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East Midlands Regional AGM

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire KFA welcomed members of the East Midlands KFA to Brockington College, Enderby, Leicester on Saturday 5th November for the 54th Regional AGM.

Lynne Davis, in her last report as Chair proudly announced that East Midlands had been awarded the Regional Membership Trophy at our National AGM in October for the greatest increase in membership.

In reference to Teacher Training, she wanted particularly to thank Celia Wright and Jackie Gilman for running a Youth Moves course and Mo Watson for her tireless work to secure Sport England funding for a new Level 3 Teacher Training Course (now called the Combined Training Framework or CTF). This, with support from lead tutor Frances Dickins and her team had resulted in six students studying to qualify as KFA teachers. (A copy of the Chair’s report can be obtained upon request by sending a self-addressed envelope to The Secretary, East Midlands Region).

Read More - a full report of the day including pictures of sessions and demonstration teams. (pdf)

Lifetime Achievement Awards

To the surprise and delight of everyone present, two of our region’s best loved Teacher/Trainers were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards and made Life Members of the East Midlands KFA.

Both have had a long, creative and dedicated career with the Keep Fit Association and it was with great pleasure that Sheila Howarth and Anne Humphrey were awarded and accepted this acclamation.

Both were at great pains to stress that they hadn’t finished yet and it was the friendship they had found within the KFA that had made their commitment so easy and so worthwhile.

Follow the links for separate articles, including their citations :   Anne Humphrey  |  Sheila Howarth

KFA Festival 2012

It has been announced that the venue for the biennial KFA Festival of Movement and Dance to be held on June 9th 2012 will be the Milton Keynes Theatre, Marlborough Gate, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

Milton Keynes Theatre is one of the region’s leading live entertainment venues, showcasing the best West End and touring productions from across the UK and is both a prestigious and central venue with easy transport links for our Festival.

More details will be posted on our national website but in the meantime, East Midlands Committee is pleased to announce that the two Producers for our region are to be Ruth Denholm, who will be choreographing a Dance Freestyle item and Lisa Terry who will be choreographing a Movement item.

Selection for both of these items will be at 10.00am on Sunday November 27th 2011 at Markfield Community Centre, Mayflower Close, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9ST

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Elf 'n' Safety !

We take the matter of teaching SAFE and effective exercise very seriously in East Midlands Keep Fit.

Although not a newcomer to hoops, the low ceiling caused some of them to ricochet down onto unsuspecting class members’ heads.

Barbara took sensible precautions!

Sutton on Sea Members Day

The Weekend at Sutton on Sea is fast becoming a must do feature of our East Midlands Calendar of Events. On Saturday 30th July 2011 Lincolnshire members played host to teams and Keep Fitters from across our region at a rally and demonstration day.

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East Midlands Members Triumph at National Competitions

A total of twenty-five members from the East Midlands travelled to Southport to take part in the KFA National Championships over the week-end of the 19th -20th February. At least as many friends, family and supporters made a similar journey to join the audience for a wonderful show of movement and keep fit performed by no less than 300 competitors competing for places in ten categories across the range of disciplines of the Keep Fit Association.

All together East Midlands members scooped seven placings – including three First Places, three Second Places and two Third Places in what was a very tough but spectacular competition. Photos and details of our teams

Details of all winners and placings can be found on the News Page of our National KFA website: www.keepfit.org.uk, along with order forms for DVD and Tee-shirts.

Photographs can be obtained from Chris Christodoulou and can be viewed on his website www.photochris.co.uk in the CLIENT AREA until 31st May 2011. Details of prices are given on the website along with order form.

East Midlands Regional AGM

The 53rd East Midlands Regional AGM was held at The Becket School, West Bridgford, Nottingham on Saturday 6th November 2010. Lynne Davis, Regional Chair, summarised her report and made particular reference to the wish for more members to take on roles on the committee.

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(A copy of the Chair's report can be obtained upon request by sending a self-addressed envelope to The Secretary, East Midlands Region. Details of Committee Roles and Responsibilities can be found under 'Membership Matters')

East Midlands Chair named Volunteer of the Year

Lynne Davis, current Chair of East Midlands KFA was named Volunteer of the Year in the Committee category at the recent National AGM. She was also presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her on going commitment and dedication to the ideals of the Keep Fit Association.

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(More about Volunteer of the Year can be found under 'Membership Matters')

East Midlands at the Royal Albert Hall

In June, founder members of EMDP joined together to produce a spectacular show at the Albert Hall called Colour in Motion. The East Midlands Region was represented by a team of Michael Jackson lookalikes in a fast and dynamic item produced by Jackie Stocchino.

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East Midlands Recreative Week-End

The Village Hotel, Chilwell, Nottingham was the venue for this years East Midlands Recreative weekend, where fifty KFA members enjoyed luxury accommodation and leisure facilities for two whole days on 23rd and 24th January, while attending amazing sessions of KFA movement.

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The East Midlands Regional AGM

The East Midlands Regional AGM was held on 7th November 2009 at Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton.

With feelings of déjà vu we returned to Caroline Chisholm School a few weeks after the National AGM for our own East Midlands Regional AGM.

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Volunteer of the Year (Teachers Section) Award

The occasion of the National AGM affords the opportunity for those who have made an exceptional contribution to the KFA to be recognised. One such person is Diana Bigley, who was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award in the Teachers category.

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East Midlands Host the 52nd National AGM

The Keep Fit Association’s 52nd National AGM was held on 3rd October 2009 at Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton, and hosted by the East Midlands.

The annual get-together got under way with a Fitness Moves warm up lead by Frances Dickens, followed by a Creative Moves session with Lisa Terry. Both sessions were well attended and warmly appreciated by those taking part as well as those preferring to sit on the side and watch.

Many favourable comments were received about the keep fit sessions and demonstrations as well as congratulations on the smooth efficient organisation of the day. A full report, including pictures of all the demonstrations can be found on our National KFA website, www.keepfit.org.uk/

East Midlands members triumph at KFA National Competitions

KFA National Champions - East Midlands Members

For the past ten years, the National KFA Championships competition has brought together KFA members from across the British Isles to compete for the title of National Champion. Every year the standard gets higher with more and more individuals and teams displaying a dazzling array of skills and talent in a spectacular show of movement, fitness and dance at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

This year, members from the East Midlands won an unprecedented SIX FIRST PLACES and one SECOND PLACE

1st Place : Movement & Dance Trio
Joint 1st Place : Rope Movement and Skipping Solo - Sue Bennett
Joint 1st Place : Rope Movement and Skipping Solo - Lisa Terry
1st Place : Movement & Dance Team
1st Place : Apparatus Team – Materials
1st Place : Movement & Dance Duo
2nd Place : Rope Movement & Skipping team