Introducing the Lewes Youth Sports Awards 

"Celebrating achievement by Lewes’ young people”

 The Council is about to launch a new Youth Sports Award scheme for schools and sports clubs to recognize achievement by the Town’s young people – able-bodied and less-able alike.  Awards will be made to: a junior boy, a junior girl, a junior team, (under 12yrs of age), and a senior boy, a senior girl and a senior team (under 19). Whether disabled or able-bodied it doesn't matter as long as the nominees have achieved an excellent standard in their particular sport.  Entry to the Award scheme will be limited to individuals and teams who either reside in Lewes (parish), or belong to a team or club based in the town.

So...all you sports teachers and sports club coaches and trainers: look around at your students and teams and see which of your youngsters has contributed in an outstanding way to their sport during the year ending 1^st September 2010.

Hope to see you at the Awards Ceremony next year!

Landport Youth Centre Re-opens

Our frontpage, until recently, showed you the Mayor of Lewes, Cllr Amanda Dean, 12,000ft in the air when she made a free-fall parachute jump for her chosen charities.  Here she is with her feet firmly on the ground when she opened Landport Youth Centre with the help of Jordan Frape and Ashley Foord, both of Landport, who held the red ribbon for her to cut (and then “recycled” it!).