Christina Rees: .... I got a black belt first dan when I was 13 and a fourth dan in 1974. I may come across as being rather feeble but I do have a dark side, so be very scared. I went on to represent Wales schools in hockey, tennis and athletics. Sport gave me a focus and confidence, and it made me a team player, so working in sport is an absolute pleasure. And now it is difficult to stop me talking. Anyway,...
Jenny Gilruth: ...included. I enjoyed listening to Brian Whittle’s first speech yesterday, particularly because I went to a Scottish state school and had a range of opportunities to participate in sport through hockey, netball and tennis, for example. It could be said that I became a confident individual because I had the chance to take part, to play as part of a team and to develop wider social skills in...
Chris Evans: ...the recommended hour of physical activity every day. That situation simply has to improve. Although physical education lessons in schools often focus on competitive sports such as football, hockey, rugby and netball, they should also put emphasis on general fitness training. Schools should also be given the tools and resources that they need to encourage after-school sports clubs in...
Lord True: ...with a global television audience—a venue claimed on the LVA’s own website to be, “a jaw-dropping events space … in the super league of London’s … venues”. It has the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, another Olympic facility, which will stage the Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy in June with finals-day tickets priced up to £62.50 a throw—they have already sold...
David Mowat: I beg to move, That this House has considered multi-sports clubs and HMRC changes to community amateur sports club status. It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Bone. In many ways the context of the debate is the rather disappointing Olympic legacy, with participation reducing in sports. In the past four years, the number of people doing more than half an hour of sports a week has declined...
Judith Cochrane: ...the opportunity to speak at Consideration Stage of the Rates (Amendment) Bill. The amendment is primarily concerned with the rating of premises that are occupied by community and amateur sports clubs. I commend Mr McKay for bringing the issue forward and for the fact that at least some of his proposal is now included in the Department's Bill. There is no doubt that these clubs play an...
James Dornan: ...and to show them what their great work and support have helped to achieve in Malawi. I took over to Malawi a generous donation of boots, balls and football strips from Queen’s Park Football Club, which is based at Hampden in my constituency. They ended up with those unfortunate young men in the young offenders institution. Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending Queen’s Park’s...
Baroness Doocey: ...for long-term sporting use, while the stadium is well on its way to providing a new home for West Ham United—albeit at a hefty conversion cost to the taxpayer. Next month, the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre will host the Wheelchair Tennis Masters, bringing together the world’s elite wheelchair tennis players for their end-of-season final. Both the venue and the fact that four...
Daithí McKay: ...for money in the longer term. In the areas of obesity and diabetes, this certainly would be preventative spending. He also referred to the cross-community benefits of community and amateur sports clubs. I know of one example in my community where a local GAA club and a rugby club have worked together to build bridges in a community where there had been cross-community issues. That has...
Rebecca Pow: ...to girls, who, sadly, opt out all too frequently. Some excellent youth programmes for boys and girls are running in Taunton Deane, including the centre for cricketing excellence, Taunton Vale hockey club, Taunton rugby club and Taunton football club. Will the Minister expand a little further on what the Government are doing, especially for young schoolchildren’s participation in sport?
Ronnie Cowan: ... the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill); I have two daughters and one son. My election agent and my campaign manager were women, and I am a fully paid-up member of the gender balance club. It is my privilege to represent the area in which I was born and grew up. Prior to me, Inverclyde was served by Iain McKenzie, who won the seat in a by-election after the death of David...
Caroline Nokes: Last Friday, 2,200 children took part in the Hampshire youth games. One of the best things to see was the link with the sports clubs that volunteered and ran the different sports, such as the Trojans club in my constituency, which spent all day running the hockey.
Karen McKevitt: ...community resuscitation strategy, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service is charged with encouraging owners to register their defibrillators with it. This is a good opportunity for local sports clubs and businesses to register so that the Health Department becomes aware of the location of defibrillators. It will aid the development of a new first responder scheme. The Assembly also has a...
John Mason: ...continue to hold events that should encourage visitors—for example, visitors can watch Scotland’s only professional basketball team, Glasgow Rocks, at the Emirates arena. Cycling, swimming and hockey all now have world-class facilities, so we can look forward to regularly holding major events in the future and not least to Glasgow co-hosting the first European sports championships with...
Stuart McMillan: ...members who signed the motion to allow the debate to take place. I am a Morton fan, hence my reason for wanting to highlight the excellent community-based work that is going on, centred around the club. As a long-standing supporter of Greenock Morton, I am proud to speak to the motion congratulating the work of Greenock Morton Community Trust, which I will call the Morton trust in my...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...from January 2014 to February 2015 inclusive. Examples of opportunities include volunteering with British Athletics at the Sainsbury’s 2014 Summer Series, and a chance to volunteer with England Hockey at the EuroHockey Championships in August 2015, which was promoted in the November 2014 newsletter. Join In was established in 2012,supported by government funding, to harness the goodwill...
Helen Grant: ...ethnic background. The government investment will be matched by the Football Association, alongside further contributions from other partners such as the Premier League and Football League clubs and Local Authorities with a shared ambition for over £200 million of total funding. In February this year, Sport England launched ‘Club Matters’, a £3.6 million programme, which offers a...
Carál Ní Chuilín: I am aware that every club, regardless of whether it is soccer, rugby, Gaelic or hockey, wants to look at better facilities, and 3G and 4G pitches are on the long list of things that groups need. I am certainly not aware of the IFA per se replacing 3G and 4G pitches at the minute. The Member will be aware of the subregional funding, but that is not about the replacement of pitches but is...
Carál Ní Chuilín: I thank the Member for her question. As the Member knows, responsibility for promoting hockey in the North of Ireland, including Lurgan and Portadown, rests with the governing body of the sport, Ulster Hockey. Since 2011, Sport NI has provided Ulster Hockey with funding of almost £914,000 for the promotion and development of hockey across the North. A further £551,000 has been invested...
Lord Watson of Invergowrie: ...situations grew out of a position whereby football supporters—who, as other noble Lords have said, are the lifeblood of the game—were being treated with utter contempt by the people who own the clubs. My noble friend Lady McDonagh outlined the situation very well as far as Wimbledon was concerned. Dundee United was in a situation where the board of directors had not even issued all the...
