who died in a trekking accident inSiberiain August 2008.

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Click Here for the latest Access 2 Sport, Coach Education booklet, for courses up until March 2012.

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Aasha Kimpton, a young gymnast from Islington is attempting to complete 2012 somersaults in the 1st two months of 2012. Aasha, aged 12 is aiming to raise money for the Joanna Brown Trust, who have in turn, supported her with the costs of her sport over the last 3 years. Aasha, a Sport Islington grant recipient and an Islington Sporting Future candidate was inspired to attempt this challenge by Richard Brown (of the Joanna Brown Trust), who has entered the 2012 New York Marathon. Aasha, who passes by the Olympic stadium everyday on her way to training is aiming to raise £250 for Joanna Brown Trust, supported projects. To help Aasha reach her target, please give generously at http://www.justgiving.com/Aashakimpton.

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