Sports Development Unit
Sports Council
The Sports Development Unit have work in close partnership with the Isle of Man Sports Council on numerous development issues around the Island. This the most important of these is to assist with the Community Key Sports Initiative. The Isle of Man Sport and Recreation Strategy in Agenda for action 7.1 stated that the IOM Sports Council in conjunction with Manx Sport and Recreation and the Islands Governing Bodies of Sport identify community key sports together with potential funding sources for the appointment of sport specific development officers and the establishment of development groups. Having secured a three year sponsorship deal with Heritage Homes to help fund the project, Dominic Hobdell the first Sports Specific Development Officer (Badminton and Hockey) was appointed in August 2006. More recently, Ian Williams has been appointed as the Island's first Rugby Development Officer.
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