BASKETBALL: Devils make their mark (From Bicester Advertiser)
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BASKETBALL: Devils make their mark
10:00am Saturday 12th January 2013 in Sport
Members of Didcot Devils under 12, 14 and 16 squads with coaches Serguei Terekhov (far left) and Peter Finnegan (far right).
Didcot Devils Basketball Club are celebrating receiving a Clubmark award with a funding boost of £500, having secured 50 junior members since launching in 2009.
“Clubmark is a quality accreditation for junior sports clubs,” explained club treasurer Heather Coombs.
“Applying for it helped us put the right procedures in place, like training a welfare officer and preparing a development plan that will see us grow to 100 members in the next three years.”
Didcot have strong community ties and run a primary school league for pupils in years five and six, who attend after-school clubs at Northbourne, Hagbourne, All-Saints, Ladygrove Park, Chilton and Stephen Freeman schools.
The club are hoping to broaden their appeal by launching a girls section for over 14s.
More information is available from didcotdevils.org.
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