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Young Coaches Conference 2013 with Dani King

Olympic Gold medallist Dani King will be inspiring young people from around Hampshire & IOW at the Young Coaches Conference 2013. >>

Race is on to Reach Rio

Launched on 1 April 2013 over 90 businesses and organisations have already registered for the Reaching Rio workplace challenge organised by Active Sussex. >>

"Inspiring more people, to be more active, more often "

Sport Hampshire & IOW recently launched their legacy campaign Do More Be More which aims to inspire people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight >>

Harrogate MP pledges to be a Sportmaker

Andrew Jones, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, has pledged his commitment to support community sport by attending a Sportmakers workshop that took place at Harrogate >>

Cornwall Council Chairman celebrates work of Olympic Games Makers & Torchbearers

Olympic Games Makers and Torchbearers from Cornwall have been formally recognised during a special event hosted by the Chairman of Cornwall Council, Mrs Pat Harvey. >>

Nottinghamshire Basketball Association launches new website

The Nottinghamshire Basketball Association (NBA) who have been working in partnership with Sport Nottinghamshire and are proud to announce the launch of their own website. >>

Active Sussex Talent Breakfast Attracts Top Coaches

Leading coaches from across the South East gathered for the first talent coaches breakfast at K2 Crawley on 24 February.

Newly appointed Talent Lead at Sports Coach UK, Stuart Armstrong, introduced the session by raising a question mark over the tag 'talent'.

"Do we know what we mean when we say, 'talent' or identify a young person as 'talented'?" he asked.

From this starting point, the discussion that followed explored the age-old nature versus nurture debate in an even handed way, without polarising opinion.

Armstrong, a former full-time peformance coach for golf and hockey, drew out a number of hot topics for performance coaches, including a prescient debate on whether individuals should be selected on the basis of current form, or on potential.

"The breakfast was an overwhelming success," said Active Sussex's Anthony Statham, who organised the event in partnership with sports coach UK. "We had a full house of high-level professionals, who all contributed to a fascinating discussion around contemporary coaching practice."

For those who missed this event, a repeat talent coaches breakfast will take place in Hampshire in the near future. For more details contact Anthony Statham on 01273 644149 or astatham@activesussex.org

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View all photos from the event on the Active Sussex Facebook page

Golf coach Neil Plimmer, Hampshire's coaching development manager CJ Lee and Nick Levett, the FA's National Development Manager for Youth Football