LET THE GAMES BEGIN conference a great success!

The conference held at Lensbury, Teddington welcomed 131 delegates throughout the day.

The main conference programme was opened by a keynote address from Simon Macqueen, Sport England’s NGB Relationship Manager. This was followed by presentations from 19 National Governing Bodies (NGB) of Sport on their plans to develop their sport over the coming 3 years. The NGBs present were:

Surrey Cricket; English Gymnastics; The Amateur Rowing Association; London Swimming ASA; The Royal Yachting Association; The British Triathlon Federation; Tennis Surrey; England Basketball; English Table Tennis; Badminton England; The English Golf Partnership; British Judo; British Orienteering; England Squash & Racketball; Rugby Football Union; Rugby Football League; The British Equestrian Federation; English Lacrosse and the Surrey FA.

The presentations can be downloaded by clicking here.

Running in unison to the main conference programme was the 'Recruiting fit for purpose coaches ‘workshop. For more information on this workshop please contact create development - www.createdevelopment.co.uk

The evening programme was opened by Brian McDermott, head coach of Harlequins Rugby League. Delegates then had the option of attending 2 of the following 4 workshops.

• How to unlock funding to support your club or organsiation - click here to download the presentation

(useful link - www.sportengland.org/sport_england_funding_strategy_20090106.pdf)

• Change4Life - The promoting sports toolkit - click here to download the presentation

• Volunteering and improving your workforce - click here to download the presentation

• Becoming inclusive of disabled people - click here to download the presentation

The feedback from the delegation was positive with 88% rating the conference as either good or very good.

Testimonials:

"I am interested in attending future programmes. I can definitely make use of the material." - Pat Logan - Kingston Athletics Club

"A good blend of backgrounds allowed the shared practice elements to be effective. The session had an excellent pace" - anonymous

"Really helpful and Informative" Alan Walsh - Ham & Petersham Rifle & Pistol Club

For more information on the LET THE GAMES BEGIN Conference, please contact Justin Webb.