Barrow Raiders RLFC - Grand Final Winners 2009

What's Happening?

Street Soccer in Dalton
Every week until 17th June
Sessions run from 6.30pm to 8.00pm at DASH @ Dowdales
Wednesday sessions are for 9-12 year olds
Thursday sessions are for 13- 16 year olds
For both boys and girls

It's fun and it's free!!! No kit needed, just turn up and play!!!

Street Soccer is coming back to Central Barrow
on Wednesday 23rd June.
Venue to be confirmed.
More details soon.

Race For Life, Barrow Park, This Sunday 13th June @ 11am

It's not too late to enter to be one of 1.800 women who will walk, jog or run the 5km to help Cancer Research.
Have a great day out with family and friends and help more people beat cancer.
Barrow Park, Park Drive, Barrow-in-Furness. Sunday 13th June.

Please Note: This venue is not suitable for wheelchair users. Sign up on the Race for Life website.

Barrow Funders Fair - Weds 16th June

Meet local, regional and national funders and attend funding workshops.
Wednesday 16th June, The Forum, Duke Street 9.45am - 2.30pm
A maximum of two places per organisation can be booked with a refundable deposit of £10 per person.
Funders at the event include the following
Arts Council England, Northwest
Awards For All
Barrow Community Trust
BBC Children In Need
Big Lottery Fund (BIG)
Charity Bank
Community Waste Prevention Fund
Co-operative (Community Fund)
Cumbria Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (CALSF)
Cumbra County Council – Neighbourhood Forum Grants
Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust (CWMET)
Cumbria Youth Alliance (CYA)
Francis C Scott Trust
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Mediabox
Northern Rock Foundation
North West Network
The Sir John Fisher Foundation
Unity Lottery (Sterling Management)
Utility Warehouse Discount Club
Waste Recycling Environment Network (WREN)
More information about the funders is available here
Complete the booking form or contact Cumbria CVS on 823144 for more details.

Get More Active Support Materials
Cumbria Sport Partnership have put together a resources folder of campaign support material on t

heir 'all new' website. www.activecumbria.com/3x30
In this folder you can find Logos, Articles, Videos, Facts, Quotes, Give aways, adverts, posters and branding footers

New material is being added every day sp please keep checking the folde ronline.

If there is something particular you could use and need some further assistance please contact:
Emma Martin, Cumbria Sport Partnership emma.martin@cumbriacc.gov.uk 01228268

Stand with England Rugby League - June 12th
England take on France in the Gillette Fusion International on Saturday June 12, kick off 5.15pm,

and this clash at Leigh Sporting Village will be our only International game on home soil this year.

Tickets for what will be Steve McNamara’s first game as England Coach cost just £10 for adults and £5 for children

whilst a special family ticket which includes two adult tickets and two child tickets is available for only £25.
This is a great opportunity for patriotic fans of our sport to come together and support the national side and

we want to attract as many members of the Rugby League community as possible to watch the clash with the French.
France Coach Bobbie Goulding will have his side extremely motivated for this clash which signals the start of a new era for

England and features some of the very best Rugby League stars in the world.
For further details, please click here

Men’s Health Week - 14th-19th June 2010
Men’s Health Week commences on Monday 14th June. The theme this year is physical activity.
Barrow Borough Council in partnership with Cumbria NHS are co-ordinating a series of events and activities aimed at increasing participation and entry into exercise for men.
Different activities will be running all week, kicking off with an open day at the Park Leisure Centre on Monday 14th June.
Please click here to view the timetable of events
There has never been a better time to start, you are never too young or too old, so get your voucher and get involved!
For more information contact Mike Otto, Barrow Borough Council Health Improvement Officer,
on 01229 876496.

Wanting to stay fit throughout the summer months?
Enter a team into the number of mixed 14+ Touch rugby competitions set up at local amateur clubs in the area, it’s a great way to keep up fitness and stay involved at local clubs.
The last two events which took place at Walney and Hindpool were a great success and the following events are planned.
19th June – Barrow Island ARLFC
10th July – Millom ARLFC
1st August – Roose Pioneers ARLFC
21st August – TBC
Times to be confirmed for each event.
Teams can be entered from clubs, businesses, colleges or any other groups that may wish to join.
Teams can be entered by anyone wishing to participate but they must do so 2 weeks prior to the event date.
Teams of 6 with a maximum of 4 substitutes – minimum 2 females per team.
For further information, please contact your local amateur rugby league club, email Matt Jefferson or ring 07775022799

Piel Island Walk and Beach Clean at Piel Island - 19th June
Guided low-tide walk across the sands to Piel Island, the ancient stronghold of the Monks of Furness.

Once you reach the island, you can explore at your own leisure, enjoy the hospitality of the King of Piel

at his bar and burger van, or take part in a beach clean organised by the Mountain Bay Partnership.
The walk starts from and returns to Snab Point on Walney Island.

