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Are You a Charity or Individual<br />

Looking for a Zip Slide?<br />

Sunday 27 September at Intu<br />

Braehead, Glasgow<br />

Intu Braehead offers a fantastic<br />

zip slide. The launch point is 40m<br />

high on the outside of the building,<br />

followed by a 200m zip across<br />

the car park. Intu Braehead is the<br />

ultimate family entertainment<br />

destination combining ‘real’ snow<br />

slopes with urban and lifestyle retailers, cool bars and restaurants,<br />

cinema, family attractions and extreme activities. This will be our 5th event at<br />

the venue. Please come along and enjoy this fantastic zip slide. Register now<br />

at www.zipslidesuk.co.uk<br />

Paisley Pipe Band<br />

Championships <strong>2015</strong><br />

Saturday 18 <strong>July</strong> from 12pm - 6pm Paisley Town Centre<br />

Head to Paisley to see<br />

some of Scotland’s best<br />

pipe bands compete in<br />

the annual Pipe Band<br />

Competition!<br />

An annual family favourite<br />

day out is back - enjoy the<br />

sight, sound and spectacle<br />

of some of the top pipe<br />

bands from throughout<br />

Scotland and beyond.<br />

The sixth annual Paisley<br />

Pipe Band Competition<br />

will take place in the heart<br />

of the town centre.<br />

Bands will gather on the High Street and march down towards the final tuning<br />

area at the Cenotaph, before heading down to the judging area in County<br />

Square.<br />

There, judges from the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association – West of Scotland<br />

branch, will judge the bands on their performances across the various grades.<br />

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Many Thanks & a Huge<br />

Well Done<br />

to those who took part in the Millport Fun’raiser<br />

The junior Foot Soldiers battled the elements and made<br />

their way round the 10.25 miles of Cumbrae, but were<br />

rewarded with<br />

a fantastic<br />

fun-filled<br />

afternoon<br />

back at the<br />

Garrison<br />

where they<br />

were entertained by children’s<br />

entertainer Kidnetick and a range<br />

The Glasgow Viking Group were<br />

there in all their glory, with their<br />

pretend fighting and stories of old.<br />

An owl charity showed the birds off<br />

to the local children and a pipe band<br />

lead the bikes in a great parade.<br />

There were many other attractions,<br />

including a truck from the Greenock<br />

Fire Museum and Heritage Centre.<br />

of activities including gladiators game,<br />

water walkers and laser quest, while<br />

the Garnock Brass Band played in the<br />

background.<br />

Arran Challenge - entries now open! Our<br />

cycle for the ‘grown ups’ - RIDE ARRAN<br />

is taking place on Sat 1st August. Entry<br />

is now open at www.entrycentral.com/<br />

findingyourfeetridearran<br />

Accord Hospice Grand Prix<br />

The teams thought it was a memorable<br />

experience and were keen to do it again.<br />

Photos of the race and two of the staff of<br />

the hospice, enjoying the games.<br />

Bikers Rally for<br />

Erskine<br />

Late May saw motorbikes in all sizes and<br />

colours flock to Erskine Hospital for a day<br />

of fun.<br />

Four teams from Paisley and surrounding<br />

villages competed to see who were the<br />

greatest drivers and competitors.<br />

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