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- Outdoor summer fun
- Let’s move – it’s free!
- Keeping children safe this Spring during sports
- Keeping safe in sport: child protection training for coaches and volunteers
- Reaching for the stars – sports in the park, sleeping better and eating parsnips
- Rewarding physical activity and healthy living choices
- Setting up a franchise – an easy overview
- A-Star Sports adds up to a whole heap of fun – holiday club in numbers!
- Sport, the media and self-esteem in children
- Physical activity and educational success
- Helen Richardson-Walsh pushes the boundaries towards the Commonwealth Games
- INFOGRAPHIC: Healthy hydration for children
- A-Star Sports ambassador Helen Richardson-Walsh on building towards Rio 2016
- Children’s perception of physical activity
- Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less – The Independent
- Getting chatty with Calon FM
- Fascinating ‘child’s eye’ view of coaching in action
- The Power of Hands-On Inspiration
- Why choose A-Star Sports? Well, it’s been a very busy…
- Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- “The UK Coaching Framework provides the coaching industry with a common vision and a practical…”
- Which sport do you think the IOC should vote to include on the Olympic programme for 2020?
- Interview with Helen Keeling – Founder of Support through Sport UK
- Starting out in sport – A-Star Sports ambassador Helen Richardson talks about her early experiences and inspiration
- Starting with the WOW factor
- Physical education and physical activity – combatting the cultural shift
- 10 Tips to help your kids play more – Participaction
- “”Primary school headteachers are failing to provide pupils with high- quality PE and sports skills…”
- Daily exercise ‘significantly improves pupils’ test scores’ – Telegraph
- Best friends can make a child more physically active
- ‘She Moves’ – new campaign from the WSFF
- Active Kids – Heart Healthy – Healthy Lifestyle
- Sports’ Secret Weapon: Sleep | Psychology Today
- “‘Kids have to get out and do a high-intensity activity in addition to maintaining a background of…”
- Playing the Game | sports coach UK
- Competition Is Inevitable, So When Is it Useful? | Psychology Today
- Designed To Move – A physical activity agenda to fuel the future.
- The impact of sport and recreation on society
- “By the age of seven, a child born today will have spent a full year glued to screens, according to…”
- How A-Star Sports is helping to build on the Olympic LegacyThe…
- Channel 4 Paralympics – Meet the Superhumans – YouTube
- Physical activity in the early years factsheets | BHF National Centre – physical activity & health
- Sports Think Tank – What next for British Sport Policy?
- BBC News – Medical students ‘not taught activity benefits’
- Sports Think Tank – Guardian Leader – School sports: Our children’s sporting dreams betrayed
- Sport and recreation – it’s good for you! | Sport and Recreation Alliance
- How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain – NYTimes.com
- Coaching – it’s not just about sport!
- Coaches: Key Players in Children’s Sports
- New phys ed focuses on activity, not sports – Health – CBC News
- Not ‘killing the competition’ in sport but making it fun…
- Talking education & sport
- “Passing on knowledge is teaching, coaching is a relationship.”
- Coaching for children beyond the 2012 legacy
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- Tom and Jerry action-adventure Xperience for a new generation of spies
- A new Xperience for local children
- Mums in the Know know what’s best – A-Star Sports wins at the MITK Awards
- Fighting fit for Xtra knockout success
- A-Star Sports Chester achieves healthy workplace status
- Sports Xtra & A-Star Sports announce merger
- Hundreds of local children take part in the Star Chart Challenge
- The Star Chart Challenge – keeping kids active and healthy
- Working together for positive local impact
- New A-Star Sports franchise opens in Northwich, Knutsford & Runcorn
- Launching #TheUnbeatables, giant table football and wigs
- An unbeatable summer for A-Star Sports
- Startups 100 – BBC interviews A-Star Sports
- A-Star Sports races up the Startups 100 list again
- A-Star Sports co-founder is Coach of the Year
- A-Star Sports rewarded at the Franchise Marketing Awards for excellence and best practice
- Free frisbee eBook for fun physical activity
- Flying high with free frisbee fun
- A-Star Sports is IB’s Small Business of the Month – January 2014
- Interview – Ingenious Britain’s Small Business of the…
- An ‘ingenious’ start to 2014
- Inspire Start features ‘Starting A-Star Sports’
- Downing Street and the Small Business Saturday adventure! | A-Star Sports
- Downing Street and the Small Business Saturday adventure!
