Archived decisions

Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Recreation & Heritage Item 5

19 February 2003

Hampshire Sports, Coaching and Officiating Bursary Schemes

Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage

Contact: Paul Bickerton, ext 6283

1. Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

    a) That grants totalling £8,250 for the Sports Bursary Awards, and £3,810 for Coaching and Officiating Bursaries be approved as follows:

Sports Bursaries

£

 

Coaching/Officiating Bursaries

£

         

Stephanie Allright

500

 

Basingstoke Gym Club

760

Sarah Burgess

150

 

Basingstoke Rugby Club

70

Julie Chung

300

 

Sarah Burgess

130

Christopher Dean

500

 

Fawley Rugby Club

300

Dean James Drury

400

 

Hannah Green

120

Ian Deeth

400

 

Arthur Hammond

250

Joanna Dix

200

 

Carolyn Keating

130

Caroline Jackson

300

 

Ian King

40

Mark Kefford

300

 

Liann Powell

120

Joanna Leigh

350

 

Tara Senter

120

Alasdair Love

250

 

Brian Scowcroft

140

Ruth Love

250

 

Carole Snowden

50

David Lovett

350

 

Winchester Table Tennis Assoc

450

Thomas Mayo

300

 

Jon Smith

40

Mathew Melville

200

 

Windsurfing

1090

Jacqui Marshall

350

     

Mark Powell

300

     

Tim Ponting

350

     

Charmaine Sala

300

     

Andrew Shipman

400

     

Deborah Swan

350

     

Lucy Vaughan

400

     

Peter Vicarey

500

     

Katy Watts

350

     

Peter Younghusband

200

     
         

    b) That the Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage delegate authority to approve future awards to the Director of Recreation and Heritage with effect from 1 April 2003.

2. Reasons

2.1 The aim of the Sports Bursary Scheme is to provide financial assistance to talented sportsmen and women in Hampshire who are competing, or who have the potential to compete at regional, national and/or international levels in their chosen sport.

2.2 The Coaching and Officiating Bursary Scheme has two main aims. Firstly to increase the number of Hampshire residents who are qualified to coach and secondly to improve the standards of coaching within the county by developing existing coaches. Coaches must be Hampshire residents, have the support of their respective sports governing body and demonstrate a commitment to coaching.

3. Other options considered and rejected

    Making awards of differing levels or making no awards at all.

4. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker, or a member or

officer consulted

    None

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

    None

6. Reason (s) for the Matter being dealt with if urgent

    Not applicable

    Approved by : Date of decision:

................................

Councillor J Waddington

Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Recreation & Heritage Item 5

19 February 2003

Hampshire Sports, Coaching and Officiating Bursary Schemes

Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage

Contact: Paul Bickerton, ext 6283

1. Introduction

1.1 The purpose of this report is to inform members of the Sports, Coaching and Officiating bursary allocations for January 2003.

2. Background

2.1 The aim of the Sports Bursary Scheme is to provide financial assistance to talented sportsmen and women in Hampshire who are competing, or who have the potential to compete at regional, national and/or international levels in their chosen sport. Applicants must be Hampshire residents and have the support of their respective sports governing body. Also, they must either be on the point of leaving full-time education or have already left.

2.2 The Coaching and Officiating Bursary Scheme has two main aims. Firstly to increase the number of Hampshire residents who are qualified to coach, and secondly to improve the standards of coaching within the county by developing existing coaches. Coaches must be Hampshire residents, have the support of their respective sports governing body and demonstrate a commitment to coaching.

3. Sports Bursary Awards

3.1 The awards are made twice yearly in June and January respectively. Since the last report in July 2002, the scheme has continued to attract a large number of applicants. This is demonstrated by 27 applications being made for awards between June 2002 and January 2003.

3.2 The budget for 2002/03 is £11,000. There are no deferred awards from June 2002 to consider.

3.3 In the June tranche of Sports Bursary allocations, £5,750 had been awarded to 23 athletes. This left £5,250 which has been allocated to the 27 applications for this January 2003 tranche. The full amount allocated is £8,250, as detailed in appendix 1 of this report, which leaves a shortfall of £3,000. This shortfall has been covered by the European Sporting Exchanges scheme budget, which has a surplus of £4,890.

4. Coaching and Officiating Bursary Awards

4.1 The number of applications for this scheme reflects the value that coaches and officials place upon financial support with their relevant courses. In the January 2003 tranche, 15 applications have been received for consideration, though 5 of these applications have been for clubs/groups which include more than 1 coach. A wide range of sports are represented, as are applications from new coaches and those more experienced who want to develop their coaching skills.

