Last week SA Sports Coaching ran 2 multi-sports courses in Bramley, a 4 day course at Bramley Primary School and a 5 day course at Raynville Primary School. 60 children attended at Bramley Primary and 30 were at Raynville where the children learned new skills in Rugby, Cricket and Football before putting their skills into practice in games and tournaments.

During the Spring Bank half-term children from the Ilkley area along with pupils from Westville House School attended a multi-sport and activity camp at the school. The camp ran for 4 days of the half-term week from 9.00am to 4.30pm with each day being action packed and fun filled. Activities included football, dodgeball, arts and crafts, quizzes, DVD afternoons, tag rugby, uni-hoc, kwik cricket and much more.

There was a mix of male and female coaches leading the camp, all with many years experience working with children, who helped make the week fun for everyone involved.

This week Sam Anderson and James Finch delivered an Inset cricket coaching session at Denstone College in Staffordshire. 14 teachers from the top Independent school attended the session, where they learned new drills and coaching techniques to pass on to their age group sides. Head of cricket at Denstone College, Jane Morris said of the session "It was excellent, all our teachers have picked up some new skills tonight.

The Ilkley Easter cricket course took place this week at Westville House School. Boys and girls aged between 7 and 11 attended the 3 day course to perfect their skills before the new season. The young cricketers learned new skills in batting, bowling and fielding from Sam Anderson and James Finch. The children also benefited from some advice on cricket the West Indian way when Dalton Polius (West Indies U19 player) offered some tips on the final day.