Sport In Profile UK Issue 18 | Page 29

GrangeTown Here at Vets4Pets Middlesbrough Cleveland Park we offer exceptional care and treatment to all animals great and small. Our Vet Andy specialises in the treatment and care of Exotic animals. Andy holds a personal passion for exotics and has gained a wealth of experience through his work in zoos and London exotic referral hospitals. Many exotic animals can become adept at hiding illness or disease and can greatly benefit from regular health checks. to continue taking our juniors all over the UK for tournaments and match play and to be the number one choice for netball in the North East. Youth development to us is of paramount importance, the coaches spend relentless hours putting in place what we feel is needed to help our young people achieve. We pride ourselves on the fact that we identify that we are netball coaches, and are not too proud to bring in other coaches who specialise in other areas such as: strength and conditioning, nutrition, fitness, sprint and plyometric experts. As coaches, we continually update our skills by attending workshops, lectures and observing top level coaches. As far as youth development is concerned, I think we stand out alone as a club, because we invite the parent on the journey with the child to maximise long term athlete development. What we have nurtured here at Grangetown, is a community club; it is set in the heart of a very deprived ward, one of the top ten overall in the U.K yet this club bursts with talent, enthusiasm, commitment and passion in a sea of orange and black on netball days. Middlesbrough Cleveland Park Here at Vets4Pets Middlesbrough Cleveland Park we offer exceptional care and treatment to all animals great and small. Our Vet Andy specialises in the treatment and care of Exotic animals. Andy holds a personal passion for exotics and has gained a wealth of experience through his work in zoos and London exotic referral hospitals. Many exotic animals can become adept at hiding illness or disease and can greatly benefit from regular health checks. - Opening times - Moday -Friday 09:00 - 20:00 Saturday 09:00 - 18:00 Sunday 10:30 - 16:30 Call: 01642 431940 or visit: www vets4pets.com/middlesbroughclevelandpark Inside Pets at Home Middlesbrough, Cleveland Retail Park, Trunk Road, Middlesbrough, TS6 6UX Putting your pets first If you are thinking of joining a club, don’t leave it one hour longer; do it! It offers so much more than just playing a game, it opens up so many doors and you meet so many people and the level of camaraderie and team spirit you get you wouldn’t experience anywhere else. What we worry about at the club is the cutbacks from the government which could affect our development as we have been heavily supported by the council but continuous cutbacks leaves it a massive threat to what we could possibly achieve over the next five years. Our ambitions for the next five years are to grow by 50%, have community coaches in our local schools signposting young people to the club, our own kit shop where our athletes model the kit, to have our own specialist clinics and to be unique to any other netball club not just in the north east but nationally. We aim to step it up one big massive professional level.” Article provided by Geraldine Williams www sportip biz 29