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Students at Bucks New University are being urged to give sport another go after the university secured £311,705 in National Lottery funding.


Along with 40


other projects, Bucks New University multi- sport development plan is being backed by Sport England’s £10m Active Universities fund. It aims to get more university students playing sport, or doing more physical activity on a regular basis as part of the mass participation legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.


Money too tight to mention


A long-running row, which had


cast a shadow over preparations for the London 2012 Olympics, appeared to come to an end last month. Following months of confl ict, the British Olympic Association (BOA) was reported to have come to an agreement with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) about the destination of any profi ts raised by the Games. T e BOA is in fi nancial diffi culty and was questioning how any fi nancial surplus from the Games would be calculated and divided. Among other things,


the BOA was asking for the revenue from the Olympics only as it believed the


A dispute over profi ts has caused rifts between Locog and BOA


Paralympics will make a loss and BOA’s share of the revenue would decrease if both events were taken into account together. T is approach led to condemnation by Baroness Sue Campbell


BACK TO COURT


A young woman who was badly injured in a swimming pool accident is continuing her legal battle against the Swimming Teachers Association (STA). If the claimant wins


her case, the STA will be liable for £3m in personal injury compensation, reported the Essex Echo. Annie Woodland,


then 10, was taking part in a swimming lesson at Gloucester Park


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pool in Basildon in July 2000, when she got into diffi culties and stopped breathing. Although she was resuscitated, a lack of oxygen to the brain left her with learning diffi culties. T e case appeared


to have been won in November 2007, when the STA said it would accept liability for the accident, but this admission was withdrawn in 2009.


Consequently, the


Woodlands had to launch a fully contested liability trial. According to the Child Accident Protection Trust, young children often do not splash or make any noise when they get in trouble in the water and can drown soundlessly. More than three


quarters of youngsters who drown in swimming pools are out of sight for less than fi ve minutes.


at a recent sports journalists’ event. ‘T is argument is not


good for British sport,’ she said. ‘We are as committed to Paralympic athletes as we are to Olympic athletes. T eir


achievements are an inspiration and they deserve the same stage as the Olympians.’ T e International


Olympic Committee had already ruled in favour of LOCOG.


Competition back on curriculum


The launch of the School Games offers pupils across England the opportunity to take part in more competitive sport. Sport England is investing up to £35.5m of National Lottery funding in the School Games up to 2015. Designed across four levels, for both primary and secondary pupils, competition will be held at intra-school, inter-school and regional levels. Top athletes could go on to compete at a major national multi-sport event, hosted in 2012 at the Olympic Park in London.


The School Games are fully inclusive, with a focus on encouraging participation in competitive sport across the spectrum of abilities and experience.


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