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Talented young judo
players have from 18th January until 1st March to apply for a
slice of £300,000 financial and training grants being offered
by the GLL Sport Foundation in 2010.
Each of the
successful applicants will benefit from funding of up to £1,750
to be spent on training, travel and equipment during the next
12 months or training awards that allow free sporting access to
more than 70 sports facilities managed by not-for-profit leisure
operator GLL.
To be eligible
for a grant, sportsmen and women must reside or have a training
base in a London or South East borough in which GLL operates;
must have the long-term potential to succeed at International
level, but primarily not be in receipt of UK Sport Funding. Financial
awards may be used to fund the costs of training, competition,
coaching and can be used to offset the costs of equipment, travel
and accommodation.
The Foundation
aims to give over £1.5m to young athletes in selected areas of
London and the South of England in the run up to 2012. During
the past year 650 sportsmen and women across more than 50 Olympic
and Paralympic disciplines were supported. This year the number
looks set to increase to around 800 athletes.
Further information
and application forms are available to download from www.gllsportfoundation.org
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