News
Saturday Multi Skills and Multi Sports coaching sessions
Sporting Start are returning to Broadoak primary school on Saturday mornings to deliver coaching sessions to local children from the 4th October 2008. Multi-skills sessions will be delivered to children aged between 5-7 from 9.30-10.15am where children will be given the opportunity to participate in a range of activities where they will develop various motor skills in a fun and engaging environment.
From 10.30-12.30 Multi-Sports sessions will be delivered to children aged between 8-11. Children will be given the opportunity to develop skills in a range of sports such as Basketball, Hockey, Cricket, Football, Tag Rugby, Tennis, Netball and many more. All sessions will be delivered by our vastly skilled and experienced coaches. For more details don't hesitate to contact us or call: 07940097364.
Performing Arts Saturday Morning Clubs - 27 May 2008
Due to the success of the Performing Arts after school clubs Sporting Start are now offering children the opportunity of attending classes on a Saturday morning at St Andrews CE Church Hall, Boothstown. Sessions will be tailored to develop children in musical theatre, drama, singing and dancing with the opportunity to perform a show to family and friends after 10 weeks. Read more details.
Football and Tag Rugby Holiday Clubs - 25 April 2008
Following on from the success of the Easter Football and Tag Rugby Club, Sporting Start will be returning during the Whit Half Term to deliver another holiday club at Swinton Moorside. More details and download an application form please.
Saturday Morning Football Coaching - 20 April 2008
From the 3rd May 2008 Sporting Start are offering Football Coaching every Saturday morning at Broadoak Primary School. Sessions will be delivered by our very skilled and qualified FA coaches and will run from 10am - midday each week. More details and how to book.
Sporting Start make local news - 10 April 2008
This week saw Sporting Start make an appearance in the local press. After a number of successful events in the Salford area, Pamela Welsh of the Salford Advertiser met with the Sporting Start team to discuss their recent success.
The article can be read in full below;
Former rugby player focuses on a new goal
A FORMER Swinton rugby league player has swapped the scrum for the classroom as he sets out to educate the city’s youngsters in the ways of healthy living.
Chris Irwin, who used to play for Swinton Lions, has set up a new business, called Sporting Start, which goes into the city’s schools to teach kids about sport and keeping healthy.
Sporting Start was set up in September 2007, and works in various schools in Salford delivering PE as part of the curriculum and was the brainchild of Walkdenborn rugby star Chris.
Chris played for rugby league sides Wigan, Leigh, Oldham and Swinton Lions and wanted to teach kids about sport.
He said: "I retired from rugby in 2005 to become a PE teacher and worked at MANCAT college for two years before deciding to set up my own business in sports coaching. I just thought that children weren’t getting the right kind of sports coaching - that’s not a reflection on the teachers - it’s just that teachers in primary schools have their hands full actually teaching and it is difficult to get the required five hours of sport a week in."
Chris and his team currently go into schools in Boothstown and Walkden and are looking to expand to the Warrington area and teach the children PE as well as running after-school clubs.
The clubs cater for a range of sports, including gymnastics, football, rugby, multi-sport and performing arts and Chris has also given up his Saturday mornings to meet his goal of getting children fit.
Chris, 26, said: "We have been working with the children on Saturday mornings at Salford Sports Village where the children can develop their skills.
This programme will draw to a close in a few weeks where these children will attend the Salford Reds game against Widnes Vikings and perform a mini-skills session at half time before being awarded a certificate of achievement by one of the Reds players."
Chris, who was brought up in Walkden, also got the chance to revisit his old primary school James Brindley Community Primary.
He said: "I hadn’t been back in years and everything just looked so small.
"When I was there, I was convinced everything was massive, but now I teach in the hall, and it seems tiny in comparison!"
Sporting Start in partnership with Swinton Lions - 01 April 2008
Following a recent meeting with Swinton Lions, Sporting Start have entered into a working partnership with the professional sports club. The partnership will see both parties supporting the work they do in the community by encouraging young people to get more involved in sport.
