Grants awarded to support Chesterfield athletes
Some of the best young talent in the Chesterfield Borough have been handed a share of £2,250 in grants from business network ICON to help them chase their sporting dreams.
The chosen 15 athletes have been selected to receive a grant of up to £250 each, which they can use to help meet costs such as travel, equipment, coaching fees or competition costs.
All of the athletes are tipped for further success in their respective sports, and are either already competing for England or Great Britain or are part of recognised national development squads or club academy structures.
Chesterfield Borough Council will also provide each with free access to its leisure facilities to further help them with their training.
The selected athletes are ice hockey players: Jake Aspley, Ryan Aspley and Ameliah Such, table tennis players: Isobel Ashley and Liam Pitchford, track and field siblings: Alicia and Ella Barrett, golfers: Jamie Boler and George Woolgar, fencers: Jayne Crook and Hannah Lawrence, tennis player, Bradley Buckland, squash player, Ashley Davies, diver, Bron Jenkinson and swimmer, Imogen Morris.
Cllr Amanda Serjeant, Executive Member for Leisure, Culture and Tourism at Chesterfield Borough Council met 10 of the athletes to congratulate them during a presentation at the cricket pavilion in Queen’s Park, Chesterfield on Tuesday, January 13, along with Hayley Lever, Director of Derbyshire Sport which organises the ICON programme, Mark Tournier of the Chesterfield School Sport Partnership and Cllr Jean Innes of Derbyshire County Council.
“We all took great delight in the success of our sporting stars at London 2012 and again at the Commonwealth Games last year and it’s important that, through initiatives like these, we support those legacies in our communities,” said Cllr Serjeant.
Chesterfield Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council are among 10 local authorities across the county who are members of business network ICON, which was set up by Derbyshire Sport as part of the work to create a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Games in Derbyshire.
Other members of the programme include Destination Chesterfield and Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
Further details about the selected athletes are available atwww.derbyshiresport.co.uk
Source:Derbyshire Sport
