Local Sports News and Information

• www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/LeisureFacilities/default.htm - Wakefield council’s sport section. This covers facilities, clubs and sport information in the area. Also covers schemes such as Activate and Swim4Free.
• www.wakefieldcommunities.co.uk/site-list.htm - Gives a list of all clubs running in the area. Includes many sports clubs.
• www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/LeisureFacilities/SportsDevelopment/ClubsAndVolunteers - Contains a downloadable newsletter that gives details of sports clubs and activities in the Wakefield area.
• www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk
• www.castigers.com  
• www.featherstonerovers.net
• www.worldsnooker.com - Details of the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield and local coaches.
• www.westyorkshiresport.co.uk/community-sport-networks/wakefield - Sports news for the West Yorkshire area.

General Sports News and Sites

• news.bbc.co.uk/sport
• www.uksport.gov.uk - Sports news.
• www.sportengland.org - UK government’s sporting objectives in England.
• www.olympic.org/uk/games/index_uk.asp - Official website of the Olympic movement.
• www.london2012.com - News about developments for the 2012 London Olympics.
• sportsvl.com - Links to websites for different sports.
• www.sporting-heroes.net - Photographic encyclopaedia of sporting heroes with biographies.
• www.football.co.uk
  

Healthy Lifestyles

• www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/outdoors/Cycling/ - Details of cycle maps for the Wakefield area and other useful information for cyclists. 
• www.wakefielddistrict.nhs.uk/yourHealth/StayingHealthy/HealthTrainers - Details of NHS Health Trainers in the Wakefield area.
• www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/Default.aspx - This is a scheme to promote healthy lifestyles.
• explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/tags/Hiking
• www.bikeforall.net/index.php - Loads of information about cycling, including route planners.
• www.safesport.co.uk/SafeSportsForKids.html - Information for parents on everything they need to know when their child begins playing a sport.
• www.geocaching.com - Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. People can hide a geocache anywhere in the world and pinpoint its location by GPS, then share it on the internet. Anyone can then try to locate it using a GPS. A new fun variation of orienteering.