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SiD Wins New Environmental Award

On Thursday 30th November 2023 SiD won the "Protecting and Improving our Environment" award at the Hinckley and Bosworth "Making a Difference " celebration held at Hinckley Rugby Club, The award was presented by Scott Gibbens, the Mayor of Hinckley and Bosworth to Sue...

DEA Award 2021

SiD wins national award for eco-friendly development   MP for Bosworth, Dr Luke Evans said, "Congratulations to Sport in Desford for their national award in recognition of their continued efforts to be eco-friendly over the last 10 years. Their fantastic...

Platinum Jubilee Award 2022

SiD wins Platinum Jubilee Community and Business Award This was awarded to SiD for services to the local community by the Leicestershire Lord Lieutenant, Mike Kapur in June 2022. The actual award was presented at the SiD Executive Meeting in the SiD Sports Bar at...

New Tennis Developments

New Tennis Developments SiD and DLTC (Desford Lawn tennis Club) are delighted to announce that all the floodlights on all 3 courts at SiD have been upgraded to LED equivalents. This not only improves the lighting to full LTA standards but will also reduce the power...

State of Mind Project

State of Mind Campaign: Thank you!! The campaign over a single week in June collected donations of £2,500 for SiD's very own  "State of Mind" mental health project, led by our gym manager, Jez Edwards. The BigGive charity that ran the campaign doubles up all the...

Congratulations

Congratulations to: Desford Striders Running Club on running the Steve Morris 5 mile event on Sunday 9th July 2023 with over 500 runners from all over the County. It was a superb piece of organisation and a fitting tribute to our friend Steve Morris who passed away...

Multi Use Games Area (MUGA)

SiD MUGA 2019 Opened by Tamsin Greenway, England netball player and past resident of Desford, on 6th July 2019 These sports courts were made possible by grants and contributions from: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council The European LEADER Fund Desford Parish...

Desford Heritage Festival July 2022

Desford Heritage Festival 2nd/3rd July 2022 Thank you to everybody who took part in this brilliant event and especially to all the marshals from Desford Striders who helped on Saturday at SiD, Events associated with SiD included: The aerial display by 6 Tiger Moth...

Double Tennis Court Resurfacing

Double court ready to use Desford Lawn Tennis Club have seen their tennis courts being given a makeover.  Two courts have been cleaned and resurfaced using a sand based acryclic binder and have been painted purple and green. The binder will give the tarmac an extended...

SiD installs ground breaking battery system

SiD installs ground breaking battery system Between 2012 and 2015 Sport in Desford (SiD) installed 176 solar panels on every available roof. of the SiD clubhouse, generating around 40,000 KWh p.a. Following the installing of LED lighting in main rooms, corridors and...

Bowls Club successes!

Coalville Triples:   Desford Bowls Club. have won the Division B League for the first time in the club's history and is promoted to the A league next season. Hinckley Triples:   Desford Bowls Club  were runners-up  in Division 4 and are promoted to Division 3 next...

New Tennis Floodlights Installed!

At last we have been able to double up the floodlights on the old double tennis court. Our new court at the front of the site already has 6KW of lighting on a single court to match LTA recommendations. The older double court has only had 4KW across the 2 courts for...

Simon Goodman wins Volunteer of the Year

TV sports reporter Mark Shardlow together with Borough Sporting Champion Councillor Peter Wallace were the special guests at this year's Hinckley and Bosworth Sports and Health Alliance Awards evening at the end of November 2016. They presented the Adult Volunteer of...

Ceiling Insulation

Not the most exciting development, but still important. Between 18th and 20th January 2017, contractors Rockwarm Ltd installed an extra 150 mm of insulation above the existing 100 mm above the suspended ceilings across the whole of the first floor of the Clubhouse....

Desford FC named Charter Standard Community club of the year 2016

Great recognition of the work being done by all at the Club Desford FC are pleased to announce that the club has been awarded the title of Charter Standard Community Club of the year by the Leicestershire and Rutland County FA. A big Thanks to all involved in the club...

Get Running

Desford Striders Presents … A FREE 9 week beginners running group designed to get you from couch to 5k. Starts Thursday 4th August at 6pm from: Sport in Desford (SiD) , (Opposite the Caterpillar factory) Flying Fields, Peckleton Lane, Desford, Leicester , LE9 9JU...

Desford Football Club Award!

Desford FC named Charter Standard Community club of the year 2016 !! Great recognition of the work being done by all at Desford Football Club Desford FC are pleased to announce that the club has been awarded the title of Charter Standard Community Club of the year by...

Jim and Sue Awarded British Empire Medals

On Saturday it was officially announced that Jim and Sue Houghton, founders, chair and development officer of Sport in Desford  have each been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to sport in the Queens Birthday honors list.     [su_divider top="no"...

Harry Again

Another award for Harry! Following Harry Matty's success in winning the Leicestershire LTA Volunteer of the year award in March 2016, he then went forward to the Regional LTA awards. We are delighted to report that Harry went onto win the Regional LTA Volunteer of the...

Harry Bell

The St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Hinckley pupil won the Virgin Active Search for a Star 2015 tennis competition which had more than 1,000 entries

Olympic preperations

The Mayor of Hinckley & Bosworth visiting SiD in 2011 anticipating the Olympics in the following year.  

Inspired facilities grant

In 2012 SiD was awarded an Inspired Facilities grant of £50,000 from Sport England largely towards the building of the 3rd Tennis Court. The cheque was presented to SiD by our local MP, David Tredinnick.  

Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) Award

Jim and Sue Houghton were awarded the national Unsung Hero award at the Sports Personality of the Year Show in December 2012, representing all the work done by the many volunteers that support SiD.         [box type="download"]Jim and Sue On the...

Our Harry wins award

A truly inspirational evening, the only of its kind anywhere in the UK, the Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport (LRS) Oldest Athlete Celebration Event was held on UK Older Persons Day October 1st 2012 to celebrate the achievements of senior sports people, volunteers...

LED Lighting

Following our Energy Audit back in 2008, SiD was able to raise a grant of £5,000 in 2015 from the Leicestershire County Council Community Climate Change Fund to upgrade to LED lighting. On the back of this grant we were able to raise a grant of £9,320 from Awards for...

Tennis Shelter at SiD

When Desford Lawn tennis Club (DLTC) started up in 2008 we played just on the floodlit double court, originally built during World War II, when the site was the Sergeants’ Mess for Desford Airfield. At this time there was no adjacent shelter for waiting players, coaches or parents at all.

Benefits of regular physical activity

No. 1: Exercise controls weight Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn. You don't need to set aside large chunks of...

Harry Matty wins volunteer of the Year!

Harry is a fantastic role model; he gives freely of his time to support players of all ages at Desford Lawn Tennis Clubduring coaching, matches and informal club sessions. His enthusiasm is highly infectious and always makes participants feel they can achieve what is...

Desford Tennis Club fundraising events

Dear Members Desford Lawn Tennis Club will be holding a fundraising event on Sunday 3 July in order to help generate funds towards improvements to the flood lighting on the two original courts. The all-day event will cater for all ages, with members being able to take...

Clubhouse Furniture

A lot of our furniture had been bought second hand and was looking tired, so The SiTA Trust helped with a number of new purchases which has improved the overall feel of the main rooms and also allowed us to furnish our new Foyer.  

Car park refurbishment

Our Car Park used to flood extensively after heavy rain, and even deterred some people from even coming onto the site. However in 2013 we had financial assistance from the Football Foundation, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, Awards for All, Fields in Trust...

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