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As members of Youth Sport Trust’s Business Honours Club, we met with Guin Batten, Roger Davies and Sue Barrett,
senior executives of the Youth Sport Trust in 2006 to discuss our objectives and seek guidance in producing a
quality online toolkit to assist the whole schools sports sector in achieving its goals. We were advised to undertake
suitable research with potential users in the field, produce a prototype, test it and report back. This we duly did
with the help of a panel of Competition Managers, Partnership Development Managers, SSCos, PLTs as well as NGB and CSP
staff. SchoolsSports.com’s CompetitionsPRO toolkit was born!
We piloted CompetitionsPRO initially with 34 schools from February to July 2008. The feedback from CMs, and all SSP
staff alike was positive. The feedback questionnaire asked whether the users Strongly Agreed, or Agreed or Disagreed or
Strongly Disagreed with various questions to ascertain if the toolkit was of benefit. 100% replied and stated they either
Strongly Agreed or Agreed that the toolkit was of benefit and that they wished to use it further. Chris Milward, Senior
Competition Manager, said, “..we found the toolkit so useful that we have decided to use it as our main source of communication
within the pilot SSP, and all other 10 SSPs in our Region. We would have no hesitation in recommending it..”.
Rob Hewlitt, PDM said, “Without doubt CompetitionsPRO has made my life easier, saved me time, and given me better and quicker information”.
NGBs and CSPs are now contacting us, now the word is getting around.
We have also shown CompetitionsPRO to Sue Campbell, Chair, and Steve Grainger, Chief Executive Officer of Youth Sport Trust,
who understandably need to remain impartial. This said, it would be safe to say that all Youth Sport Trust staff who have seen
CompetitionsPRO have been very complimentary about it.
More Testimonials and Quotes
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"The Website Sport Designer and plug-in was a complete breeze to use"
...Dr Andrew Miller, Head of ICT, Plymouth College
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"We sought the market leaders of online schools sports information and discovered SchoolsSports.com. We undertook a joint-venture with them, which started over a year ago. It has been such a success, we have doubled our partnership activity with them for the coming year. Needless to say, being high profile, we are pretty selective when it comes to choosing partners. SchoolsSports.com have been very professional and offered an excellent service at all times, and we are delighted they have been our partners."
...Andrew Bordiss, Deputy Editor, London Evening Standard
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"We found the toolkit so useful that we have decided to use it as our main source of communication within the pilot SSP, and all other 10 SSPs in our Region. We would have no hesitation in recommending it."
...Chris Milward, Senior Competition Manager
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"Without doubt CompetitionsPRO has made my life easier, saved me time, and given me better and quicker information."
...Rob Hewlitt, PDM
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"I feel the SchoolsSports.com team have produced an excellent product that will be extremely beneficial in my role as a Competition manager, whilst also having a positive impact on all areas of PESSCL"
...Matt Marson, Competition Manager
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