Sport England has today confirmed that it is making up to £195m of funding available to help the community sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
The package is additional to any funding support provided by the Government and is made up of the following:
24 March 2020 09:00
Having monitored the situation regarding Coronavirus and the way things are rapidly progressing, I have looked at the things that we would need to start organising now for the next three major competitions and events. As this would involve considerable cost to the Association and with no guarantee that the events will go ahead, I have decided to cancel the following events:
Date: 20 March 2020 Time: 13:30
As everyone is aware we are in an unprecedented situation with regard to Coronavirus. We have looked at the most effective way to manage our postal competitions whilst following the advice of the Government and agencies such as the World Health Organisation. Taking their advice into consideration and appraising the present situation we have decided the following:
IMPORTANT: Official Cancellation of ISCH 2020
Dear Sir or Madam,
unfortunately we have to inform you that according to current orders of the authorities all major events in Hanover have to be canceled.
This orders and the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute force us to cancel ISCH 2020 officially. A postponement to a later date this year is regrettably not possible due to scheduling reasons.
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Photo credit: Paul Holdstock.
Paul's photo album can be viewed at: Facebook album
Located centrally in England, the NSRA's West Midlands ranges at Aldersley Wolverhampton once again welcomed blind and visually impaired shooters from across the UK.
“A hat-trick!”, beamed an ecstatic Minerva Singh on retaining the Women’s 10m Air Pistol title. “First 2013, then 2019 and now 2020. I really enjoyed myself today.”
A pair of junior rifle shooters who come from the same club and were born on exactly the same day have now got something else in common – they both won gold medals at this year’s BOAG Championships.
The NSRA look forward to welcoming Matt Skelhon and Issy Bailey to the Lord Roberts Centre today.
Photo credit: ParalympicsGB and Paralympics.org
The BOAG 2020 event this year proved to be very successful with over 200 entries, air rifle, air pistol and Sporter air rifle, all at 10m.
Official photographs from the British Open Airgun Championships can be viewed at: BOAG 2020
Photo credit: Phil Barker.