Keighley'S sporting success is to be used as a blueprint for the country, helping to get the nation feeling fitter - and finding the sporting stars of the future.

The go-ahead sportKeighley organisation came under the spotlight on Wednesday when top Government officials travelled to the town to see how the community was working together to boost the health and sporting commitment of everyone in the district.

The top level delegation was led by Paul Heron, an official at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and Mike Daiper from the Department for Education and Skills.

They were impressed with the way schools and sports clubs are working together to make the best use of facilities and the skills of coaches.

The Government officials were joined by officials from Sport England who had lunch at Cougar Park before an afternoon of meetings.

Since sportKeighley was launched four years ago it has been the driving force behind many developments in sport, helping to unite sporting clubs with schools, Keighley College, the Primary Healthcare Trust and Bradford Council.

The organisation's aim is to make the most of the facilities that already exist in the district and fight for improvements where they are needed.

Recent improvements include over £1 million spent on developments at Marley and plans for a huge renovation of the Greenhead Athletics track.

The group has also worked on developing walking and cycling routes in a bid to reduce the number of car journeys needed to drop children off at schools throughout the area.

Official travelled now to see how a 'Single System for Sport' was developing in the area. An important part of the development is to see schools and sporting clubs working together.

Keighley Cougars comunity officer Matt Foster, was among representatives of local organisations who attended the meeting.

"Government officials and representatives of Sport England seemed very impressed with everything that is taking place in the Keighley area and we were also able to get across that there are still improvements that can be made," Matt Foster said.

One of the areas that sportKeighley want to see improved is access to school facilities for other groups.

John Dennis emphasised that valuable resources in schools are often standing empty and unused at evenings, weekends and throughout school holidays when they could be used.

"The presence of many sportK partners impressed the officials all of our guests and they will have returned to London with plenty of ideas as they work to establish the blueprint for a Single System for Sport," John Dennis said.