Police answer call to take up sport

Tristan Hale Tristan Hale

A group of police officers were given a PE lesson by school students to help get more people involved in sport.

Twenty Thames Valley Police officers met 20 pupils at The Oxford Academy in Littlemore to become Sport Makers.

Sport Makers is a national programme to help people encourage friends or colleagues to get more active.

The police officers took part in a session of sporting activities led by students.

Tristan Hale, pictured front, from Oxfordshire Sports Partnership which organises the scheme locally, said: “The biggest reason to do sport is the social aspect. If a friend gets you involved in something you are much more likely to do it and to stick with it.”

To become a Sport Maker, visit sportmakers.co.uk

Comments(2)

Dilligaf2010 says...
7:57pm Thu 17 May 12

Some of the police officers I've seen would have difficulty running a bath, let alone running for pleasure.

Englishman says...
6:31am Fri 18 May 12

Too much sitting in cars and not enough legwork

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