Third Place for the Sting but confirmation that the Clubmark Club is the best place for ice hockey in the country, and all within three years from starting-up.

Sutton Sting were awarded 3rd place in the National Sports Club of the Year Awards.  The glittering awards ceremony took place at the Grange City Hotel in London and was hosted by Eleanor Oldroyd from Radio 5 Live.

KIXX Martial Arts and Fitness of Granville Road, Maidstone has recently joined an exclusive group by becoming the first club of its kind in the country to receive Clubmark accreditation from Sport England. The club concentrates on the teaching of the Chinese martial arts.

Helping clubs working towards Clubmark accreditation to access the courses needed to gain accreditation!

This year, Cumbria Sport Partnership along with a variety of partners, including Local Authorities and National Governing Bodies of Sport, has pulled together and published a comprehensive programme of courses to help upskill and increase the number of volunteers working in the sports field within Cumbria. 

Clubmark accredited Richmond Volleyball Club, based in Richmond, South West London, has won the coveted Sports Club of the Year award at CCPRs national awards ceremony. This first place trophy and £6,000 prize money, presented this year by Olympic champion Rebecca Romero, is awarded to clubs who have made an outstanding contribution to their community.

Berkshire Sport has become the latest County Sports Partnership (CSP) to become licensed to accredit Clubmark, taking the total number of licensed organisations to 42.

Nick Rider, Chief Executive of England Squash & Racketball is delighted to announce that England Squash, the governing body of squash and racketball in England, has officially become England Squash & Racketball.

ARGYLE Tennis Club are the latest venue to achieve Tennis Clubmark in recognition of their good practice and quality delivery.

The Academy Beach Sports has become the first Beach Volleyball Club to achieve Clubmark/Volley 1 Accreditation. The Club now has over 140 members including 13 qualified coaches and 8 qualified referees.

The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women's Golf Association (EWGA) have announced details of a new Club Coaching Grant for 2009, which replaces the previous Free Golf Coaching and Junior Club Coaching Grant schemes.

Following a weekend in which their U16 and U18 men's teams completed a Sureshot Cup double, Greater Manchester Basketball Club acheived more positives when the club successfully re-accredited as a Sport England - England Basketball Clubmark club.