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Warwick Sport Awarded "Higher Education Partner of the Year" by Birmingham County Football Association

Warwick Sport have won this prestigious award on behalf of the football achievements of the Warwick Active programme this year.

1. Professionalising Warwick Uni’s Intramural Football Leagues

2. Setting up a Referees Hub to train and qualify new young referees

3. Increasing participation in women’s football

4. Launching a Halls of Residence 5aside League

5. Launching an Intramural Futsal League

6. Recruiting a student Higher Education Activator to lead on the above programme Chris McNabb. Chris is a qualified referee and keen football enthusiast working alongside our Sports Development Coordinator Jen Emeny-Green to develop our football offer and enhance the student experience at Warwick Uni

“This is a fantastic achievement and really reflects the great work happening through the Warwick Active programme. We see this award as a celebration of strong partnership working between The University of Warwick, Birmingham County FA and British Universities & College Sport (BUCS). The referees hub alone (launched October 2013) has paved the way for developing student employability through Sport and we look forward to further developing the programme this year”. Jen Emeny-Green (Sports Development Coordinator – Participation).

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Warwick Sport AwardChris McNabb, pictured on the right, collects the award on behalf of Warwick Sport

Thu 31 Jul 2014, 14:50