SPORTS SHORTS
NOMINATIONS have opened for The FA and McDonald’s Grassroots Football Awards 2018.
The awards recognise the role grassroots leagues, clubs, volunteers and community projects play in promoting the game.
Categories include Coach of the Year, Community Project of the Year, Charter Standard Club of the Year, Supporter of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Young Volunteer of the Year.
To make a nomination, go to www.thefa.com/ mcdonaldsgrassrootsawards. ■■SUNDERLAND proved too strong for Sacriston in the opening round of the Durham Cricket Board Junior League’s Fred Blunt Trophy.
Sacriston were bowled out for just 62, the Wearsiders triumphing by nine wickets. ■■SACRISTON visit Mainsforth and Chester-le-Street go to Willington in Group One of the Dukes North East Premier Cricket League’s Under-19s’ T20 Bast tomorrow night.
In Group Two, Whiteleas host Gateshead Fell and South Shields welcome Washington. ■■THE England Darts Organisation staged a youth competition at the Whitehouse in Ashington yesterday featuring some of the best under-18 players in the country. ■■MORPETH Golf Club is staging a fun playing session for girls on Monday, June 18 (5.30).
The event is part of England Golf’s Get into Golf campaign which seeks to encourage more women to take up the sport. ■■KIELDER Yacht Club is holding a three-day open event from Friday until Sunday as part of the Royal Yachting Association’s Push The Boat out campaign. ■■THE Northumberland FA will be staging an FA Level Three (UEFA) coaching course during the 2018/19 season.
A workshop on Thursday, May 17 will outline what the course entails. Go to the North/land FA website for more details. ■■WHITBURN claimed a fourwicket win over South Shields in the first round of the Profound Services DSCL Trophy.
Shields posted 119-6, Whitburn 123-4 in their reply. ■■DURHAM CIty Cricket Club is launching an All-Stars Cricket coaching programme for youngsters aged five to eight.
It will be run on Sundays (10.30-noon) from May 20 and costs £5 per session. To register, go to allstarscricket.co.uk. ■■DURHAM golfer Andrew Wilson has been included in an eight-man England team to face France in a biennial match at Vidauban GC near Nice on May 12-13.