A DOZEN young sportsmen will help to train the stars of the future after completing coaching qualifications.
The twelve teenagers have just completed a year-long sports coaching scheme with Darlington Borough Councils sports development team after they amassed more than 1,000 hours of voluntary work.
They attended a special signing-off event at the towns Dolphin Centre today with sports development workers to celebrate their achievement in the Step into Sport initiative.
Each young coach completed between 50 and 200 hours of voluntary work with the sports development team, sports clubs and schools teams to develop their skills and complete their training logs.
The programme is organised by the Youth Sport Trust. It involves participants completing first aid and child protection courses, which lead to the level one coaching qualifications.
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