Nominate your sporting heroes for the Derbyshire Sports Awards

Nominations are currently being sought for the Derbyshire Sports Awards.

The awards are a perfect opportunity to recognise people who have spent many years volunteering in sport or go the extra mile to help others, as well as clubs that make a substantial contribution to the community and those teams and individuals who have achieved success in their chosen sport.

Categories include Sportsperson of the Year, Junior Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Club of the Year, Junior Team of the Year, Community Coach of the Year and Service to Sport.

Awards will be made at district level, and winners will then go forward to be considered for the county event. More details and entry forms for each district can be found here: http://www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/sportsawards

The closing date for nominations is August 20, except in Bolsover where the closing date is August 6

Last Few Weeks

Hey everyone, my name is Katrina Maciver and my sport is Tenpin Bowling. I know what you will be thinking, thats not a sport but it really is. Ive been bowling for around 11 years and have competed several times for England in Europe.
After a tough few months of training the hard work is starting to pay of having won two events in the last couple of weeks.
The biggest win was only last weekend where I won an under 24 England ranking event, the first time I have done this having only been playing this circuit for a year and a half. It was a tough tournament which involved a 8 game qualifying round which the top 8 females then competed in head to head matches. Head to head matches arent usually my strong point but after playing in a lot of similar event it went much better this time round.
My other latest win has been a one ball event. This is where everyone bowls 3 games using only one ball, and everyone has to use the same ball. This might be a bit confusing to non bowlers but it simple terms most tournament bowlers will have a range of 6-8 bowling balls which all react differently depending on how the lanes are playing. In this event we could only use one so it was a challenge for both experienced and beginner bowlers. I won this event having competed against both the men and women who played this event so was very pleased with how this went.
Anyway thats enough for now, shall post more after the next few events.
Katrina x

Intercontinental Championships

Representing England tae kwon-do at the intercontinental was spread over 2 days. the first night there was a fight night and the team competitions took place.
In the sparring part of the night there were no weight categories so in one of my fights I ended up fighting a woman who was almost 2 times my weight. I didn't win the fight but we still won, getting gold after beating another Canadian team.


the next day was the individual competitions with competitors from Canada, Nepal, Wales and some other countries.
I came out of the day with a silver in sparring, loosing in the final to the Captain of the England squad.
overall it was an amazing weekend and only came out with a couple bumps and scrapes.

Brandon Carr's latest results

I competed in the Central England Karate Open competition at the end of June where I won gold in the individual Kata, gold in the team Kata and silver in Kumite (fighting). My style of karate, Wado, is not as "showy" as some other styles, and as such it is unusual for Wado to win an open competition. This was my last competition in the UK before going to Tokyo in August where I will be competing in the Japan Nationals as a part of the England Squad. I am gearing up with additional training and will be taking my grading before I go.

My name is Anna Toman. I play for Belper ladies hockey club and England u18's.

With Belper this year we won u18 cup indoor and outdoor.

With England we got the silver medal at the 4 nations tournament in Holland.

I'm about to go to Ireland for the home nations tournament.

Anya Colley

As we are at midway point in the British Championship season, I thought you might like a quick update of this year’s championship to date.

The season didn’t start the way I had hoped to be honest and in fact I had prepared a letter for my website (www.anyas.co.uk) explaining that “I would be unable to take part in the whole series this year for a couple of reasons. The first reason being that our family business unfortunately was hit quite hard last year due to the economical climate and as such we have had to work very hard over the winter months to pull things back and get all our staff back onto full time hours so they can continue to support themselves and their families. However I am delighted me to say we are currently extremely busy working 24 hours a day 7 days a week on a big job but there are very specific and immovable deadlines we have to meet which means it looks like I will be unable to attend Round One of the British Championships”.
However my wonderful Dad being the great person he is pulled out every stop and worked every hour possible to get me to Tattershall on Saturday for the first race of the season. It really was a struggle but he did it. Having said that we were totally unprepared as we had been convinced we were going to be unable to make it, but I raced my heart out.
The next major problem I had was the JSRA (our race organising body) unfortunately changed the race date for the second round of the Championships and now for the first time ever my parents were unable to attend the new date as they were out of the country and couldn’t get a flight back due to the backlog from the Volcano spill. My Luck was really down on me this year but even without my parents = my mechanic and my holder I attended round two with the support of my boyfriend, James Bushell and friends Garry Smith & Graham Leech.

Round three I really had my work cut out if I was going to gain some major Championship points after the last two difficult rounds and all was going great until my last Limited race when I unusually suffered a mechanical breakdown in the race – fortunately it was just a blown fuse so an inexpensive repair but a very costly breakdown for me.

Having said all that about my challenging season I am pleased to inform you that I am currently leading the JSRA British Stock Championship and in joint first place despite my costly break down in the Limited Class. So I still have a lot of work to do but considering everything against me this year I am pleased to tell you of my position. From a Girl Power point of view I would like to add that both of these classes are male dominated and I am leading them both!

Please have your fingers and toes crossed for me and hope I have used up all my bad luck in the first half of the season.

My other news for you is that sadly I don’t think I am going to be able to attend this years World Finals Event due to the financial cost. I have not given up hope just yet and I am actively seeking sponsorship from various sources but I fully understand that due to the economical climate for everyone this is even more difficult than usual. My parents have funded me the last few years to enable me to become British, European and 7 times World Champion but unfortunately they are just not able to fund the £7,000 I need this year to attend. Please be assured I will do my best to attend believe me but I thought it was only fair as my supporters you were aware of this fact from me and as soon as possible. I am trying though I promise.

I will of course keep you updated with the news on the 2010 season, Please keep your fingers and toes crossed for me in my hope to win the British Stock title for the first time and regain my British Limited title.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Yours, Anya Colley
British, European & 7 Times World Champion.

Girl Power Fact for your members – I was the first Girl to ever win the IJSBA World Finals Junior, Expert Limited and Amateur Open World Titles!!! Girl Power. http://www.anyas.co.uk/

Erewash photocall

Many thanks to everyone who attended our last district photocall for 2010, in Erewash.

Gymnasts Hannah Dulston and Catherine McNicol, horseball competitors Megan Chiarella and Christie Morgan, rugby union player Jack Partington and table tennis player Emma Vickers all attended, along with jet-skier Anya Colley, bowls player Simon Skelton and fencer Samuel Ward.

Cllr Mike Wallis from Erewash Borough Council and Cllr Carol Hart from Derbyshire County Council met the athletes to congratulate them at West Park Leisure Centre in Long Eaton.

More photos from the day can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/derbyshiresport/sets/72157624424960190/