GB Junior Boxing Awards from September 2015
Aimed at 8-13 year olds, sessions will be supervised by qualified boxing coaches with opportunities to progress and win medals along the way. Junior Boxing is free to FIT4 members and affordable rates apply to non-members.
Football Centre’s 1st Birthday
The Football Centre is one year old and to celebrate we’ve got some great deals, from just £7.50 per pitch, per hour. Just in time for the new season!
Worthing Strikers ‘walk’ to victory with first female player
Local Walking Football team, Worthing Strikers, have trounced their competitors in their last three matches with tenacity, determination and their first female player.
Training at the Football Centre, the team welcomed its first female Striker, Linda Palombo, 63, from Worthing. A former Crystal Palace Ladies player back in the 1980’s, she’s no stranger to the ‘Beautiful Game’. She said;
“I loved playing for Palace Ladies, we were among the first ladies football teams, so I was delighted to join Worthing Strikers playing at the Football Centre.”
South Downs Leisure have also just received Lottery funding to develop more activities aimed at the over 50’s, like more Walking-based sports such as Rugby, Netball and Basketball, plus further help for our community gardens projects so watch this space.
Post-Wimbledon Fever!
We have taken over running two more tennis courts at
Church Road, Tarring, in partnership with
Worthing Borough Council. From 3rd August, the gates will be locked, but call
Field Place to play.
Get on your bike
Beach House grounds, adjacent to Splashpoint Leisure Centre, welcomed Worthing’s first street Velodrome, encouraging local cyclists to join some of the country’s best pro-riders including Craig MacLean MBE, Olympic Cyclist, and Anna Glowinski, presenter of ITV4’s The Cycling Show.
If you felt inspired to dust off your handlebars, don a helmet and go cycling, then look no further than our Cycle to Work Day, Thursday 3rd September. Take part in this national event and you can pledge your miles by entering your details on www.cycletoworkday.org to win a brand new Claud Butler bike. Also, don’t forget our Cycling on the Downs, every Saturday at 10am from Worthing College.
The ‘Green Team’
Local community gardens ‘Green Team’,
Sustainable Sussex, have cultivated more than their crops, they’ve also nurtured local talent. Inspired volunteer gardener, Jenny Overington, 22, Worthing, joined via Aldingbourne Trusts WorkAid scheme which helps young adults get into work.
Based within Worthing Leisure Centre’s grounds, Jenny’s joined by founder, Keith Collin, 39, and grows an expanding range of produce, including chilli’s. They also organise green initiatives like water conservation, solar energy and waste recycling on site.
After just six months, Jenny’s self-confidence and skillset have grown enormously and she’s started her dream job as a Gardening Technician at Wyevale Garden Centre, Findon - retaining her role with Keith.
Green Flag Awards for Field Place
We are pleased to announce that Field Place has gained a Green Flag Award which recognises the best parks and green spaces across the country. The award boasts high standards of beautifully maintained grounds, excellent facilities, and its extensive wildlife.
However, plans to introduce Peacocks have been scrapped due to their ‘destructive nature’, particularly pecking cars, and their distinctively loud squark.
Jane Austen’s leading-lady returns home
Open-air theatre group, Chapterhouse, return to Field Place with Jane Austen’s classic ‘
Pride and Prejudice’ for what promises to be an unmissable evening of entertainment, high-emotion and drama.
Picnic on the picturesque lawns of Field Place Manor House, whilst immersing yourself in Austen’s best-known classic love story told on the open-air stage.
Janna Fox, 32, who plays Austen’s heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, in the performance was born in Leeds and raised in Hove. Janna will be re-joining her family and said she’s delighted to be back performing on home turf.
Janna trained at the Drama Studio, London, achieved acclaim on stage and screen, including ‘The Longest Day’, commercials for BBC iplayer and various music videos. But the stage is where her heart is, performing all over the country and here in Sussex. She was also a Hove-regular on the singer-songwriter circuit, gaining local notoriety. Janna said;
“I am really excited to be performing in Worthing. I haven't been home much because I‘ve been very busy in the theatre. I’ve heard Field Place is beautiful and can't wait to perform so close to home.”
To see Janna and the cast perform, book tickets and for more information, call: 01903 905050 now!
