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         <description><![CDATA[Beginning Monday 14th July, the Yorkshire Evening Post will be publishing one Big Cash Giveaway token every day for a 12 day period. To be eligible for one of five £1,000 cash prizes, your club members simply need to collect a total 25 tokens and then complete an entry form stating your case as to why your club deserves the money...Simple! 

<strong>James Hickman, SportsAid Ambassador and 5 times World Swimming Champion said:</strong>

"The development of grass roots sport through community clubs is essential to help increase participation and bring on new talent in sport. As a former member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club, I understand how important the provision of good facilities and coaching is and am delighted to support Betfair's Cash 4 Clubs initiative which provides clubs in Yorkshire with the opportunity to earn some of the funds needed to improve facilities and attract new members."

The giveaway is open to all clubs in the Yorkshire region so start collecting and state your case!

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         <title>Hampshire</title>
         <description>Beginning Monday 30th June, The Southern Daily Echo will be publishing one Big Cash Giveaway token every day for a 4 week period. To be eligible for one of five £1,000 cash prizes, your club members simply need to collect a total 50 tokens and then complete an entry form stating your case as to why your club deserves the money...Simple! 

The giveaway is open to all sports clubs in the Hampshire region and special consideration will be given during judging to those clubs demonstrating a commitment to collecting the most tokens so start collecting and state your case!

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         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Gymnastics in Ipswich</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Since November 1999 Gymnastics in Ipswich have been evolving at the purpose built facility located nears Gainsborough.

Having started with approximately 400 children taking part in the gymnastic sessions each week, the initiative has grown at an exponential rate with over 2,500 now attending each week.

The initiative has also been taken into schools across Ipswich, giving some 30,000 children the opportunity to experience gymnastics through basic coaching, leveraging the facilities of each school. 

The scheme has recently started to offer a class tailored towards people with learning and physical disabilities, promoting their total inclusion policy.

The application to Cash 4 Clubs saw Gymnastics in Ipswich receive a much needed £1,000 to replace a broken set of parallel bars.

Andy Wood, a committee member and coach said "As a charity all money that comes in is spent directly on the centre, so any extra that we need for things such as new equipment we have to raise through fund raising activities and grant applications. The Cash 4 Clubs grant has been a great help and allows our project to continue at the rate we would like."    

For more information and to get involved please visit <a href="http://www.gymnasticsinipswich.co.uk">www.gymnasticsinipswich.co.uk</a>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>East Anglian Sailing Trust</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The East Anglian Sailing Trust provides disabled East Anglians and their carers with regular opportunities to access and enjoy sailing activities whilst promoting enhanced independence, confidence and community involvement.  

With nearly 100 members, the trust provides a team of volunteers who manage three existing programmes which enable disabled sailors to get afloat in safe and suitable boats from wheelchair accessible pontoons at Suffolk Yacht Harbour.

The club has recently acquired a new keelboat for 2008, which volunteers have been maintaining over the winter months so that members with the appropriate skills will be able to sail on the rivers Orwell and Stour to expand their time on the water.

The club applied to Cash 4 Clubs for the vital funds needed to fully equip the vessel with the appropriate safety and communications equipment required for disabled sailing.

William Smith, a trustee of the club said "the £1,000 has had a huge impact on our club. From this grant we have been able to fully equip our new Yeoman 20' keelboat, providing a much larger variety of options for our members."

For more information and to get involved please visit <a href="http://www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk ">www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk </a>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Colchester Rovers Cycling Club</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Colchester Rovers Cycling Club has been running for over 20 years and is committed to encouraging all walks of life to get involved in cycling. 

For the cost of just £1 per person, riders can go along on Monday evenings and the club will provide the bike, helmet and an enjoyable session on the well maintained grass circuit.

This opportunity can only be provided due to a small number of dedicated club members giving up their time throughout the summer.

The Colchester Rovers Cycling club was awarded £1,000 by Cash 4 Clubs to purchase new bikes and support the continued growth of the superb initiative.

David Triggs, a coach at the club said "The new bikes have enabled more riders to take part in each session, with fewer riders having to share. Now that we have these extra assets we can actively promote the club, whereas before we were hesitant as we would have struggled to accommodate more riders. Thank you!"

For more information and to get involved please visit <a href="http://www.colchester-rovers.org.uk">www.colchester-rovers.org.uk</a>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Ipswich Basketball</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ipswich Basketball is one of the most rapidly growing basketball clubs in the East of England. In the last two years it has grown from 50 talented players to over 90, and has added over 200 community registered players.

Basketball is a sport with a very strong focus on discipline and teamwork, and the training at Ipswich Basketball is structured to re-enforce these aspects. The club has been instrumental in helping to reform some once troublesome teenagers into exemplary members of the squad by integrating them into a well defined structure and promoting teamwork as a key to success.

The club has a very record of involving parents in the running of the club and developing the players into future coaches and officials. The parents of each team work hard to raise the funds necessary for these qualifications and some players have now achieved Level 1 standard in coaching and officiating.

