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Learning to shake pom poms with style Youngsters at Bridlewood Primary School
enjoyed a week of sport in June designed to
give children the chance try out a range of
activities.
Classes visited sports centres around the
town, including Lydiard Park Academy where
they had a go at trampolining. Year 2 children
enjoyed a morning learning how to be cheer-
leaders with 6th formers and members of the
LP Allstars Jazmin Fearib and Leah Scaife.
They learnt basic routines in small groups and
put on mini-displays.
Bridlewood coodinator Jenny Hulse said: “The
aim was to give children the chance to try out
a variety of different sports like ice skating,
abseiling, golf, martial arts, croquet and much
more. They had great fun working on physi-
cal skills and also developing determination,
perseverance and patience.
Many children discovered hidden talents
which we hope will encourage them to
maintain healthy and active lifestyles.

This Girl Can swim the Thames Hole lot of fun for the summer

Abbey Meads mum describing positive and Basset Down Golf Club have come players navigate their way around
Claire Bennett, has negative aspects of this up with two innovative ways of obstacles and characters, complete
won a free place in The kind of swimming. playing golf. with pirate sounds.
Henley Mile on 12 July, Claire said: “A few Football golf is a six-hole football “We’re excited to be the test bed
an open water swim- years ago I was given course, which combines the skills for this new way of enjoying golf,”
ming event to be held a copy of Wild Swim of football with the rules of golf, said club director Juliette Nutland.
in a beautiful stretch of by Kate Rew and was where players have to sink a “It really brings a new dimension to
the River Thames near completely captivated standard football into enlarged the game to interest people of all
Henley-on-Thames. by the idea of swim- holes, using just their feet. ages.”
The organisers ming in open water. Basset Down is the first club in See details in the advert opposite
wanted to encourage It really appealed to the UK to offer a treasure island and www.bassetdowngolfcourse.
more women to get me but I lacked the 9 hole ‘Instagolf’ course where com or www.swindonfamilygolf.com
involved in outdoor swimming confidence to give it a go.
so ran a national competition for “The team at Henley Swim and
women to win places, in association the This Girl Can initiative spurred
with This Girl Can. me into action. I’m really looking
Claire, 43, mum of four teenag- forward to the swim.”
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