The walk is tidal, so anyone wishing to take part must be at Snab Point by 09.00.

The start of the walk is muddy and we will have to wade through 1 or 2 shallow gullys, so you are

advised to wear footware that you don't mind getting wet! Because we are crossing the sands,

this walk is not suitable for wheelchairs, prams or push-chairs or for people with mobility difficulties.
To reach Snab Point, take A590 to Barrow and follow signs for Walney Island.

Look out for the yellow road signs marking the route from the end of the Walney Bridge.
Anyone wishing to join the beach clean but not able to make the walk can reach Piel Island

by ferry from Roa Island. Roa Island can be reached by No.10 bus from either Barrow in Furness or Ulverston.

Furness Youth Project, The Annexe, Hindpool Community Base
Bath Street, Barrow, 0787 464 9200
Junior Youth Club for junior school age group
Every Monday and Wednesday at 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Secondary Youth Club for 12 to 15 year olds
Every Thursday from 6.00pm to 8.00pm
We aim to provide a variety of enjoyable things to do and a safe place to go.

Activities include: Computer suite, arts and crafts, Sports activities, Electronic games (Wii, Xbox etc) healthy cooking,

Rugga Skool
Please click here for Rugga Skool's timetable for their camps and parental participation sessions

which they are currently taking bookings for.
All children aged 3-11 years are welcome to attend Rugga Skool.
The main aim of Rugga Skool is to improve children’s hand-eye co-ordination focused around the principles

of developing basic rugby skills.
All Rugga Skool activities are non contact and delivered in a fun, safe and enjoyable environment.
For further information about Rugga Skool, please click here

The Strawberry Grounds, Croslands Park Road, off Abbey Road, Barrow
Monday 16th August    - 10.00am till 03.00pm Tag Rugby for 6 to 7 year olds
Tuesday 17th August   - 10.00am till 03.00pm Tag Rugby for 6 to 7 year olds
Wednesday 18th August - 10.00am till 03.00pm Contact Rugby for 8 to 13 year olds
Thursday 19th August - 10.00am till 03.00pm Contact Rugby for 8 to 13 year olds
Friday 20th August    - 10.00am till 03.00pm Contact Rugby for 8 to 13 year olds
Friday night there will be a presentation evening.
Full supervision of all sessions will be provided by top Cumbria RFU coaches, Who are all CRB checked.
Places are limited so please book in advance by contacting Brian / Brenda on either
01229 826381, 07974643450 or 07861299161

Price is £7.00 per day.
Drinks will be supplied by Furness Rugby
Parents are required to complete a Parental Permission form for each child attending.
Please click here to download, complete the form and hand in at club on first day of attendance

Furness Academy Summer School
Looking for something for your son/daughter to do this summer?
Do you have children in either Years 4, 5, 6 or 7?
Do they like sport and physical activity?

If so, a week at this years Furness Academy Summer School is for your children.
From Monday 19th - Friday 23rd July, 9.00am until 3.00pm each day.

For only £25 for the week, your child could enjoy a varied menu of sports related activities.

For further information call Mrs Penny Pearce on 894605 ext 180.
Places are limited so don't miss out - Book early

D.A.S.H. Fun Sport Camp
(Dalton Active Sports Hall @ Dowdales School)
Mon 19th – Fri 23rd July 2010. Cost £40
School Years 1 - 8 (age 6-13) for Girls and Boys
10.00am – 3.00pm daily.

If you wish to book a place on either of these camps please contact Deborah Brown

Wigan Warriors Rugby Camps - Learn to Play the Warriors Way!
Following the success of last year, Wigan Warriors have re-launched their rugby camps

in Cumbria for boys and girls aged 6 - 14yrs.
The Warriors Development Staff will visit South Cumbria in August

where they will deliver day sessions at some of the region’s leading amateur clubs including
Walney Central, Barrow Island, Askam, and Ulverston.
The camps have been devised to offer coaching for a range of abilities and ages, offering general fundamental skill development and multi-sports sessions to specific Rugby League activities and development.
The camps are as follows:
Askam ARLFC - 10th August
Walney Central RLFC - 11th August

Barrow Island ARLFC - 12th August
Ulverston ARLFC - 13th August
The cost of the camp is £20 per child and places on the camps must be pre-booked.
This can be done by phoning 0871 66 33 552 or by clicking here
All of the camps run between 9am and 3pm.

Eurocamp Basketball, a residential coaching camp, held at Hoops Basketball Centre
Anyone aged 11 or over on the 25th July 2010 is old enough to attend the annual Eurocamp.
The camp is now in it's 12th year and caters for 11 – 22 year olds, beginners to Internationals
For further information, please call 01229 431490 or Email: info@eurocampsbasketball.co.uk

Marie Curie Cancer Walk - July 3rd
Walkers for a cancer charity are being warned to sign up quickly as places on a very popular event are running out.

