Grants of up to £250 are available to sports fans who want to mark the Olympic and Paralympics in style. Get Berkshire Active will also be running workshops from May to July for organisers of events in their community - including diamond jubilee celebrations. Chief executive Mark Lawrie, based at Bisham Abbey National Sport Centre, said: "The Olympics and Paralympics will be huge and are generating great excitement and anticipation.
Plans for a temporary VIP coach park in Colnbrook during the Olympics and Paralympics are set to go ahead. The application for 387 luxury coaches and 25 car parking spaces as well as toilets and offices, in Poyle Place in Horton Road for the duration of the Games, was considered at a planning meeting at The Centre in Farnham Road on Thursday last week.
A no-fly zone will be in force over Dorney for the Olympics. London 2012 rowing takes place at Dorney Lake this summer and about 30,000 people are expected to flock to the Eton College-owned site per day. The Home Office confirmed there will be air space restrictions over both the Court Lane venue and Royal Holloway in Egham, where the athletes will be staying during the Games.
A kayaker from Eton is training five hours a day to help him make his Olympic dream a reality - but looking for sponsors to make it happen. Andrew Daniels is bidding to make the Great Britain team at
A father who raises awareness for a severe epilepsy syndrome suffered by his three-year-old daughter will carry the Olympic torch. Graham Dandy, of Winkfield, has been selected as a torchbearer for a 300-metre leg in Dunstable on July 9 in recognition of his efforts raising cash to supplement care for his little girl and awareness of the syndrome. Graham, from Lovel Road, has taken part in gruelling fundraisers in aid of Neve who
An ace tennis player's visit caused a racket at a Slough school. Lucy Shuker, British Women's No.2 wheelchair tennis star, went to James Elliman Primary School today. The London 2012 hopeful went along to the Elliman Avenue school in support of getting more disabled people playing tennis, as well as introducing the school to the Tennis Foundation's AEGON Schools Tennis Programme.
Maidenhead United FC duo Harry Pritchard are set to sign contracts with the club. Winger Pritchard is expected to put pen to paper this week while defender McKain has agreed terms for a new deal which
Following a 'well-attended and supportive' annual general meeting on Thursday, Maidenhead RFC have begun the process of healing their self-inflicted wounds and divisions. Having agreed to reinstate
Burnham CC skipper Shaid Nadeem hailed 'match-winner' Aftab Khan after his five-wicket haul secured a winning start to life in the top flight. Hosts Burnham claimed maximum points with a 39-run
In his first year out of the juniors, Maidenhead's Jack Beaumont finished second in the single scull at the GB u23s trials at Caversham on Saturday. In his semi-final race Beaumont, son of former GB
Runners and walkers are being encouraged to lace for the very first Charvil 5km. The inaugural charity fun run and walk will set off from East Park Farm on Sunday, June 17, from 10.30am and is raising funds for Daisy's Dream, which provides bereavement support for children in Berkshire.
Maidenhead Hockey Club u12s girls head to the England Hockey seven-a-side tournament at Cannock on Sunday aiming to come back as national champions. The team won through to the finals after triumphing
