Newbiggin Sprint Triathlon is traditionally the North East Regions final open water triathlon of the season set in the lovely Northumbria coastal town, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, approximately 14 miles North of Newcastle uponTyne. This year, British Triathlon awarded the race a prestigious major event, an ETU European Championship Qualifying for Eilat, Israel in April 2012. Hopeful athletes from all over the UK will arrive on the weekend attempting to grab one of those precious slots on offer.

Tri Northumberland hosted their best events yet. It might have been something to do with the weather but the feedback from these races have been amazing. Thank you to all volunteers, supporters and competitors over the two days for making the event at Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park a special one. There were four events taking place over the Saturday and Sunday, 1.5k and 3k open water swims on day one followed by a sprint and standard triathlon on the second day.

Families in South East Northumberland have been set the challenge of completing a short distance run along Newbiggin Promenade as part of the London 2012 Open Weekend supported by BP - a series of sporting and cultural events taking place across the UK which will see hundreds of thousands of people participating in events to celebrate the 'One Year to Go' countdown to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A group of adults from Northumberland have completed an introductory Triathlon course aimed at newcomers to the sport.

The scheme, branded as 'Try a Tri' has been established by England Triathlon for men and women of all ages and backgrounds. In Northumberland, the programme has been organised by Blyth Valley Arts & Leisure in partnership with Tri Northumberland and England Triathlon.

By Neil Jefferson, from organisers Tri Northumberland

Tri Northumberland hosted one of three qualifying events for the 2011 Beijing ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships at the fantastic QE2 Country Park in Ashington.

The race also provided the venue for the second of three National ParaTriathlon Ranking Series events for the very first time in the North East region.

Members of Hirst Park Bowling Club, sponsored by Peter Grenfell, have experienced a very successful outdoor season this year. As Northumberland 4's champions for 2010, the rink of Lee Dickinson, Lee Weddell, Paul Slaughter and Gary Myerscough went on to represent Northumberland at the end of year Northern Counties Championship in Middlesbrough.

Having narrowly beaten the Lancashire champions 17-16 in their semi final, the Hirst Park bowlers managed a convincing 20-8 win against the champions from Yorkshire to lift the trophy.

There were also other notable successes for Hirst Park bowlers as the club lifted their Clegg league division trophy, having remained undefeated throughout the year with Newbiggin 70 points behind in 2nd place.

Wanting to build on their success by enhancing the membership of the club, Hirst Park will welcome applications for membership next year. Anyone interested in finding out more information about the club can find further details at the Hirst Park website.

Ashington Cricket Club are looking for new junior players to join the club and play cricket.

During the winter months Ashington Cricket Club are holding cricket coaching sessions for year 8 and 9 boys. The sessions are a great opportunity to develop cricketing skills and have some fun! New participants of the winter coaching programme will have the opportunity to become a member of Ashington Cricket Club and play competitive games.

The upcoming winter sessions will start on Monday 20th September at 7-9pm at Bothal Middle School and finish at the end of the school term. Both existing members and new members are welcome to attend the sessions for a small fee of £2 per session.

Ashington Cricket Club are looking for new junior members to come along and enjoy fun training sessions over the winter months.

Ashington Cricket Club are a friendly club who are committed to improving juniors' performance within cricket, but most importantly making sure that they enjoy playing cricket. Throughout the season we have held sessions every Saturday morning for kids from the ages of 6-13 to attend. The sessions are designed to try and develop the skills of young cricketers in a fun and enjoyable environment.

Ashington go to Tynedale tomorrow aiming to give their survival hopes a lift - and avenge their early-season defeat against the Hexham club.

The Colliers' loss against Lanchester last weekend saw them slip into the relegation zone and every game is now crucial to the sides down at the bottom of the table.

Next-to-bottom Ashing-ton are eight points above basement side Lintz and just one point behind third-bottom Sacriston and safety.

Ashington feared the worst when they lost the toss at the weekend.

Their fears proved well-founded as they recorded their lowest-ever league score on their way to a six- wicket defeat to Lanchester.

Heavy rain on Friday night leaked under the covers at Langwell Crescent, making winning the toss all important.