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Durham Dash II
The Durham Dash is a unique and exciting children's street athletic's event returning to Durham City Centre on Wednesday 5th June. ...
Club going from strength to strength
Elvet Striders Running Club, who describe themselves on their website as 'a small friendly and sociable running club catering for runners of all abilities' formed a partnership with the TBSF in January this year. ...
Young Ambassadors win class elections
Nominated by their peers and acting as the class liaison, the Foundation would like to congratulate Jonny Elsdon from Cramlington Learning Village and Ben Simms and Robert Hann from Framwellgate School Durham on being elected by their fellow students to act as TBSF Young Ambassadors. ...
Calling all women!
The TBSF has 725 women members who have trained as sports coaches through the Foundation. Ranging from our 12 year old Tennis Young Leader to our 64 year old Leader in Running Fitness, they all give their time helping others to play sport. It's a great recruitment achievement for us but it still falls way behind the 1,873 male members that have joined us!...
Cramlington students keeping the legacy alive
Based in Northumberland, Cramlington Learning Village is one of TBSF's partner schools where pupils are benefiting as a result of gaining sports qualifications....
Ponteland Runners Pass It On Across the Community
The Ponteland Runners running club became a partner of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation in March 2012 and, thanks to the increase in the number of qualified coaches that the club has gained through the Foundation’s support, the club has gone from strength to strength....
My Student Placement at the Tony Blair Sports Foundation
Northumbria University student Ashley Thompson is currently undertaking a placement at the Tony Blair Sports Foundation as part of his degree course. Here's what Ashley has been doing during his placement....
Joanne Jumps at Chance to Coach Cricket
One of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation’s newest members Joanne Herbertson gained her Cricket Coaching Assistant award at the end of 2012, and is now looking forward to passing on the skills that she learned on her course in 2013....
Passing on Athletics to Middlesbrough’s Next Generation
Based at the Clairville Stadium in Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough AC (Mandale) formed a partnership with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation in September 2011. This partnership has seen the club develop its coaching capacity and sustainability to cater for more members. ...
Northern Frontrunners Prove to be a Great Success
Northern Frontrunners formed a partnership with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation in April 2012. The LGBT club began working with the Foundation in order to increase its number of qualified coaches to support members of all abilities and help the club to grow. And that’s just what they have done. ...
