Summer of Sport comes to Birmingham
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The Western MCC teamed up with Sporting Spirit and Sport for Life International to host a Summer of Sport event in Birmingham for colleagues, members and the community inspired by Birmingham's hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
During the day there were 8 sports on offer to try along with a group sports day activity, they included: Archery, Tennis, Football, Cricket, Dodgeball, Darts, Basketball and Volleyball. throughout the day competitors had fun trying out the games and competing against each other for fun.
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Our Community Partner Sporting Spirit, an organisation that works with inner city youngsters to promote sport and not crime were on hand to ensure everyone had a great day. Sporting Spirit supplied the equipment and staff to look after each activity which meant everyone was having fun in a safe environment. scores were kept throughout the day. Sport for Life International were on hand with their coaches to run the tennis activity part of the day. Sport 4 Life run and maintain the Co-op sports field at Barrows Lane where lots of Cricket takes place through the summer season. Thank you to both Sporting Spirit and Sport for Life International for supporting the day.
A special thanks also to IPro who kindly donated 200 bottles of their Healthy Hydration drinks for the event, in the hot weather they went down a treat.
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