The club is looking to expand and applied to Cash4Clubs to raise the funds necessary to initiate a new women's team aimed at the 16+ league, the classic age for girls to drop out of exercise.

Bernard Ball commented on the scheme "We are permanently raising money ourselves through the weekly player subscriptions and fund raising events, however external sponsorship is also critical for us if we are to develop the programmes. The £1,000 provided by Cash4Clubs has greatly helped our cause so thank you for your support!"

For more information and to get involved please visit <a href="http://www.ipswichbasketball.net">www.ipswichbasketball.net</a>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<li>To qualify for the 'Refer and Earn' Scheme (the "Scheme") you must be a registered user of Betfair. </li>
<li>The referred customer must be a new user to Betfair, not having previously held a Betfair account, and have made a deposit and provided details such as debit or credit card which have been verified. </li>
<li>Payments will only be made through this Refer and Earn scheme once your club has been verified. </li>
<li>If you are the referrer you have the potential to earn £20 or £50 if the person you referred reaches any of the minimum requirements to earn bounty payments. If the person you refer meets requirements as set out in the below clause. The referred has to earn either 1,000 BF points on Poker or alternatively 1,000 BF points on Casino within their first 31 days of joining Betfair in order for you (the referrer) to receive a £50 bounty payment. If the referred matches £150 on the sports betting exchange during their first 12 months of joining (but before reaching 1000BF points on Poker or alternatively Casino) than you will receive a bounty payment of £20. </li>
<li>Whether you receive £20 or £50 is dependent upon which of the above requirements the referred person meets first. </li>
<li>If you have been referred you have the potential to earn £25. If you earn either 1,000 BF points on Poker or alternatively 1,000 BF points on Casino within your first 31 days of joining Betfair we will credit your account with £25. Alternatively if you bet £25 on the sports betting Exchange within the first 12 months of opening an account (but before reaching 1000BF points on Poker or alternatively Casino) than you will receive £25 credit into your account. </li>
<li>Betfair will only pay out on one scheme. No customer can earn two bounty payments. </li>
<li>In addition to the reward in paragraph 3 above you may also receive a reward 3 months after the new customer has set up their account. Details of how to qualify and the amount of any reward are available on the 'Betfair and the Scheme websites. </li>
<li>All rewards are made in the form of credits to Betfair accounts which can only be used as stakes for betting on Betfair products and cannot be withdrawn. No rewards, other than those set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 above. </li>
<li>Rewards will be credited to your Betfair account within 2 days of becoming due. </li>
<li>All rewards are denominated in pounds sterling. These will be converted into local currency at the time the reward is credited to your account at the then current exchange rate. </li>
<li>Points earned or bets matched on Betfair products by a referred customer with funds transferred to their Betfair account via Moneybookers will be valid for the Scheme provided the referred customer passes Betfair's KYC checks. </li>
<li>Betfair Points earned by a referred customer on the following products will not be included when calculating quarterly rewards under the Scheme: Single Deck Blackjack, Craps, Baccarat, and all Zero Lounge games. </li>
<li>The referred user must provide your unique referral code at the time of registration. This has been issued to you directly. No rewards will be provided if the code is not entered correctly at the time of registration. </li>
<li>There is no limit to the number of friends you can refer. All referred customers must be people you actually know, spamming or publication of your Refer and Earn code will not be tolerated and will result in your disqualification from the Scheme and any new customers referred being ineligible for any benefits under the Scheme. </li>
<li>You cannot refer yourself, your family or household members to join Betfair as a referred customer - this applies to any new accounts you may set up for yourself or on your behalf. </li>
<li>By agreeing to participate in the Scheme you and any referred customer agree to data regarding your level of Betfair points being disclosed by Betfair to each other as appropriate, for the purpose of this scheme only. You must notify any customers you refer that data will be shared in this way before referral. </li>
<li>Betfair reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to exclude you from the Scheme and from the Betfair website if it believes you have tried to benefit from the Scheme by using more than one username or are otherwise engaged in fraudulent or other activities that indicate that referrals or bets are not made in good faith but for the purpose of abusing the terms and/or spirit of the Scheme. In such instance, you shall not be entitled to participate in the Scheme and Betfair shall not be obliged to provide a reason to you for such exclusion. </li>
<li>Betfair may at any time suspend or void the Scheme for any reason that Betfair, in its absolute discretion, thinks appropriate and any liability from Betfair to you shall immediately cease upon you being informed of such action. In respect of any dispute, howsoever arising, Betfair's decision will be final. </li>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Deben Swimming Club</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The aims of Deben Swimming Club are to promote the sport of swimming by providing a structured teaching and training program to help swimmers reach their full competitive potential according to their individual levels of ambition, ability and application.

The club has recently started two sections within the club, Mini Polo! and Junior Polo. The club applied to Cash 4 Clubs to get the required money to support these new initiatives which includes the cost of required additional equipment as well as additional pool time.

