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New website launched to bring

Swindon Town fans together

Come On You Reds - The Trust STFC column with chairman Steve Mytton

Finally, after much work behind over to you - the fans - to make it a
the scenes, our new website has success, by contributing your ideas
launched. and articles whenever you can.
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200 years of getting on your bike

On Two Wheels by Rob Derry of Swindon Bicycle Users Group (BUG)

Happy New Year to you all. What a
momentous year for cycling 2017 is
going to be.
It is 200 years since the bicycle
was invented by Baron Karl von
Drais of Mannheim, Germany. The
bike has been credited for many
things and it is nothing short of bicycle with a similar ratio around
amazing that 200 years on, it is still the country, there are hotspots
a massively important invention all within the UK. Around 25% of
around the world. How many things vehicles on London’s streets at rush Busy month ahead for The Wildcats
invented in the last 200 years are hour are bicycles. And if we look
now consigned to the past? Even to our European neighbours, the
in the last 40 years we’ve had the Dutch, Danish and Finnish cycle The Wildcats ice hockey column with The 27-year old who has been off
VCR and many other things come a lot more than we do. Bikes are Mike Wray the ice since picking up a shoulder
and go. used widely in India, China and all injury at the end of October, is
The bicycle was hailed as an across Africa. It is no coincidence Aaron Nell believes February will be currently viewing his off-ice spell as
amazing invention that allowed that countries that have low levels Swindon Wildcats most challenging a “positive experience” - and says
people to move around quicker of cycle use have high levels of month so far. he’s learning a lot from it.
than before without having to feed, obesity. The mayor of Paris has With January throwing up nine “It’s obviously frustrating being
stable and look after a horse (not declared 2017 to be “The Year of games, the shorter month of off the ice, but if I didn’t feel I had
to mention you could go further in the Bicycle” with aims to double the February quickly follows suit and the skills to be able to coach from
a day). amount of cycle paths and increase with five of those coming at home, the bench, then I wouldn’t do it,”
It allowed people to move the amount of areas and time the Wildcats coach doesn’t think he said.
between villages and towns and it that motor vehicles are prohibited. the upcoming fixtures will be any “You can learn different things
is thought that this widened the People in power are starting to easier. from the rink side so I think about
gene pool in many rural areas by realise that cycling has enormous Looking at the month, Nell said: it as a positive experience. I’ve
allowing people to meet potential benefits in terms of public health, “This will be our most challenging learned a lot of things already, but
partners from other towns and pollution levels, movement of month so far. it’s a whole other way of seeing
villages. In the early 20th century it people and for the economy. “We have tough games and with the game than from on the ice so
gave freedoms to women that had Not bad for a 200 year old the injury list we’ve got, we’ll really there’s so much more that I can
not previously been enjoyed. invention, heh? Happy 200th have to dig deep, find solutions and pick up and it’s helping to develop
Despite only around 2% of birthday to the good old bicycle! find ways to win.” me as a coach.”
journeys in Swindon being made by www.swindonbug.co.uk www.swindonwildcats.com
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