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Following the success of the Active Sussex coaches breakfast in Brighton in 2011, national training body Sports Coach UK has chosen our region to pilot its breakfast club specifically aimed at talent coaches.

The event will take place at K2 Crawely on 24 February, and is open to all coaches working with athletes or teams of county standard and above.

Sports coach UK's Talent Lead Stuart Armstrong will host the breakfast club, which will focus on the development needs of UKCC Level 3 coaches. Broad themes to be covered include the role of the coach in developing talent, and learning from front-line coaches. Read more about Stuart Armstrong.

Talent Coaches Breakfast Club K2 Crawley. Friday 24 February. 9:00am-11:00am. For more details and to book, contact Anthony Statham on 01273 644149 or astatham@activesussex.org

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Are you serious about running? Ever thought about setting up your own running group for friends or colleagues? Half price places are availble on a one-day course that will give you all the training required by Run England and England Athletics to set up your own casual running group for beginners. 

Once you're completed the day training and registered with Run England, you'll be ready to go. What you do with the group after that is entirely up to you. You can collect subscriptions, plan schedules, regular runs and trips – even start entering competitions.

The Leadership in Running Fitness Course will be of interest not only to individuals who want to share their love of running, but also to community organisations, employers looking to improve the health and wellbeing of their staff, and running and athletics clubs looking to engage with beginners in their area.

Leadership in Running Fitness Course, 26 February, at Falmer Sports Centre, University of Brighton. £90. 8:45am-5:30pm. 

To register for half-price subsidised place priced at £45, contact Diane Farmer on dianefarmer@btinternet.com

Read more at www.runengland.org/leader

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London 2012 Paralympic Games sponsor Sainsbury’s today pledged a £10 million package to support the new School Games Competition over the next four years. The company's financial input will mean

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The first Sussex Sport Makers convention takes place on 19 January at the University of Brighton's Eastbourne campus.

Sport Makers is a nationwide programme to develop a sporting legacy from the Olympic Games. Its aim is to recruit 1,120 volunteers locally in Sussex to help make sport happen.

Come along to discover what the programme has to offer for potential Sport Makers and for organisations wishing to recruit sports volunteers in Sussex over the next two years.

Sport Makers convention, Thursday 19 January 5:30-8:00pm, University of Brighton, Hillbrow, Denton Road, Eastbourne. To book your place, register to become a Sport Maker at www.sportmakers.co.uk 

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'Be a Star!' was the rallying cry at the Hilton Brighton Metropole on 25 November 2011 when the sporting community of Sussex gathered to hand out its annual awards, organised by Active Sussex.

In between the speeches, gala dinner and entertainment, 15 gongs were awarded for outstanding sporting achievement.

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Active Sussex hosted a coaches' breakfast on the last Friday of Brighton and Hove's TakePart festival, adding a vital networking element to the successful fortnight of sporting events.

Over 20 coaches made their way to the Yellowave Beach Cafe on Brighton seafront at 7:30am on 8 July for coffee and pastries, before an hour of networking and discussion.

"We wanted to see if the breakfast meeting format, already well-established in the business world, would transfer to the coaching community," said Active Sussex's Anthony Statham, who organised the event.

"Judging by the turnout and feedback, this is clearly something we would look to repeat elsewhere in the county, as well as here in Brighton."

For more information on coaches' network meetings, contact Anthony Statham on astatham@activesussex.org or 01273 644149.

See all the photos from the coaches' breakfast

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