Waveney District Council’s Sports and Leisure Development role is to promote access to sporting and leisure opportunities throughout the community, for all levels of ability.

Sports development in Waveney seeks to provide a programme of sporting opportunities aimed at teaching young people sporting skills in a fun filled environment.

Working with various partners such as the Suffolk Sport Partnership, Waveney District Council aims to ensure it continues to meet with success and further increase the number of people participating in sport and physical activity on a regular basis.


Achievements to Date

• Development of a Cultural Strategy for Waveney (adopted April 2006)
• Development of a Physical Activity Strategy for Waveney – led by the Primary Care Trust (PCT)
• High number of quality and trained coaches involved in voluntary sport
• High number of clubs working towards national accreditation - 13 sports clubs have already achieved Clubmark accreditation – ensuring they have met national standards in duty of care and child protection, sports equity and ethics, club management, coaching and competition
• Development of highly successful Step into Sport Programme – Sixth Form students are placed in local sports clubs to undertake volunteer placements during the year (15 students have taken up their placements for 2007)
• Continued success of the Waveney teams in the 2006 Suffolk Youth Games by retaining the Overall WinnersTrophy, having won the 2005 Suffolk Youth Games and jointly winning the Fair Play Trophy!
• Partnership working with Kirkley Sports College, Lowestoft and Beccles Schools Sports Partnership, voluntary sector clubs and countywide partners
• Recognition of achievement and contribution of sports volunteers through the Waveney Sports Awards
• 2 Waveney sports clubs were runners up at the 2006 Suffolk Sports Awards
• One of a series of Sportshall Athletics Festivals was held at the Denes High School, Lowestoft in October and the event was won by Waveney!

 
Looking Forward - Ambitions for 2007/08

• Development of the Active Waveney Sports Partnership
• Working Towards the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Suffolk Sport



The Sports Development Service in Waveney has changed significantly since the establishment of the Active Sports Partnership (now Suffolk Sport) in 2000. This authority hosts Suffolk Sport on behalf of Sport England and other Suffolk local authorities. For more information, please visit:
Our Suffolk Sport webpage
or
The Suffolk Sport website at http://www.suffolksport.com  (opens new window)


WDC Performance within the Suffolk Sports Partnership during 2005/06 (figures to date):

• 43 community clubs supported
• 78 coaches attended National Governing Body (NGB) training courses
• 2 applications supporting clubs and schools towards achieving external funding
• 64 volunteers involved in the programme
• 1,201 young people attended the various activities and events held

Suffolk Youth Games



The annual Suffolk Youth Games, which started in 2001, is the main competitive event in the Suffolk Sports Partnership’s programme and is Suffolk’s biggest multi-sport event for young people. Since its inception, over 500 young people have represented Waveney in the Suffolk Youth Games. For more information and results, click on the links below:

Suffolk Youth Games

The Suffolk Sport website at http://www.suffolksport.com (opens new window)


Athletics

For athletics reports, please see our Athletics webpage:


Everyday Sport Roadshow

The importance of sport and physical exercise was played out in spectacular fashion as the Royal Green was turned into a hive of activity during Half Term week. For getting the positive message across, Sport England's Everyday Sport Roadshow rolled into Lowestoft on Bank Holiday Monday, 29 May 2006. For full report and further information click on the links below:

Everyday Sport Roadshow

The Everyday Sport Roadshow website at http://www.everydaysport.com (Opens new window)


London 2012 Olympic and Paralymic Games

With the 2012 Games now firmly established within the Suffolk Sport calendar, work is already gathering pace across the region.


Lowestoft & East Suffolk Junior Tennis Tournament


Annual event, held at Normanston Park, Lowestoft. For more information and results, click of the link below:

Lowestoft & East Suffolk Junior Tennis Tournament


Lowestoft Scores Race



Annual hill race of Lowestoft Scores that includes 409 steps over 4.75 miles. For more information, click of the link below:

Lowestoft Scores Race


Sport & Splash Junior Club

Saturday Club for ages 8 to 14. For more information see our webpage:

Sport & Splash Junior Club


Waveney Sports Awards

The annual Waveney Sports Awards are designed to reward people and organisations who have achieved notable success or made a significant contribution towards their chosen sport during the year.

Please click on the link below for more information about the scheme.

Waveney Sports Awards


Suffolk Sports Awards

 

Suffolk Sport, in partnership with BBC Radio Suffolk and the East Anglian Daily Times are on a quest to find the individuals, teams, clubs and schools who have made outstanding contributions to sport across the county over the last year.

For more information about the scheme, please click on the link below:

Suffolk Sports Awards

Or visit the Suffolk Sport website at http://www.suffolksport.com  (opens new window)


Can't find what you are looking for?

Please email us at: sports.development@waveney.gov.uk