On Saturday, July 3, at 10am, Marie Curie Cancer Care will hold its annual 8 mile cross bay walk.
The 400 charity places are filling up quickly, so to be in with a chance to take part people are being warned to sign up soon.
The charity will provide a free bus service from Kents Bank to the start of the walk at Arnside. People will then complete the walk and finish up at Kents Bank.
All the money raised will be used in the area to provide free nursing care for terminally ill cancer patients, to give them the choice to spend their final days at home.
People can register by contacting the fund-raising office on 01254 855031 or zoe.casson@mariecurie.org.uk

Jump for St Mary’s on Saturday 11th September
Imagine standing at the edge of an open doorway in an aircraft flying at 10,000 feet -

Now imagine leaning forward out of that doorway and letting go - falling forward into the clouds,

steering yourself back down to the centre of the drop zone below.
St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston would like to recruit 30 people to take up this challenge

The programme of jumps will take place at the North West Parachute Centre, Flookburgh

and each of the brave participants needs to raise a minimum of £130 for the charity.
Please contact Zoe Guest of St Mary Of Furness - on Mobile : 07826 907338
Direct Line: 01229 483773,

Be a part of the first Relay Marathon in the South Lakes!
The Ambleside Marafun is your chance to participate in a full marathon without running 26.2 miles!

Teams of five runners each run one lap of 5.2 miles, through stunning Lake District scenery.
The route starts in Rothay Park Ambleside, and runs along Rydal Water and back again.

Team categories are Male, Female, and Mixed – for both Club and Fun Runners.
Get your application form today from www.amblesidemarafun.org.uk
or the Tourist Information Centres in Ambleside and Windermere
or call 015394 33241 for more information.
Don’t delay – entries are limited to 100 teams – apply early!
The Ambleside Marafun is raising money for the British Heart Foundation

and the Westmorland General Hospital Cancer Unit Appeal.
Organised by The Rotary Club of Ambleside Kirkstone
To view a poster for the event, please click here

Barrow Sports Council has launched an appeal for unwanted sports kit to send to villages and townships in Malawi.

Local Councillor Barry Doughty made links with Malawi through a youth work project.

Barry said that very few people in Malawi can afford proper kit, especially full team kits.

"Providing kits helps to enoucourage healthy activity and community spirit in an area of severe deprivation

When I brought this to the attention of Barrow Sports Council, they immediately offered to launch an appeal.

The appeal is for any full team strips for any sport - football, rugby, netball, hockey, volleyball.

What is second hand and in need of replacement to us can be a fantastic strip for people with no money."

Barrow Sports Council Chair Tony Callister handed over the first two strips for Barry to send to Malawi.

Tony said "when teams get new kit, a lot of them probably throw the old one away or

The strips go to an organisation called Active Youth Initiative for Social Enhancement (AYISE)

If you have a strip to give away, they can be left with Barrow Sports Council at the Nan Tait Centre, Abbey Road

Dowdales School year 7 boys’ rugby league team have been recognised by Barrow Borough Sports Council for their sporting achievement, by winning April’s Performance of the Month Award.

In the picture they can be seen receiving their certificate from Tony Callister of Barrow Borough Sports Council

and a £50 cheque from Steve Knott, of Furness Heating Components Ltd (award sponsors).
In April, the team won through to the Carnegie National Champion Schools final which will be held, as a curtain raiser

to the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final on 28th August 2010 at Wembley Stadium, London.

They won the Cumbria Schools Final against St Benedicts from Whitehaven, then went to Glasgow

and beat the Scottish Champions, 32-22, before again travelling away to Wakefield,

Then on Thursday 29th April, they travelled to Wigan School, Abraham Guest and beat them,

14-10 after a golden point win, to earn their place in the final against Temple Moor from Leeds.
Ryan Johnson scored the crucial extra-time points for Dowdales as they

became the first South Cumbrian rugby league team, other than Barrow RL, ever to reach Wembley.

Barrow Borough Sports Council receive many nominations each month, however, they would still welcome more.

So if you know of any individual, group, team or club who have achieved something special,

If it’s an individual they need to live in the Borough, and if they are a group, club or

Nominations for any month must be received by 12noon on the first day of the next month.

Chris Athersmith, Barrow Borough Council, The Park Leisure Centre, Greengate Street, Barrow.