- The @TheoPaphitis #SBS winners’ event
- A-Star Sports reached the podium again as a triple #purplebiz UK Business of the Day winner
- A-Star Sports makes the top three in the HP Smart Business Awards (Community)
- HP Smart Business Awards 2013
- Marketing and PR excellence: A-Star Sports Ltd
- 60+ children take on European dodgeball champion Alex Harrison
- Accountant Adrian is counting on a rewarding future with his new A-Star Sports franchise
- England’s Dodgeball teams triumph and inspire at #EuroDodge2013
- It’s Dodgeball Day as A-Star Sports cheers on the England teams
- New A-Star Sports franchisees deliver the perfect mix for sport and children
- A-Star Sports, the ACCELERATE 250 and being an ambassador of the ‘vital 6%’
- Lord Young and Sir Terry Leahy drive the search for Britain’s Business Champions
- A-Star Sports is #SmartSocial’s anniversary winner
- PRESS RELEASE: A-Star Sports nominated by Lord Young and Sir Terry Leahy as one of Britain’s brightest business talents
- #GreatBizAwards chooses A-Star Sports ‘for outstanding support in the community’
- New partnership with Support through Sport UK
- It’s a double #purplebiz win for A-Star Sports!
- Efficiency: A-Star Sports | Guardian Small Business Network | guardian.co.uk
- A-Star Sports features again in the Guardian’s Best Practice Exchange
- Starting out in sport – A-Star Sports ambassador Helen Richardson talks about her early experiences and inspiration
- The Sunday Times highlights A-Star Sports holiday clubs as great school holiday entertainment
- A-Star Sports provides one of ‘the best examples of effective marketing’ in the franchising industry
- A win for the England Lions and A-Star Sports
- A-Star Sports supports the UKDBA at the 2013 Dodgeball Home Nations
- Community support programme a big hit at Campie Primary School
- A-Star Sports endorsed with a new badge of recognition as a positive ‘Health Activist’
- Social sports – come and find us on social media!
- PRESS RELEASE: Adrian brings the WOW factor to North Wales and Shropshire with new A-Star Sports franchise
- A-Star Sports steps into the millions
- PRESS RELEASE: A-Star Sports adds another award as the Guardian acclaims it as a business start-up
- Co-founder judges the WEGOHealth ‘Health Activist’ Awards
- Judges choose A-Star Sports as a national winner of the Guardian Small Business Network’s Best Practice Exchange
- A-Star Sports is govtoday’s new partner for ‘children’s activity and wellbeing’
- We decided to join forces so we could set up a national franchise network | Guardian Small Business Network | guardian.co.uk
- PRESS RELEASE: Getting festive, getting active – the five million steps A-Star Sports Christmas challenge!
- A-Star Sports is #purplebiz UK Business of the Day
- Getting festive, getting active! This Christmas our Edinburgh…
- Starting Up: A-Star Sports | Guardian small business network | guardian.co.uk
- A-Star Sports in The Guardian’s ‘Best Practice Exchange’
- New Year New You! The Franchise Magazine talks about new career opportunities in the fitness and wellbeing industry
- Top tweet! A-Star Sports has been nominated for a WEGO Health Activist Award
- Dodgeball delight as A-Star Sports becomes the UKDBA’s newest affiliate
- Our Advisors | About A-Star Sports | A-Star Sports
- New video launched: ‘About A-Star Sports – Enjoy sport for life’
- A-Star Sports joins the StartUp Britain bus tour to support new entrepreneurs
- PRESS RELEASE: Children team up with Olympic hockey star Helen Richardson at A-Star Sports’ big day
- Olympic hockey star Helen Richardson ‘had the best day’ with A-Star Sports
- A-Star Sports holiday club in Chester now Ofsted registered
- The ‘A-Star Sports News’ daily newspaper celebrates 1,000 views!
