SPORTS DEVELOPMENTLisburn City Council's Sports Development Section is responsible for the provision and promotion of a wide variety of sporting opportunities across the City. The Youth Sport Lisburn Initiative, part-funded by the Council, has provided over twelve thousand coaching opportunities across the City. The Sports Development Section also helped facilitate numerous training opportunities for sports clubs in a wide variety of areas including child protection, first-aid, club administration and coaching development. 
2002 also saw the Official Opening of the Laurelhill Sports Zone. This floodlight, synthetic, all-weather pitch was the result of a successful partnership between the Council, Laurelhill Community College and the South Eastern and Education Library Board. The College controls the dual use facility during the day and by the Council's Sports Development Section during the evening, Saturdays and school holidays. Plans are also underway for the Sports Zone to build upon its initial success to encompass a summer scheme location and to achieve accreditation as a mini soccer centre. The provision of Summer Schemes throughout the City also falls within the remit of the Sports Development Section. Last year the Council provided Summer activities for young people at 12 venues across the City. Sports, trips, arts and craft projects, led by qualified leaders were delivered to all participants. The Sports Development Section also takes an active role in many of the internationally recognised sporting events across the City. The section is directly responsible for the Lisburn City Half Marathon, 10K Road Race and Fun Run. Such is the popularity of the event the 10K Road Race is now part of the Northern Ireland Road Racing Championships. 
Results of 2008 EventsThe winners of the Half Marathon race were: Male: David Morwood, 1hr 10mins 48sec
Female: Pauline Curley, 1hr 17mins 18sec Half Marathon Results The winners of the 10K race were: Male: Brian Campbell, 31 mins, 19 secs
Female: Annette Kealy, 35 mins, 52 secs IAAF Rule 165.24 in Regard to Transponder Timing Systems Page 114 and 115 of IAAF Rule Book The official time shall be the time elapsed between the firing of the starting gun or signal and the athlete reaching the finish line. However, the time elapsed between an athlete crossing the start line and the finish line can be made known to him, but will not be considered an official time. (This means the time called Finish is the official time and the Chip time is for information only.) Please Note: Provisional Results subject to confirmation and scrutiny. For further information on any of these activities of the Sports Development Section please contact: Brendan Courtney, Sports Development Manager - Tel: 028 9250 9555
Brendan.Courtney@lisburn.gov.uk Adrian Baron, Sports Officer – Tel: 028 9250 9556
Adrian.Baron@lisburn.gov.uk COMMUNITY SPORTS DEVELOPMENTFUNDED THROUGH SPORT NORTHERN IRELAND ' Helping communities through sport ' The aim of the community sports development unit is to work with all sections of the community across the city of Lisburn, in an effort to promote sporting opportunities throughout all communities, clubs and organisations. Through creating local partnerships we will endeavour to provide sports training, courses and physical activity for local people. We hope that people who are trained will in turn put something back into their communities by becoming involved in sports programmes designed to cater for the community.
For more information on any activities or suggestions
please contact: Conleth Donnelly Community Sports Development Officer 02892509566
conleth.donnelly@lisburn.gov.uk mobile 07813 890503 Kevin Madden Community Sports Development Officer 02892509566 kevin.madden@lisburn.gov.uk mobile 07813 890504
Active Places NIActive Places NI is a new, interactive, GIS-based website of sports and  recreational facilities in Northern Ireland. The Active Places NI website has been developed by Sport Northern Ireland and provides information on where people can take part in sport and physical activity in their local area or in their chosen sport/activity.
Active Places NI includes information on more than 5,500 individual sports and recreational facilities throughout Northern Ireland and incorporates district council leisure facilities, as well as club and commercial sites. The website will allow users to view detailed information on individual sports facilities, such as location, contact details, opening times and number/type of facilities available.
www.sportni.net/activeplaces
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