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Name: Sport Lived
Address: Sir Colin Campbell Building, Triumph Road,, Nottingham
Rating: 4.64

4.6 Rating 97 Reviews

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of reviewers recommend Sport Lived

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4.6

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Sport Lived is a gap year company which arranges for young people to play and coach sport in Australia!

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“- Misleading - no social events or any effort to help you integrate - staff are very rude and unresponsive once you are abroad - AVOID THIS COMPANY at all costs”

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Posted 3 years ago

“My son Quentin spent half a season playing hockey in Melbourne. Sport lived arranged everything. He had a great time in his team at MCC hockey and sprortlived organized trips and events The best thing was that true the network of sportlived he could find a nice job and develop a social network. Tim van den Dijssel . The Netherlands”

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Posted 1 year ago

“My son has just finished a half season cricket programme in Australia and has loved every minute living in Melbourne and playing cricket for South Yarra. Sport Lived were fantastic from the start as Australia had only just opened up during the pandemic. It was a rush to get visa’s and organise everything he needed at such short notice, but Ian was really supportive guiding us through the process right up to departure. My son stayed at Quest Prahan apartments in Melbourne which were high quality and in an excellent central position for his cricket and the rest of the city. Kathy has been brilliant organising many trips for the boys including Big Bash and AFL games as well as surfing trips to Torquay, and a week long road trip along the Great Ocean Road amongst many other experiences. She has always been supportive to the boys and there to answer any questions they had. He loved playing cricket at South Yarra, welcomed whole heartedly into the club, making many friends and socialising regularly even after the season had finished. He was also invited to play in a league U21 representative side on Australia Day where he won the man of the match award. The whole experience has been life changing for my son, developing him as a cricketer and as a person giving him the time of his life. He has gained a lot of confidence and is now extending his trip to go to the GP and then to travel around Queensland for a few weeks before he returns to the UK. His outlook on life is far wider than it was only 3 months ago and is now more than ready to take on the challenge of going to university which he had been apprehensive about. I’d like to thank Ian, Elaine, Kathy, Karen and everyone at Sport Lived for providing this experience for my son, but also for your support throughout the programme if ever we needed. I highly recommend this company to provide a wonderful sporting and life experience.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I couldn't have a bad word to say about my 3 months in Melbourne with SportLived. I had an unreal time, making memories and friends for life. Hockey-wise, the programme was perfectly set up with a hockey club whose members love embracing every SL member, while having teams for all abilities. Melbourne life can be as busy or as chilled as suited; I travelled around Australia in free time, while developing my coaching regularly in the many job opportunities I was given. While having the independence to live the Aussie life, support was always available from the wonderful Kathy, who acted as our 'Australian mum'. The highlights of the arranged social events included a trip to a sold-out MCG and a surf day. While the cost looks scary for a year 12/13 student, I found it wasn't anything a hard-working gap year couldn't manage... and worth every penny!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My advice for any parent considering sending their child on a Sport Lived experience is most definitely LOOK ELSEWHERE. My step daughter has recently returned from a six week trip to New Zealand playing netball and felt very let down. Having analysed the cost and what was provided I can only conclude that we wasted our money. The line from their advertising about “ finding a Club that’s right for you, whatever your level” was absolute rubbish. Having booked her flights according to the dates given by Sport Lived, my step daughter was then told that it was “pre season” so not many games were available. How many matches was she able to play ? NONE. NOT A SINGLE MATCH. The accommodation was nothing special, and could have been obtained independently at the same price. We complained and were given a derisory refund of “half the sport element of the package price”, and since they said the sport was only a quarter of it, that wasn’t much. They claimed that providing entertainment experiences was also a quarter of the package price (about £800) for which they provided four events. A quick look on the internet showed that the tickets for each event were on sale for about £25 each, so obviously a nice fat profit for Sport Lived there too. Seems to me that Sport Lived are happy to seduce teenagers by promising them heaven on earth, taking their hard earned money and then relying on teenagers’ natural energy and enthusiasm to make up for their shortcomings. I would suggest anyone contemplating such a trip carries out some basic research before handing over thousands of pounds to Sport Lived. I know other kids out there at the same time as my step daughter felt similarly let down.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Dear Andy Thank you for taking the time to write a review on Leah’s Sport Lived Netball Programme in Christchurch. I established Sport Lived to help young people have a great time playing & coaching sport overseas & I’m sorry that Leah was disappointed with her Sport Lived programme. On 5 February 2019, Leah booked a 6 week Mini Season Netball programme in Christchurch from 25 March 2019 - 5 May 2019. On 5 February 2019, we emailed our Coordinator in Christchurch to confirm when league matches would start in Christchurch. We set our programme dates based on the previous year’s league fixtures. We also factor in a couple of weeks of pre-season training to provide our customers with the best chances of being selected for their club’s highest teams. We were conscious that Leah was undertaking a short programme and we wanted to try and ensure she played in as many games as possible during her trip. We were also conscious that club fixtures are often finalised a short time before the start of the season. On 11 February 2019, our Coordinator emailed us with fixture information where she told us that based on Leah's programme dates, the maximum number of games she would be able to play in would be 3. We called Leah on 12 February 2019, before she had paid in full for her Sport Lived programme, where we explained that the dates of her programme meant she would have limited opportunities to play in matches. We offered Leah the chance to start her programme later in 2019 when the season had commenced where she have the chance to play more matches. Leah told us that she had booked non refundable flights to Christchurch where she was unable to make any date changes. She said that she was happy to proceed with her programme despite the limited opportunities to play in matches. During Leah’s time in Christchurch, we arranged for her to train with a netball club and also arranged paid netball umpiring work and work as an assistant netball coach. Our staff also provided support when Leah required hospital treatment in Christchurch. Unfortunately, Leah did not play in any matches during her time in New Zealand. The coach of her club didn’t deem Leah's level to be high enough to play in the club’s first team whose matches started earlier in the season and Leah wasn’t picked for a lower grade team when their matches began on Saturday 4 May 2019. I am extremely sorry that Leah did not have the chance to play in any matches during her Sport Lived programme and the disappointment this caused her. Very best wishes Ian Dodd Director Sport Lived Limited

Posted 4 years ago

Sport Lived is rated 4.6 based on 97 reviews