4.2 The budget for 2002/03 is £6,000. There are no deferred awards from June 2002 to consider.

4.3 In the June 2002 tranche of Coaching and Officiating Bursaries, £1,925 was allocated to 14 applications. This left £4,075 for the January 2003 tranche. Allocations totalling £3,810 in respect of 15 applications are now recommended and set out in Appendix 2 leaving an unspent balance of £265.

Recommendations

1. That the Bursary awards set out in appendices 1 and 2 be approved.

2. That the Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage be requested to delegate authority to approve future awards to the Director of Recreation and Heritage with effect from 1 April 2003.

Appendix 1

SPORTS BURSARY APPLICATIONS - January 2003

NAME

AGE

OCCUPATION

SPORT

EXPENSES £

SPONSORS

/GRANTS

COMMENTS

DISTRICT

PREVIOUS HCC GRANTS

REC

£

Stephanie Allwright

18

Full-time Figure Skater

Ice Figure Skating

£14, 585

B& D Sports Council - £140

4th British Junior - Ladies. 3rd/4th placings in various national comps.

Basingstoke

No

500

Sarah Burgess

23

Customer Tele-relations

Badminton

£2,180

Nick Goode - equipment to the tune of £400

County Doubles No1. Finalist/S-finalist in various national comps

Eastleigh

No

150

Julie Chung

17

Full-time gymnast/student

Gymnastics

£7,775

B&D Sports Council - £300

UK Lottery - £700

British Tumbling Champ. 12th - European Tumbling Champs. 5th - Belgium Tumbling International

Basingstoke

No

300

Christopher Dean

44

Unit Manager

Clay Pigeon Shooting

£5,100

Hull Cartridges - equipment

Silver - Commonwealth Games 2002. Bronze - English Open Olympic Trap Comp. Represented GB on 6 separate occasions

Winchester

Yes

500

Dean James Drury

38

Roof Tiler

Powerlifting

£1,137

No

Current British & European Champ - set a new world squat record

Hart

No

400

Ian Deeth

23

Student

Athletics

£1,740

No

Aiming for World Student Games and GB Team.

400m Bronze - Commonwealth Trials. Representing Scotland - top-ranked 400m runner in Scotland.

New Forest

Yes

400

Joanna Dix

21

Student

Badminton

£1,470

Ashanay Raquets - Equipment

Hants Ladies Singles - R/U. Suffolk Open Satellite Champ. In top 30 of rankings

Eastleigh

No

200

Alexandra Hamilton

18

Student

Swimming

£4,000

No

Trains w. Team Bath - Hants Champ 50m Fly. Future International Swimmer

New Forest

No

*

Caroline Jackson

17

Student

Rythmic Gymnastics

£4,643

No

2nd - National Inter-regional Champs. 5th - Bulgarian Open. British Individual Apparatus Champ. 2001: represented GB in World Champs - came 10th

Basingstoke

No

300

Mark Kefford

19

Student

Rugby

£4.036

No

Member of Northampton Saints England Academy. Represented London & South Region in divisional Champs

Havant

No

300

Joanna Leigh

21

Student

Mountain Biking

£1,250

Bike provided by Giant UK Ltd

4th in National Champs. Joint 3rd overall in National Points series. GB squad member

Test Valley

Yes

350

Alasdair Love

35

City Centre Manager

Small Bore Rifle Shooting

£6,040

No

Gold - National Small Bore Champs 2002. Represents Hants. Member of Regional Squad

Test Valley

No

250

Ruth Love

26

Account Exec

Small Bore Rifle Shooting

£6.040

No

Ranked 5th in National Champs 2002. New British Record in 2001, silver in National Champs

Test Valley

No

250

David Lovett

24

Student

Athletics (discus)

£2,600

No

1st - County Champs. Injury in 2002. 10th in National Champs, 2nd in Scottish Rankings. U23 International

Eastleigh

Yes

350

Thomas Mayo

25

Athlete

Athletics

£8,950

UK Athletics - £2K

8th at Commonwealth Games 2002. 1st at Loughborough International. 3rd - National Rankings at 1500m in 2001

Test Valley

Yes

300

Mathew Melville

23

Local Gvmt Officer/Cyclist

Cycle Racing

£2,750

Mick Waite contracts - race clothing

Regular top 10 placings in national races. 18th Surrey League 5-day race

Basingstoke

Yes

200

Jacqui Marshall

18

Cyclist

Cyclist

£6,800

No

1st - National Junio0r Women's Circuit Champs. GB Junior Track team member. 4th - Senior National Track Champs