Bluebirds Study Centre request for Barrow AFC memories
The Bluebirds Study Centre staff and pupils have been busy putting together a book of supporters memories

of following Barrow AFC over the years.
Supporters have contributed a large collection of stories and many have provided photographs, cuttings etc.
However, they are struggling to find supporting memorabilia to cover the following stories:-
Barrow v Gillingham 1961 - (No floodlights)
Barrow v Plymouth 1968 - (Ref scoring)
Barrow v Rangers - (Glenn Skivington testimonial)
Barrow v Man City - (Colin Cowperthwaite testimonial)
Barrow v Altrincham - (FA Trophy)
Oldham v Barrow - (FA Cup)
Barrow night matches
Barrow fans at station, on train etc.
Barrow fans travelling away
Any Old Barrow AFC Memorabilia - programmes, tickets, Souvenirs
If anyone has any newspaper cuttings, photos, programmes or

supporting information for any of the above stories, that they would not mind being included in the book,

Barrow's pre-season friendly schedule continues to take shape with Bolton Wanderers the latest senior club to agree to send a side to Holker Street.
They will make the trip to Furness on Saturday August 4th, kick-off 7.45pm.
The traditional friendly with cross-bay neighbours Morecambe will continue, when The Shrimps visit Barrow on Tuesday July 20th, kick-off 7.45pm.
Barrow have also agreed a trip to The Giant Axe to take on UniBond North friends, Lancaster City on Friday July 23rd at 7.45pm.
Barrow are trying to make contact with the new Chester City club with the hope of playing a friendly at The Deva Stadium to help the bid to bring senior football back to Chester after the original club folded in March.
Schedule so far:
Sat July 3rd Furness Select (H) 3.00 pm
Tue July 20th Morecambe (H) 7.45 pm
Fri July 23rd Lancaster City (A) 7.45 pm
Tue July 27th Blackburn Rovers XI (H) 7.45 pm
Sat July 31st Man City XI (H) 3.00 pm
Wed Aug 4th Bolton Wanderers XI (H) 7.45 pm
The club is looking for one more home friendly on Saturday July 10th and will also arrange several away midweek friendlies.

Barrow AFC Fun Day for Trophy Heroes -19th June
Barrow AFC are hosting their fifth Annual Gala Day on June 19th at AFC Holker Street Ground

and the Wembley heroes will be on hand to chat to fans.
Organiser Kirsten Ryder said they also hope to have the FA Trophy there on the day so

Bluebird supporters can have their photographs taken with it.
There will also be bouncy castles, food vans, sweet vans, roundabouts, raffles, tom bolas, performances

by local dance troupes and much more.
The club is appealing to the public for any raffle/tombola prize donations and, if they have any,

to drop them in at the club or e-mail Kirsten to arrange collection.
If anyone would like to pitch stalls at the gala day, contact Craig Rutherford on 01229 823061.
“Hopefully there will be as many AFC fans there as possible as we are trying to make this a day for the community

and would love fans and local people to join us to make this day even more successful than ever!"

then please email ralph@inspire.net.nz.
The Holker Street Newsletter has been going since October 1987 and

Know a young volunteer who deserves a big thank you?
Nominate a great young volunteer for the Cumbria Young Volunteer of the Year Award.
The award is being held by Cumbria County Council, in partnership with Cumbria Youth Alliance (CYA),

Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) and vinvolved to celebrate young people

who give up their time for free for a good cause.
Anyone can nominate a volunteer or group of up to five volunteers they know aged 16 to 25 who live in Cumbria.

whatever the organisation or project they volunteer with, everyone’s welcome to enter.
The winners will get the outdoor adventure of their choice with Cumbria Outdoors.

Whatever your nominee’s physical ability there will be a great prize on offer for them.
The launch of the award ties in with national Volunteers’ Week 2010 which takes place from Tuesday 1 June to Monday 7 June.
The closing date for nominations is Wednesday 1st September 2010.

The winners will be announced in the autumn edition of Cumbria County Council’s residents’ magazine

BarrO Orienteering Club Volunteers Appeal
Due to a key club coaching member moving abroad, BarrO orienteering club is looking for volunteers

interested in coming along to help coach .
The type of support required is really only for athletic type fitness work.

From mid April the Club will be attending local low key events on a Wednesday evening.

At that time support is more supervision based.
So if you are a School Teacher, Young Volunteer Coach, or somebody who would just like to come along and help out

Are you aged 16-25 and currently volunteering or interested in volunteering in Cumbria?

gain recognition for voluntary work you are doing through our nationally recognised awards scheme
find new volunteering opportunities to suit you, short term, part time or full time
benefit from rewards for your volunteering such as access to our free summer residential
access free accredited training to increase your capacity to volunteer, for example emergency first aid training
Contact Ruth and I will post you out a registration pack:
BTCV v involved team Cumbria
vinvolved-cumbria@btcv.org.uk Tel: 01539 742612 www2. btcv.org.uk /display/vinvolved_cumbria

Community Events

BBSC Update - 9th June 2010