Published at 16:23, Friday, 13 July 2012

BARROW Sports Council will be running a month of summer activities for children in the area.

JUNIOR SPORTS

The programme for eight to 15-year-olds will take place throughout the borough between Monday, July 30 and Friday, August 31.

A range of sports, from football to cricket, table tennis to canoeing, will be available, with all sessions free and no booking necessary, apart from in the canoe sessions.

Daily multi-sport programmes will run at Furness Academy South Site every day between 2pm and 4pm, with sessions at Hindpool MUGA on Wednesdays and Fridays from 11am until noon.

Weekly sessions will be held at the Mill Lane MUGA, on Walney, on Thursdays August 2, 9, 16 and 30, between 2pm and 4pm.

There will also be extra multi-sport sessions in the Dalton Active Sports Hall (DASH) at Dowdales between Tuesday, August 21 and Thursday, August 23, from 2pm until 4pm.

Table tennis sessions at Barrow Table Tennis Centre, on Monday to Friday between 2pm and 4pm each day, and dance mat sessions at the Park Leisure Centre on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 2pm and 3pm are open to six and seven-year-olds as well. Younger children must be accompanied by a parent at these sessions.

The canoeing sessions take place between Tuesday, August 28 and Friday, August 31 and will be run by Duddon Canoe Club.

Contact Dan Myles on 01229 845929 or dmyles@barrowbc.gov.uk to book a place on the canoeing sessions.

For more information on the exact timetable of events, visit www.barrowsportscouncil.org.uk

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