Your School Needs You! 

Let’s get out and get moving, and have some fun with a little bit of school rivalry!

Over the next 6 weeks the Feel Good 5k Schools Strava Challenge aims to get students & teachers moving & clocking up the KMs (Kilometres – distance moved)

Your School Club will be set up on the Sligo Sport and Recreation Strava profile page. You will be sent instructions on how to sign up to Strava & join your school club, then recruit students and staff as members to get involved & support your school by moving & earning KMs

€500 for the winning school club with the greatest average KMs per member at the end of 6 weeks. A weekly leaderboard will be published to show you where your School Club is sitting!

Open to all Secondary School in County Sligo. Running from 18^th January to 28^th February – Join any time!

For full rules and regulations on how to take part, please contact

Theresa Kilgannon, Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership on 0860716829 or email theresa@sligosportandrecreation.ie

How to become a member of Your Schools Starva Club 

YOU CAN JOIN ANY TIME (From 18^th January to 28^th February)

Download Strava to your phone, follow Sligo Sport and Recreation & join your school club. Then record your walk, run, jog activity as a RUN & remember no journey is too short, every meter counts!

Instructions on how to get started are below or follow the video guide on YouTube at this link https://youtu.be/NZPRPgDzqj0

Step 1: Download Strava to your phone
• Search for STRAVA in the APP , Google Paly or ITunes store on your phone
• Sign up with an email and password
• It’s FREE you don’t need a paid premium account
• Create your profile user name

Step 2: Follow Sligo Sport and Recreation
• When you skip through the tutorial you get to your profile page, click on the two person symbol at the top of the screen
• Next click on the search symbol and type Sligo Sport and Recreation
• Go to Sligo Sport and Recreation profile page
• Click Follow on Sligo Sport and Recreation

Step 3: Join your School Club
• In the Sligo Sport and Recreation Profile page scroll down to clubs and request to join your school club
• You will be accepted to the club by one of your teachers who are admins on the Club

Step 4: Record your Walk, Jog, Run
• Select the record button at the bottom of the screen

• Select RUN and hit start

• When finished hit the stop button of the screen.
• Select finish and then hit save activity at the top of the screen.
• Your walk, run, jog will be recorded on your school club leaderboard

Remember
Search and join your School Club on Sligo Sport and Recreation profile page on Strava. Record your activity as a RUN and it will automatically total on your School Cubs leaderboard towards total KMs.
No Journey is to short, every meter counts. If you need help, guidance or motivation to get started check out the Free Feel Good 5k Podcast and Training Plans at https://feelgood5ksligo.eventbrite.ie 

Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2021

The deadline for applications under the scheme has been extended to Monday 1st March 2021. This is due to the ongoing evolving situation with Covid-19 restrictions. All information is available on www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, T.D, and the Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, Jack Chambers, T.D., recently announced (30/11/2020) that €40 million is being made available in 2021 under a new round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP).

 The SCEP is the Government’s primary vehicle for providing support to sports clubs and communities to develop sports infrastructure around the country. Applications can be made online only from 9am on Friday 11th December until the extended date of 5pm on Monday 1st March 2021.

Further information and details from the Department press release can be found  HERE

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Sports Capital and Equipment 2021 Scheme Funding Workshop – Tues 9th February, 1.00-2.30pm

SSRP will be hosting a Funding Workshop on Tuesday 9^thFebruary, 1.00-2.30pm next to assist Sports Clubs/Community Groups in County Sligo in making applications under the Departments Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2021. The Scheme is currently open for applications with a closing date of Mon 1^stMarch 2021. The funding workshop will be delivered online via a webinar by the ‘2into3’ group who have a strong track record in Sports Capital applications and will bring participants through the application process, best practice and provide clubs/groups with a detailed understanding of the Sports Capital process. Registration is through Eventbrite via the link HERE.

For all information on the SCEP 2021 Scheme see www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie and please note that all clubs/groups wishing to apply must have registered with the Departments online portal OSCAR before Mon 15^th February 2021.

So, sign up now for our free workshop, and avail of the opportunity to gain valuable insight into applying for a SCEP grant.

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The Sligo School Indoor Rowing Staying Local Virtual Blitz is open to all secondary schools in County Sligo. The format of the event has changed from a team event to an individual event for this year due to Covid restrictions. There are categories for every year group from 1^st to 6^th years with a special categories for school teachers and staff to engage in the event. The challenge is to see how many meters you can row in a 5minute time cap. Competitive rowers who have experience rowing can enter the 2000meters for time category, a challenging test of fitness.

The timed rows will be overseen on a selected date between the 10^th and 18^th December onsite in the school by an SSRP Rowing Official who will verify all distances complete, where they will be compiled on a database with results posted on 19^th December. Rowers are available for schools to use for this event. Full details of the event can be found on Eventbrite HERE