Birmingham Mail - Tag - sport

Sports clubs team up on new £1.8m Perry Barr sports centre

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

FOUR sports clubs based in one of Birmingham’s most deprived areas are joining forces with the city council on a pioneering new leisure facility.

Birmingham's free swim and gym sessions saving taxpayer millions

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:01:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S get fit for free scheme will save the taxpayer £21 for every £1 invested, according to a study by experts.

Small Heath cricket pitch plan

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

AN INNER-city playing field, mothballed after being earmarked for a hospital research centre for the last decade, is to be restored as a community cricket pitch.

Aston Villa and Birmingham City in Alexander Stadium invite

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:57:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S leisure boss wants to bring football teams from Aston Villa and Birmingham City to play at the city’s Alexander Stadium.

Solihull sport award nominations open

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 25 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT

NOMINATIONS for the Annual Solihull Sports Council Awards which take place on July 4 are open.

Playing sport helps teenagers review

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:00:00 GMT

MOST children in the West Midlands believe playing sport helps them concentrate when it’s time to revise.

West Midlands secures Olympic contracts worth £500 million

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

MORE than £500 million-worth of Olympic Games contracts have been won by firms in the West Midlands, it has emerged.

Fury at plan to charge Birmingham citizens to watch Olympic athletes practice

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:00:00 GMT

PLANS to charge the people to watch Olympic athletes like the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt train in Birmingham have been slammed as a ‘disgrace’ by a local MP.

Inspiration 2012 awards

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE than 150 people attended an awards ceremony at a Birmingham church to celebrate the Inspiration 2012 programme.

Inquiry looks at developing inner city cricket clubs in Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:59:00 GMT

COUNCIL and school-owned cricket pitches could be loaned to inner-city communities to help them set up clubs following an inquiry into the summer sport’s grass roots in Birmingham.