[01 DEC 10] CRUSADER NEWS

Hoops4Health expands to over 20 schools

By Adam Manning, Crusaders Press Officer.

  

Coventry Crusaders is expanding its catchment area in delivering Hoops4 Health to primary schools this season.

 The club has added Solihull, Leamington and Kenilworth schools on top of a list of 17 Coventry schools that will be taking advantage of healthy living workshops alongside basketball sessions.

 Interest has grown in the Hoops4Health initiative after last year’s success of a tournament which saw various Coventry primary schools face each other to represent the area at the national finals at the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham last May. Last year Coventry school Potters Green went as far as the semis.

This programme expansion has been funded by the Health Improvement Programme partnership between the NHS and Coventry City Council, as well as sandwich maker Subway. Sport England and CSW Sport has allocated funding for the Solihull and Warwickshire areas.

 Crusader Foundation director Scott Neely who oversees all of the Crusaders’ community activity, was delighted with the growth of Hoops4Health over the past couple of years.

 Neely said: “In the Coventry area this year we’ll have met the target of at least 17 schools, so seeing this programme expand and some of the partnership development managers support that has been excellent.”

 “We also had the opportunity to expand into Solihull and Warwickshire: two schools in Leamington, and one each in Kenilworth and one so far in Solihull.”

 “The hope is to see more schools take up the opportunity in those areas and to have a sub-regional Hoops4Health offering rather than just Coventry receiving the programme.”

 The Hoops4Health tournament is returning again this year as primary schools from the new catchment areas will join in to represent Coventry & Warwickshire at the NIA at the end of the season.

 The winner of each mini-tournament will go on to face each other in a knock out format at the end of the National League season to decide who will represent Coventry & Warwickshire.

 See below results and planned games:

1st H4H mini-tournament – 20 October at Grace Academy:

Wyken Croft; Good Shepherd; Aldermoor Farm; Ernesford Grange; Sir Frank Whittle.

Winner: Wyken Croft School

Runner up: Good Shepherd School

2^nd H4H mini-tournament – Tuesday 30 November at Hereward College:

Potters Green; St.John Vianney; Cannon Park; Charter Primary; Templars Primary; Leigh C of E.

3^rd H4H mini-tournament – date TBC (Solihull & Warwickshire schools)

Greswold Primary; St.Paul's C of E ; Priors Field; Shrubland Street.

 4^th H4H mini-tournament – Wednesday 16 March 2011 at Barrs Hill School:

Spon Gate; Radford Primary; Southfields; Stanton Bridge; Frederick Bird; John Gulson.

 

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