Sports tourism netted Chesterfield County $12 million in the year that ended June 30, according to a report from the leader of the county’s sports tourism advisory committee.

Jon Lugbill, by day the executive director of the Metro Richmond Sports Backers, celebrated the one-year anniversary of the committee by sharing that number and other good news with the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors at its work session Wednesday.

“We’re taking a long-term, very sustainable approach,” Lugbill said.

He listed 17 events in the past year that attracted 63,000 attendees, 34,000 of whom came from outside the county, he said.

The events in the 2010-11 year ranged from the 800-plus-team Jefferson Cup youth soccer tournament, held in part in the county, to a series of foot races through the mud at Pocahontas State Park and at Henricus Historical Park.

“Chesterfield has good dirt,” he said, eliciting chuckles from the board.

“Chesterfield is going to be a destination for sports,” said Supervisor A.S. “Art” Warren, the chairman of the board. “It’s going to be the place to go on the East Coast if you keep this momentum going.”

A year ago, the committee was created to find ways to capitalize on, promote and expand a wide array of sports venues, tournaments, events and programs in the county.

Since then, Lugbill said, the mission has expanded to include personal fitness as well, with an emphasis split between bringing in events and finding ways for county residents to participate.

“We’re not having to lead them to the water to drink,” Lugbill said. “They’re already there.”

Lugbill listed five new events for this year, including a high school lacrosse tournament that was held in July.

In October, Chesterfield will host the first Virginia Transplant Games, a competition for people who have received organ and tissue transplants.

The $12 million impact came through hotel occupancy, meals and other money spent in the county by participants and spectators at the events.

During its afternoon work session and regular night meeting, the board also:

• Formalized into county code several new state laws, including rules governing gambling, pneumatic guns and bad checks.

Internet sweepstakes cafés are now officially as bad an idea in Chesterfield as they are anywhere else in the state, with enforceable code to help the county keep the gambling dens from operating.

With the guns — typically of the BB or paintball variety — residents can legally fire them on private property as long as they take reasonable precautions to keep fired projectiles from crossing property lines. The new state law prohibits localities from prohibiting use of such devices.

The bad-check fee jumps to $50 from $35.

• Set a Sept. 21 public hearing for discussion on proposed amendments to the county’s electronic message sign policy.

• Announced two 9/11 memorial services.

The first will be on Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the historic courthouse. The county’s police, fire and emergency service departments will dedicate a piece of structural steel from the World Trade Center in New York.

On Sept. 11, the county will host a free performance of the Richmond Symphony at the Henricus Historical Park. As always, county leaders recommend attendees bring along blankets, chairs or other comfort devices.

• Heard County Administrator James J.L. “Jay” Stegmaier report that the fish-based approach to hydrilla abatement in Swift Creek Reservoir is ahead of schedule.

The use of 10,000 carp to eat the invasive weed has worked better than expected, with 93 percent of the lake clean and an additional 6 percent showing only trace elements after 14 months. Initially, it was thought that such success would take two to three years.

• Honored the last Pearl Harbor survivor known to live in the county, Charles J. Haessig. The veteran recently celebrated his 90th birthday.