- A-Star Sports – making headlines
- How Currie and Balerno youngsters are being inspired by the Olympic Legacy | A-Star Sports
- PRESS RELEASE: How Currie and Balerno youngsters are being inspired by the Olympic Legacy
- PRESS RELEASE: Olympic hockey star Helen Richardson signs up with A-Star Sports to help build the 2012 Legacy
- How A-Star Sports is helping to build on the Olympic Legacy
- ‘Sporting success’ – hitting the headlines on Annandale TV
- PRESS RELEASE: On the podium with Team #SBS – Dragon’s Den Theo picks A-Star Sports as his Olympic week winners
- Franchise Focus: A-Start Right
- A-Star Sports is a @TheoPaphitis #SBS winner!
- A-Star Sports is a @TheoPaphitis #SBS winner!
- A-Star Sports showcased on Granada Reports’ summer feature – the ‘Granada Games’
- PRESS RELEASE: A-Star Sports goes head-to-head with UK’s top newcomers with listing in Startups 100
- A-Star Sports is listed in the nation’s Startups 100 for 2012
- Franchise Focus: ‘A-Star for you’
- ‘Mathsticks at the Olympics’ with A-Star Sports
- PRESS RELEASE: A-Star Sports scoop the prizes at glittering awards ceremony
- Making the ‘In Business’ headlines: Sport for children is as easy as ABC
- Double award win for A-Star Sports at the What’s On 4…
- Double award win for A-Star Sports at the What’s On 4 Junior Awards 2012
- A-Star Sports News – our daily newspaper – makes it on to the ‘staff pick’ list of paper.li
- Read about A-Star Sports in today’s Daily Mail
- Watch out for news of the What’s On 4 Junior Awards on…
- The British Franchise Association welcomes A-Star Sports
- Dundee & Angus pre-school classes nominated for top national award with Netmums.com – vote now!
- PRESS RELEASE: A-Star Sports’ hat-trick as 3x finalist in national What’s On 4 Junior Awards 2012
- Sports Think Tank blog: Not ‘killing the competition’ in sport but making it fun…
- It’s a hat-trick! A-Star Sports is a finalist in three categories at the What’s On 4 Junior Awards 2012
- PRESS RELEASE: New ‘A-Star’ partnership for A-Star Sports (Chester) & Cheshire County Sports Club
- The ‘A-Star Sports News’ – our new daily online newspaper
- A-Star Sports talks business with Tracy Jones on Calon FM (105FM)
- PRESS RELEASE: Successful franchise Organic Digital brings its skills to bear to help another fast-growing franchisor
- A-Star Sports contributes to The UK Cricket Daily
- Welcome to new members of the A-Star Sports advisory panel
- A-Star Sports nominated in three categories at the What’s on 4 Junior Awards 2012
- A-Star Sports is a Gladstone BizNetwork ‘Small Business Sunday’ winner!
- An ‘ace opportunity’ for A-Star entrepreneurs
- Vote for A-Star Sports to win at the What’s On 4 Junior Awards 2012
- Poetry in motion – our very own Steven Cairney!
- Sports Think Tank blog: ‘Coaching for children beyond the 2012 legacy’ by A-Star Sports
- It’s ‘Social Media Week’ – come and find us on Pinterest!
- Tweetsport Super Supporter!
- Change 4 Life – 100 day challenge
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- A-Star Sports Renfrewshire & surrounding areas
- A-Star Sports Perth & Kinross / East Fife
- A-Star Sports Edinburgh South & East, Midlothian and East Lothian
- A-Star Sports Edinburgh North, West & surrounding areas
- A-Star Sports Dundee & Angus
- A-Star Sports Dumfries & Galloway
- A-Star Sports Chester & surrounding areas
- A-Star Sports Cheltenham & Cotswolds
- A-Star Sports Central Lancashire - Chorley & South Ribble
- A-Star Sports Dunbartonshire (East & West) and surrounding areas
- A-Star Sports Colchester & NE Essex
Latest Testimonials
Thank you very much for all the encouragement and support you have given Austin over the years at A-Star Sports. He has loved every class
Josh loves A-Star Sports! He smiles throughout the lesson. The activities are great for his age group and Gary makes it fun which is important
I love these classes! It is a great way for Lew to make friends, keep fit and have fun. I would recommend them to anyone.