Competition Managers in Surrey

COMPETITION MANAGERS IN SURREY

Competition Managers have been employed to work within the School Sport Partnerships and Community Sport networks, to ensure that varied competitive sporting opportunities are being offered within school environments and that young people are being trained and encouraged to take part. Our role is not to replace the excellent voluntary work currently in place, but to support and co-ordinate competitive sport more effectively, to ensure as many schools and pupils can access a wide range of activities, at a variety of levels from school to county, regional and national standard.

Working with National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs), School Sport Associations (SSAs) and the local community network of clubs, coaches, referees and officials, the aim is to provide more structure and cohesion to competitive sport for young people.

Whilst the focus is mainly on inter school competition for 5-16yrs, there are additional links and cross overs that will be made with other areas of the PESSYP (such as leadership and volunteering, club development and school club links), which contribute to the shared, overall target for all schools - the 5 hour offer.

County Target (2008/09)

A 5% increase in the number of 'new young people' taking part in high quality (appropriate, integrated and inclusive) inter school competition.

What is a new young person?

A new young person (NYP) is an individual that did not compete in inter school competition during the last academic year only, based on the data submitted for the 2007/08 PESSCL survey. E.g. If a young person competed in an inter school competition in 2006/07, but suffered an injury and did not compete in 2007/08, they are classed as a new young person for this academic year - 2008/09. Young people should only be counted once, not for every event that they participate in. All Yr 1 pupils are classed as NYP this academic year but Year 7s are only new if they did not compete in an inter school event in Year 6.

= 5% increase per School Sports Partnership (SSP)

= 6200 new young people in Surrey (who did not compete in 2007/08)

= approximately 1000 per SSP

We need to ensure that 39% (48,138) of young people who competed last year, continue to experience inter school competition as well.

All of the targets centred on competition, interlink with many other PESSYP strands such as school-club links, leadership and volunteering and Continued Professional Development. Our role is also to streamline the current competition formats and structures in line with the NGBs National Competition Frameworks and to ensure clear pathways exist for all young people.

CURRENT INTER COMPETITION FIGURES

SSP	2007/08 Inter School Competition	2008/09 Target for Inter School Competition	Target Number of New Young People
Bishop Wand	45%	50%	988
East Surrey	31%	36%	1234
Mid Surrey	43%	48%	1095
North Surrey	41%	46%	959
North West Surrey	32%	37%	1071
Waverley & Ash	44%	49%	826
County Average	39%	44%	6200

We also need to ensure that the 39% (48,138) of young people who competed last year, continue to experience inter school competition this year aswell.