This partnership follows on from the one already set up with Salford Reds as Sporting Start continue to create links and support the various professional sports teams in the Greater Manchester area. Return to the Sporting Start website for further news on this exciting partnership and others which are likely to be set up in the coming months.
Easter Holiday Club - 5th March 2008
Sporting Start is pleased to announce that we will be running Football and Tag Rugby sessions during the Easter holidays at Swinton Moorside Cricket Club. The Easter Club will run each day from the 7th - 11th April and again the following week, 14th - 18th April from 09.30 - 15.00 each day. For more details or to book your child a place please download the application form.
February Holiday Clubs - 17th January 2008
Sporting Start will be offering a Football and Tag Rugby Holiday Club to children at Broadoak, St. Andrews CE Boothstown and St Marks RC Clifton from the 18th - 22nd February 2008. For more details about these courses and how to register your child, simply fill in this form.
Sporting Start in partnership with Salford Reds - 14th December 2007
Sporting Start are working closely with Salford Reds Rugby League club in an effort to increase the number of children and young people participating in sport. The partnership will see both organisations looking at new intiatives which will present opportunities for children to develop an interest in sport in and around Greater Manchester. Return to the Sporting Start website soon for more news on this exciting partnership.
Saturday Morning Clubs - 4th December 2007
Sporting Start are now offering Saturday morning clubs at Broadoak Primary School, Swinton, starting in February 2008. The club is only open to children from the school but if you would like a similar club to be set up at your school do not hesitate to contact us with you details.
Gifted and Talented Tag Rugby - 23rd November 2007
After visiting 8 schools and delivering Tag Rugby to over 250 children in Salford, Chris Irwin and the Sporting Start team invited 45 Gifted and Talented Tag Rugby players to St Andrews CE Primary school, Boothstown. These children were identified by Chris and the Sporting Start team of coaches as potential stars of the future as they showed skills such as speed, agility, awareness, team work and confidence as well as various other rugby related skills.
The event was a huge success with 40 children from 6 schools attending the afternoon. Both the staff and the children from the various schools fully enjoyed the day as well as the coaches from Sporting Start who delivered a variety of skill drills before organising a mini-tournament for the children to participate in. All children left the event with a certificate of achievement, contact details of local rugby clubs and huge smiles!
Thanks to all 250 children who were involved in the G+T Tag Rugby event from the following Salford schools: Broadoak Primary School, St Andrew's Methodist Primary School, St Andrews CE Primary School, Moorside Community Primary School, St Mary's CofE Primary School, Hilton Lane Primary School, Light Oaks Infant School and St. Paul's (Crompton Street) Church of England Primary School.
Dance and Performing Arts now offered - 3rd October 2007
Sporting Start are now offering schools the option of Dance and Performing Arts programmes. These sessions are to be delivered as part of the curriculum / PPA cover as well as through our after school clubs. The Dance and Performing Arts programmes are in addition to the variety of sports courses currently on offer. For more information, please contact us.
Sporting Start are recruiting - 22nd September 2007
Sporting Start are looking to recruit coaches to deliver various sports across Primary Schools in the Greater Manchester area. Find out how you can join the team.
Salford Gifted and Talented - 5th September 2007
Sporting Start have recently teamed up with Salford Gifted and Talented in an effort to search for future rugby stars. Over the coming weeks Sporting Start will be visiting 8 different primary schools across Salford and delivering tag rugby sessions. Sporting Start coaches will highlight gifted and talented rugby players who will then be asked to attend a celebration event.
The 8 schools involved in the scheme are:
- Hilton Lane Primary, Little Hulton
- Moorside Primary, Swinton
- Broadoak Primary, Worsley
- St Andrews CE Primary, Boothstown
- St Marys Primary, Swinton
- St Andrews Methodist Primary, Walkden
- St Paul’s RC Primary, Walkden
- Light Oaks Primary, Salford
Website Launch - 1st September 2007
On Saturday 1st September 2007, the new Sporting Start website - www.sportingstart.co.uk - was launched. With further online developments planned soon, this is an exciting time for Sporting Start and its members.
