SPORTS Minister Helen Grant will visit a number of sports clubs across Basingstoke this morning.

The MP for Maidstone and the Weald in Kent will visit the Basingstoke Hockey Club, Basingstoke Athletic Club, Basingstoke Rugby Club and the Hampshire Football Association in Winklebury.

Basingstoke MP Maria Miller will accompany Mrs Grant on the tour which will end at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.

Sporting clubs across Basingstoke have seen an increase in the number of people joining clubs with the Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletic Clubs under 11’s group having a waiting list for youngsters wanting to try athletics.

Maria Miller said: “I am delighted that the Minister will be visiting to see first-hand Basingstoke’s flourishing sports scene.”