Here & Now Issue 35 | August 2019

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SPORT & WELLBEING
Get your fitness fix here
We bring you a selection of fitness,
sport and wellbeing activities in and
around Worthing.
Thu 1 Aug
Meditation and Buddhism Class
7.30-9.30pm. Quaker Meeting
House, BN11. Triratna Buddhist
Community. All welcome. Donations.
Wed 7 Aug
Worthing Striders Highdown
Hike 7pm. Meet at West Worthing
Tennis Club. Start at bottom field at
Highdown Rise. Includes junior mini
mile and senior race. Entry £1-7
Worthing Gaia Goddess Circle
7pm. Join the sisterhood on a path
of spiritual self-development. Email
info@goddessfoundation.org.uk for
venue details. Donation to cover
venue cost.
Sat 10 Aug
Free Yoga on Goring Green 10-
11am. Goring Green. Hosted by
Emily Manning Yoga. Bring a mat or
towel. Weather dependent.
Sat 17 Aug
Academy Open Day 2pm. Worthing
Golf Club. One hour coaching
sessions with the pro team.
Book 01903 260718 or email
mikehenninggolf@gmail.com. FREE
Sun 18 Aug
Worthing Rotary Promenade Walk
10am. Worthing Prom from Goring
Green. Choose from 5k/10k. Entry
£10pp (inc medal)/under-12s FREE
Mon 26 Aug
Bank Holiday Cricket Match
11am. Goring Cricket Club ground.
Annual match with BBQ. Spectators
welcome.
Flexibility Taster Session 6-7.30pm.
Pavilion Theatre. Gymnastic/flexibility
circus skills workshop for ages 17y+.
Tue 3 Sep
Relaxation Evening 7.30pm.
Heene Community Centre.
Relaxation techniques and destress
treatment. Donations.
Sat 7 Sep
Downslink Cycle Challenge 9am.
In aid of Link to Hope. Ride from
Shoreham to Guildford (60km) and
back (120km). Registration is £20
plus sponsorship.
PICK OF THE ONGOING
Good Gym E/Mon. 6pm.
Splashpoint. Group runs to help
with community projects.
Worthing Striders (Training Session)
E/Tue & Thu. 6.30pm. Highdown
Field (nr Highdown Gardens). Runs
Apr-Sep. Most runners meet at
the West Worthing Tennis Club to
run to the training location. Info
worthingstriders.co.uk
Worthing Harriers Road & Trail (All
Ability) E/Tue & Thu. 6.30-7.30pm.
Worthing Leisure Centre. Info
worthingharriers.org
Worthing Parkrun E/Sat. 9am.
Worthing Prom. 5K run. Book
parkrun.org.uk
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Worthing Junior parkrun. Look
out for the Junior parkrun,
starting in Sep, first session at
South Downs Leisure.
Worthing Ping United E/Sat.
1.30pm (kids) & 2.30pm (all comers).
Sidney Walter Centre.
Kids Run Free Worthing 1st Sat/
mon. 9am. Victoria Park.
Penguin Hockey Club Junior
Coaching E/Sun. 10am-12pm.
Angmering School. Info penguinhockey.co.uk
Foxy Ladies Running Club Free
Runs E/Sun. 9am. Central Avenue,
Findon Valley but meeting point
varies. 5-10 miles. Women only. Info
FB @foxyladiesrunclub
So you’ve never been...
SKATEBOARDING
ONE OF MY FRIENDS at school once bought a skateboard to walk around with in the hopes of
passing himself off as cool. That was until someone pointed out the clean wheels were giving him
away. Don’t be like him.
Why go? With skateboarding added to the programme for the Summer Olympics next year in
Tokyo, now is the time to perfect your flip tricks and ollies. And if the kids need any inspiration,
eleven-year-old Sky Brown is set to compete as part of Team GB.
Where can I do it? There are skate parks in Homefield Park, on Beach Green in Lancing
(which came about after lengthy campaigning from local children) and in Shoreham.
I could do with some pointers! Dale Lay runs the free South Coast Skate Club on
Saturday mornings in Homefield Park for kids and adults alike (FB @SCSCWorthing). Or head over
to Brighton Youth Centre where they run sessions for younger children at their indoor skate park to
teach them the basics, as well as She Shredders for girls from 13 years up.
What about the kit? Family-run Alleyoops is a good starting point down on Worthing
seafront, or head over to Chi and talk to Jamie at ESP.
Anything else? Pro-skater Lucy Adams, UK’s number 1 in 2013, worked as an active
communities officer for young people in Worthing until 2016 and is now chairwoman and a founding
member of not-for-profit body Skateboard England. She even custom made her own skateboard with
local luthier (maker of stringed instruments) David Simmons. n
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