Fareham

No

350

Mark Powell

19

Student

Sailing - Laser

£13,600

RYA - £6,130

Sport England - £2K

Olympic Development Squad member. 3rd Overall National Rankings

Havant

No

300

Tim Ponting

29

Landscape Gardner

Mountain Biking

£1,700

Giant Bikes - Equipment

3rd - Overall National Series. 1st - Midland Champs. World Ranking - 27. 5th in national Champs

Test Valley

No

350

Charmaine Sala

17

Gymnast

Gymnastics

£7,775

UK Sport Lottery - £700

2nd - British Senior Champs

Represented GB at European Champs

Test Valley

No

300

Andrew Shipman

39

Roofer

Power-lifting

£880

No

Gold - British Power-lifting Champs. Gold - European Champs. Selected to represent GB at World Champs

Hart

Yes

400

Deborah Swan

25

Riding Instructor

Equestrianism

£2,110

No

Selected for British Team for World Champs. 5th at English National Champs

Blackfield

No

350

Lucy Vaughan

33

Travel Insurance Negotiator

Athletics - 800m

£2,670

No

Finalist in Commonwealth Trials (Manchester). 2nd running for GB in Barcelona. Ranked 5th in UK - aiming for Olympics in 2004

East Hants

Yes

400

Peter Vicarey

42

Web Developer

Fencing

£5,700

Ernst & Young - £1500. NFDC - £100

1st - British Nat Wheelchair Champs - 1st Australian Open 2002. Competed in two Paralympic Games. Aiming for Olympics in 2004

New Forest

Yes

500

Alice Watson

         

Out of boundary (Southampton)

   

0

Katy Watts

21

Waitress

Athletics - Javelin

£800

No

Hants County Champ. 11th - Commonwealth Games trials. 3rd UK U23 Rankings

Hart

Yes

350

Peter Younghusband

38

Implementation Manager

Triathlon

£6,191

No

Silver - World Triathlon Champs, 35 - 39 age group. Silver - National Team Trial

East Hants

Yes

200

      Appendix 2

Coaching & Officiating Bursaries - January 2003

    Name

Age

Sport

Occupation

Course/ Cost of Travel

£

Bursary Requested

£

Comments

New Coach

District

Bursary

Allocated

£

    Basingstoke Gym Club *

N/A

Gymnastics

N/A

1750

875

One coach lives out of county.

Yes

Basingstoke

760

    Basingstoke Rugby Club*

N/A

Rugby

N/A

125

125

2 coaches @ £65 each

Yes

Basingstoke

70

Gary Barker

         

Out of boundary (Southampton)

   

0

Danielle Botting

         

Unfortunately applied after the course dates - no retrospective funding

   

0

John Botting

         

Again - applied after course dates

     

Sarah Burgess

23

Badminton

Tele-relations

250

125

Badminton Part 1

No

Bishopstoke

130

Fawley Rugby Club *

N/A

Rugby

N/A

650

650

10 coaches attending a Level 1 course - 1 lives in Southampton though.

Yes

New Forest

300

Hannah Green

14

Gymnastics

Student

238

119

Former gymnast moving into coaching

Yes

East Hants

120

Jonathan Graham

         

No NGB recommendation - this bit left blank

   

0

Arthur Hammond

66

Football

F.A Coach

500

500

Well-qualified coach

No

Hart

250

Carolyn Keating

50

Badminton

Learning Support Assistant

250

125

Badminton Part 1

No

Winchester

130

Ian King

40

Football

Project Technician

80

40

Level 1 (former JTM)

Yes

New Forest

40

John Longland

         

No reply from Mick Byrne re: NGB recommendation

   

0

Liann Powell

39

Gymnastics

Driver

222

111

New coach @ Fox GC

Yes

Rushmoor

120

Tara Senter

33

Gymnastics

LSA

230

115

New coach @ Fox GC

Yes

Bordon

120

Brian Scowcroft

58

Wheelchair Basketball

Teacher

1425

400

Take off SE & Alton funding and left with £280. Divided by 2.

No

New Forest

140

Carol Snowden

44

Rugby

Insurance Broker

85

85

Youth Level 1 - Foundation

Yes

Fareham

50

Jonathan Stubbs rep. Winchester TT*

N/A

Table Tennis

N/A

900

450

10 coaches being trained as part of TT development in Winchester

Yes

Winchester

450

Jon Smith

32

Football

Senior IT Analyst

80

40

Level 1 (former JTM)

Yes

New Forest

40

Windsurfing applications*

N/A

Windsurfing

N/A

2170

1085

Run through HCC - one of the applicants last details are missing

Yes

Various

1090? - S. to check

* denotes a club / group application