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Your Community Matters – Greenbank Ward

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Want to make a difference? Come along and help make your community better, with police, council officers, ward councillors, other agencies and local people from your community.
 
 

 

Greenbank Sports Academy
Greenbank Lane
Liverpool, L17 1AG
Wednesday 8 September 2010  between 5:30pm – 7:30pm
 

 

 

Download the poster as a pdf (560kb)

Family Fun Day- 26 September

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Join us at Greenbank Sports Academy for a Family Fun on Sunday 26 September 2010 from 11am – 4pm.

Treat yourself and the family to a delicious meal and plenty of fun activities for the Children.

For more information call 0151 280 7757 0r Click here to download the Family Fun Day leaflet as a pdf (270kb)

Restaurant shut – 10 August

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Time Out (Greenbank Sports Academy Restaurant) will be shut on Tuesday 10 August due to maintenance work. Normal service will resume on Wednesday morning.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

FD Students Graduate

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Greenbank College is very pleased to announce the first graduates from the Inclusive Sport Development Foundation Degree (in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University).

Congratulations to Dougy Oliver, Lawrence Tierney, Laura Copplestone, Alex Culvin & Kevin Coles.

To request a course fact file or for further information contact Mark Palmer, Programme Leader, Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, L17 1AG Tel: 0151 280 7757 or The Faculty Recruitment Team, LJMU, Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure, IM Marsh Campus, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6BD Tel: 0151 231 5340.

Academy Charity Cup – Results

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Thank you to all the teams who took part in this years Academy Charity Cup (5-a-side football tournament). The winners were Murphy’s Law who defeated English Rose in the final. Third place went to Saudi Liverpool, beating Sheer Harrisment in the 3rd/4th place playoff.

The winners received £100 to spend at Greenbank, a trophy, the ACC shield (for a year) and each player received a medal. Second place got a trophy and medals, with third place receiving a trophy.

Player of the tournament was Mike Sautell (Rose Athletic). He won a trophy and a 3 month membership to Greenbank’s gym.

The tournament raised in excess of £500, which will be invested in a disability sport called Unihoc. Unihoc is a unique sport that gives young children with a range of disabilities a chance to take part in competitive sport.

A big thank you to Dave Stanistreet for his hard work and effort in organising the tournament and making it the success that it was. Thanks also to the volunteers who gave up their time to assist with the running of the event.

After school activities

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Greenbank Sports Academy provides after school activities for disabled children aged 8 and above, their friends and siblings as part of the ‘School’s In’ programme. The scheme is funded through the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme.

Booking is advisable!

Full details can be download below:

Download the School’s In leaflet as a pdf (313kb)

Download the booking form as a pdf (132kb)

Fill in the ‘booking form’, save it and email a completed copy to us.

Blind Tennis sessions at Greenbank

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Sports & Activities for the Visually Impaired, Northwest (SAVI) are offering FREE ‘Blind Tennis’ sessions at Greenbank Sports Academy! Starting on Tuesday 1 June at 7pm (for 12 weeks). Suitable for people with visual impairments aged 16+. For more details, email Matt Cliff

BBC Radio Merseyside – interview

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Dougy Oliver (facility user) was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside (24 May 2010) to talk about how his disability affects everyday life.

Listen to the recording below:

Thank you to BBC Radio Merseyside for providing us with the audio footage.

World Cup Charity Fun Day

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

South Africa World Cup Charity Fun Day at Greenbank Sports Academy on Saturday 26 June from 12noon.

See the link below for further details:

Download World Cup Charity Fun Day leaflet as a pdf (1.9mb)

Academy Charity Cup 2010

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Greenbank Sports Academy holds numerous successful sporting events every year from club level to prestigious international events. Every year we hold our own competition, The Academy Charity Cup (ACC), which year by year continues grow in all areas.  The ACC is a 5-a-side football competition open to all who wish to take part (subject to availability), taking place on Saturday 5th June 2010 from 10am onwards.

Download the Application form as a word document (76 kb)
Download the Tournament details as a word document (76 kb)