Jo Cotton from the club committee said "Cash 4 Clubs has really helped us to purchase the vital equipment such as balls, head protectors and goals needed to run our new polo teams. The success of this section of the club has shown that members do not have to be competitive swimmers to be members of a successful swimming club. The players are learning to work as a team and are having great fun learning this new sport."
 
For more information on Deben Swimming Club and to get involved in the action please visit <a href="http://www.debenswimmingclub.co.uk">www.debenswimmingclub.co.uk</a>  

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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/">www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/</a>
Your best coverage for all levels of sport in Southampton and Hampshire
 
<a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk">www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk</a>
For up to the minute news in Yorkshire visit the Yorkshire Evening Post Online
 
<a href="http://www.sysport.co.uk">www.sysport.co.uk</a>
Enhancing people's lives in South Yorkshire by increasing and improving opportunities in sport and active recreation

<a href="http://www.sportsaid.org.uk">www.sportsaid.org.uk</a>
Betfair is a proud supporter of SportsAid, the charity that helps the next generation of young British sportsmen and women to succeed. Please click on the link above for more details.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Refer And Earn</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Betfair has changed its Refer And Earn programme to make it easier for Clubs to earn money by introducing someone new to Betfair. Its simple your Club gets £20 for each person who registers to Betfair using your Clubs unique Refer And Earn code.

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<li>Betfair will pay your club £20* for each person who signs up using your clubs unique referral code.</li>
<li>Once the person you refer has bet £25 their account will be credited with a bonus of £25</li>
<li>We will continue to reward your Club if referrals are still betting after three months and additional bonuses will be paid quarterly for the remainder of the year. The club could earn over £8,000 per referral.</li>
<li>Payments can be made once the identity of the club has been confirmed.</li>
<li>For your club to maximise its earnings all subsequent referrers should be encouraged to use the club's referral code to ensure that your club receives all of the bounty payments.</li>
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To qualify for the Cash4Clubs Refer And Earn Scheme you will need to <a href="http://promo.betfair.com/gmd/microsites/2008/c4c/form.php">register</a>.

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         <title>Big Cash Giveaway</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Betfair's Big Cash Giveaway allows sports clubs from across a region to apply for £1,000 jackpot to spend on the development of their club. 

For the sports club to be eligible, club members are required to collect a specified number of tokens from the region's media partner and then complete an entry form stating why they deserve the funds. 

Entries will be judged by an independent panel including representatives from County Sport Partners, the media partner and Betfair. Five selected clubs will each receive £1,000 to spend on the development of their club.

Clubs can currently apply in the following areas: <a href="yorkshire.html">Yorkshire</a> and <a href="hampshire.html">Hampshire</a> ]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cash 4 Clubs has been set up to facilitate fundraising for community sports clubs throughout the country.

Sport in the community is about local people, local facilities, local groups and organisations providing opportunities for the enjoyment of sport.

We recognise the importance of community sport and in order to maintain its development, we are giving clubs a unique chance to raise the money they need to improve facilities, purchase new equipment, improve coaching staff qualifications, nurture young talent... the list is endless!

There are two ways for you to earn money for your club, the <a href="/cash4clubs/giveaway.html">Big Cash Giveaway</a> and <a href="/cash4clubs/refer.html">Refer And Earn;</a> why not try both!

<h3>Betfair's Cash for Clubs awards its first grants</h3>

Earlier in the year Cash 4 Clubs awarded its first grants to deserving community sports clubs in Suffolk and Essex. The winners and their worthy causes were:

<ul><li>Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club, who were in desperate need of funds to replace broken equipment</li>
<li>Ipswich Basketball Club, who were looking to form a women's basketball team</li>
<li>Deben Swimming Club, who needed extra cash to develop their Mini Polo! </li>
<li>Colchester Rovers Cycling Club, who wanted to purchase new bikes for their grass track sessions and enable more children to try cycling safely</li>
<li>East Anglian Sailing Trust, who needed to kit out a new boat with the right safety and communications equipment and enable more people with disabilities to have access to sailing.</li></ul> 

<strong>Georgina Hard of Betfair commented:</strong>

"Cash for Clubs proved really popular in East Anglia and the money awarded to these five very deserving clubs will hopefully make a huge difference. Betfair is passionate about sport at all levels. We are delighted to be able to make such a commitment to supporting the development of community sport and we look forward to seeing how this impacts the organisations and their wider communities."

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         <title>Sub 2 hour half marathon</title>
         <description>I&apos;ve just registered for a half marathon in March.  Does anyone know where I can find a good training plan for a sub 2 hour time?

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         <title>Football club wanted!</title>
         <description>Hi,

I am a keen footballer and looking for a social team to get involved with. I used to play county but now just want to play as a bit of fun.

Does anyone know of any good clubs in South West London?

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         <description>I&apos;m trying to raise £5,000 for my club and am really struggling to get anything like that amount. Does anyone have any tips on what I can do to get some support. I have thought about trying local busineses, but am not sure where to start. Any advice would be very much appreciated!</description>
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