We are really looking forward to catching up with our members who will be attending the Patron’s Lunch on Sunday 12th June to celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday and recognise her patronage of over 600 charities and organisations.
Interesting sporting facts about the Queen include:
• The Queen’s racing colours are a purple body with gold braid, scarlet sleeves and black velvet cap with gold fringe. The colours were adopted from those used by King Edward VII; one of his most successful horses was called Diamond Jubilee.
• The Queen attended her first football match in 1953, when she watched “the Matthews final” in which the late Sir Stanley Matthews inspired Blackpool to come from 3-1 down to win the cup 4-3.
• Coincidentally, this match was considered the first major TV audience for a sporting event. After “the Matthews final”, the FA Cup was given its own standalone slot for TV and radio broadcast.
The Alliance hopes to continue this long royal association which strengthens the importance of sport and recreation in the UK and the unified goal of a more active nation. We look forward to welcoming of our President, HRH the Earl of Wessex for our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 14th July.
The Government has announced that pubs, clubs and live music venues are set to receive a 20% reduction to their business rates bills from April next year.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance was delighted to join over 900 delegates from around the world from 9-11 July, at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, for the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport Global Summit 2026.
Read more
A joint contribution from the Sport and Recreation Alliance, /Together, Sport England and the Eden Project.
Read more
Joining the Sport and Recreation Alliance is pretty simple, but worthwhile!
Register now
