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Local pupils enjoy a university style sports day

Press release issued: 7 December 2006

Fifty pupils from Teyfant Community Junior School will be given the chance to try out a variety of different sports this week, when they team up with Bristol University students and staff for an all-action programme of sporting fun. The Teyfant School Sports Day takes place tomorrow, Friday, 8 December at the University’s Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health.

Fifty pupils from Teyfant Community Junior School will be given the chance to try out a variety of different sports this week, when they team up with Bristol University students and staff for an all-action programme of sporting fun. The Teyfant School Sports Day takes place tomorrow, Friday, 8 December at the University’s Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health.

The day offers pupils the opportunity to participate in a number of activities they may not have previously tried before such as trampolining, multi-skills games, tennis, karate and fencing.  The children will also be taking part in a sports quiz and Christmas card making competition to help them celebrate the festive season.

With guidance from specially trained University staff and students, the event hopes to motivate and inspire the pupils, aged between 10 and 11, to try a sport or activity again. The day aims to facilitate a positive and fun experience, which encourages key aspects of sportsmanship including participation, team work and fair play. 

The event is also a practical module for the University’s 23 students and staff completing the Community Sports Leader Award, an integral part of the University’s Community Sport Volunteer Scheme. All leaders are provided with additional training in first aid and child protection. Next term they will be volunteering in the local community as Community Sports Leaders assisting coaches and youth workers in schools, sports clubs and youth groups.

Karen Harvey, Community Sport Development Manager, University of Bristol, said: “Promoting sport and physical activity among school children is a national priority and the Teyfant School Sports Day is a great example of the University’s commitment to this goal and the local community.

“The event also gives students and staff an interest in sport and an opportunity to get involved in community projects while they are studying or working at Bristol University. The Teyfant School Sports Day gives them the chance to put all they’ve learnt in the last term into practice and for some, to experience first hand the personal rewards volunteering offers.”

The day will run from 10.30 am to 4 pm on Friday, 8 December at the University’s Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol.

 

Further information

Please contact Caroline Clancy for further information.
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