Aspire 2 Achieve and the Sassco.co.uk Knightflyers say thank you to a local hero.

Aspire 2 Achieve and the Sassco.co.uk Knightflyers hosted a special awards ceremony at Coquet High School on Friday 26th for local hero, Joyce Richardson. Joyce, who is retiring at the end of the school year, has touched the lives of hundreds of young people in Northumberland.

The ceremony was attended by the Sassco.co.uk Knightflyers and students whom Joyce had taught over her career.

‘’Joyce, you have been a true inspiration to us all, you have dedicated a lot of your career to help create a sustainable basketball club in Northumberland which is ran the right way, we are honoured to have worked along side you and had your support’’ said Alan Hoyle from Aspire 2 Achieve ‘’your input into Aspire 2 Achieve has been invaluable and our whole organization thanks you for everything you have done for us.’’

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The Knightflyers team up with the Blyth Disabled Forum to offer high quality basketball coaching!

The Sassco.co.uk Knightflyers and the Blyth Disabled Forum join forces to offer young people of all ages and abilities, high quality basketball sessions in a positive, fun, relaxed environment and aim to instil self-confidence, enthusiasm and determination in all participants.

The first session took place on Saturday 30th January at Blyth Sportscentre, with other sessions planned to start in March.

‘The session was very enjoyable, which the young people would love to follow up’ said Ian Dixon, from the Disabled Forum ‘The staff were very knowledgeable and professional, and showed great patience with our young people’

‘I would rate this session 5/5!’ continued Ian ‘The quality of the service provided and the friendliness of the staff exceeded my expectations’

‘We thoroughly enjoyed this session’ said Michael Fittes of Aspire 2 Achieve/Sassco.co.uk Knight flyers ‘It was great to see how the young people overcame their individual challenges to participate in the session. It shows with a positive outlook you can rise above difficulty and have fun’

When asked for any suggestions on how the Knightflyers could improve their services for the next session Ian replied with ‘Just more of the same please!’

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Sassco.co.uk are linking up with a basketball team / organisation called the Northumberland Knightflyers who will now be known as Sassco.co.uk Knightflyers. Email contact is: info@aspire2achieve.org.uk

The Northumberland Knightflyers Basketball Club is open to people of all ages, our junior team has an age range of 5 – 15 years old, while our senior team has no upper age limit. We also welcome casual players who just wish to improve their game.

Training details : Both the senior and junior clubs train each Friday, 7pm till 9pm at Coquet High School in Amble (Acklington Road, Amble, NE65 0NG), each session costs £5.

Our club operates an ‘open door’ policy and always accepts new members to both our senior and junior clubs.

Aspire 2 Achieve and the Northumberland Knightflyers are a relatively new company and sporting club. They run basketball around Northumberland in a number of schools, community centres and disabled forums.

They currently have two basketball teams (senior and junior) who are in the Tyne Met League Division 3 (Senior team) and the CVL League (Juniors), whilst are working towards setting up a team for disabled people which will compete in a number of friendly games.

The teams were set up on September 20th 2009, mere weeks before the start of the new season. While the Senior team has struggled in their first 5 games, the Junior team has won 5 out of 7 games, including a 30 point victory.

Aspire 2 Achieve is a Northumberland based organisation whose prime purpose is to raise the awareness, confidence and productivity of youths in the area via the medium of sport.

All their staff have experience with coaching basketball in Northumberland and other areas in the UK. The head coach Alan Hoyle has over 9 years coaching experience and has received training from the six time World Champions, the Chicago Bulls. The unique experience allows the Knightflyers to offer an unmatched training programme to people of all abilities.

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