The 2011 Leicester-Shire and Rutland Youth Games and Parallel Youth Games was official launched at Saffron Lane Sports Stadium last Friday (July 1st), with special guests, Andy Reed, Chairman of Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport, Youth Games joint sponsors, DHL and The Courier, and GO GOLD Ambassadors and aspiring athletes in attendance. Sponsored by DHL and The ...

When the weather is scorching, what better way to cool off than to take a refreshing swim? Now, children in Leicester can look forward to doing exactly that for FREE – after City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby delivered a pledge to bring back free swims. The City Mayor has pledged to bring back free swims for all children and young people during the upcoming summer ...

Town centre runs held in Hinckley last week proved to be very popular with local runners and spectators. Close to 500 runners took part in the one mile and 5k events around the town centre, with many of the one mile runners completing the course in fancy dress. The race was very well supported with crowds all around the route, especially along Castle Street. Both races were started ...

Women in Leicester are being encouraged to sign up for a series of free sports coaching sessions taking place across the city. Classes in badminton, athletics, swimming and cycling have already been launched as part of the b-active women project, which is designed to give Leicester residents access to a range of sports. The sessions are aimed at city residents who live in deprived communities, or who ...

What if, in the next few paragraphs, I could give you the secrets to being focused, confident and great under pressure? I’m guessing you would read on. While I may not have all the secrets, I do think I have some ideas that will really help you - and the people, teams and organisations you belong to, manage and lead - be more effective. I’ve ...

The SmokeScreen intervention is a social marketing campaign that aims to reduce the number of 11 to 15 year-olds taking up cigarette smoking. During this age young people are under the most influence to take up the habit and become life long smokers, so the intervention has focused on visiting secondary schools with one core message… Don’t become a replacement smoker....

Is your club looking for funding to work with 14-25 year-olds? Thousands of teenagers and young adults across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland are to benefit from a new sports programme that aims to fulfil the legacy promise made by Seb Coe in Singapore in 2005 to ‘inspire young people to choose sport’. Sportivate is a new programme aiming to capture the excitement of ...

To make a visible change, an abdominal programme should comprise of the following three elements; cardio, chisel and core. CARDIO We all have a great six pack naturally, but for most of us it’s hidden in a corpulent cover-up, so it’s key to strip away body fat. How? Go easy for the first 3-5 mins to warm up then try to maintain 20 mins at effort level 6-7 ...

The Gym in Leicester is a modern gym for the modern lifestyle. £15.99 a month No Contract Open 24 Hours Tied into another contract? Join now and delay your start date Fitness for any budget At £15.99 a month, all-inclusive membership to The Gym is a third of the price of most gyms. The Gym does not believe that being healthy ...

Lifestyle Fitness is offering local people aged over 60 the chance to join one of the seven Leicester City Council Leisure Centres and enjoy the main activities for free, as part of their 60 Plus campaign. Anybody who is aged 60 and over and lives within the Leicester city boundaries can have free ...