in Club and Community Sport, Special Events.

The 2012 St Albans City and District Sports Awards will be taking place on Thursday 21st June 2012 and WE WANT YOUR NOMINATIONS!!

With such a big year of sport ahead what better time than 2012 to nominate an individual, team or club (whether school or community based) for their performances or the work they do 'behind-the-scenes'?

Click here to download the nomination form and nominate someone!!

Entries for nominations close on Friday 25th May!

If you have problems downloading the form or would like more information please contact Jane Roskilly 01727 827667 or jane.roskilly@leisureconnection.co.uk

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Enter the St Albans Half Marathon now!

Run it Jog it, Walk it...

There are lots of different events you can take part in the running half marathon, walking half marathon, 5K race and the 1.5 Childrens fun run.

The event takes place on Sunday 10th June 2012.

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Is your community celebrating the 2012 Olympics or the Jubiliee year? Why not arrange a Community Games event in your area to get into the Olympic spirit, or add a sporting element onto an event already being organised.

The Community Games can provide an opportunity to bring your community together to take part in sporting and cultural activities in a fun and informal way. Your Community could be a street, an estate, local business, School PTA, shared interest group or just regular users of the public park.

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This summer Hertfordshire will be benefiting from a number of ‘Sky Ride Local’ cycling events in St Albans, Watford andHemel Hempsteadwhich are being run through British Cycling and funded through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.

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Churches Together in St Albans and St Albans City and District Council invite you to join in on their annual community fun day!

1st July 2012 from 12pm at Westminster Lodge.

A great family day out, all ages welcome!

in Health and Well-Being.

The Sports Development Team are running subsidised adult (over 18’s) Bikeability sessions for St Albans district residents.

Enhance your road cycling skills and gain certificates for the completion of each level.

For more information please click here

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Want to help your community to come together to celebrate the 2012 Olympics? Then why not become a Community Games Activator for the Watford and District YMCA? As a Community Games Activator you will be able to develop your own ideas for events to bring your community together to take part in sporting and cultural activities in a fun and informal way, and at the same time raise money for the Watford YMCA’s community programmes. Your Community could be a street, an estate, local business, School PTA, shared interest group or just regular users of the public park. 

As a volunteer you will gain a variety of benefits from free training to experience in organising mass participation events. Furthermore you will as have the opportunity to be part of a project which will take in place in 2,750 communities involving 58,000 volunteers and with 2 million people taking part.

For more information contact Fabrizio Luca Ferrari on 01727 731541 or alternatively please visit www.watfordymca.co.uk or visit www.communitygames.org.uk

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The Herts Sports Partnership is looking for experienced exercise leaders to teach Seated Exercise classes and OTAGO Strength and Balance classes to adults aged 65 years + who have had or are at risk of falling.  

The partnership currently runs 20 classes per week across Hertfordshire and will soon be expanding this to 30 classes per week.  

Suitable candidates will have experience of teaching exercise classes to older adults and an apathy and understanding of the needs for this age group.   

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Herts Sports Partnership are working within the county to inspire individuals and groups to join forces and 'make sport happen'. Rounding up friends for a kick-about in the park, helping to organise a club tournament or offering help at a local Sport Relief run all count towards creating a national Olympic Legacy - Get involved today!

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ReFIT is a programme of activities for all St Albans residents over the age of 45. All activities are FREE or very low cost.

There are up to 120 activities/sessions to take part in! For more information and all the activities available click here to see the ReFIT website.

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St Albans Family Martial Arts are offering 2 Trial lessons FREE and an amazing start up deal for just £40 that saves you £58 just by joining up from ‘Active St Albans’ – Just mention you have seen the advert on the website or on the e news.

If you would like to take part in the London Colney and St Albans Tae Kwon Do and Martial Arts then please click here to find out more.