Uckfield Matters Magazine - August 19 #144

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BUSY ON SATURDAY 10TH OF AUGUST?
JOIN THE WEALDEN ACTIVITY DAYS
by Jeremy Hallett
Wealden District Council and Active Uckfield have had great responses from
local organisations for their joint Activity day. There will be new things to try
and see as well as old favourites.
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Scuba 2000 will be present showing us
and telling us things that we probably
wouldn't think relate to Scuba Diving.
Come and try the Tennis Serve Speed
Challenge: What speed do you think you
can hit a tennis ball? We'll be looking
to see if a serve or normal shot can
exceed 100 on the day. It's unlikely, but
a LeTennis coach hit 99mph the last
time I saw this challenge taken on. So
come and show us what you're made
of! Challenge Uckfield, challenge your
friends and family or just challenge
yourself - but most importantly come
and have fun.
What else on the day? There are more
sports and health/fitness activities than
ever before, and Wealden are focusing
on bringing extra to the day. Councillor
Philip Lunn, Cabinet member for Public
Health and Community Safety said:
“People of all ages can learn about the
benefits of a healthier lifestyle, take
part in activities to burn off the calories.
Arts and crafts are great for general
wellbeing. There’s healthy eating advice
and an opportunity to see some of our
wonderful local community services in
action."
“Soft play
and activity
sessions give
children
access to
different
games which
they may not
have tried before." The day will be great.
It just needs you there to take part or
just enjoy watching others do so as that's
good for you own wellbeing.
Finally, we've just had our annual
Stoolball evening and it was what I
would call a "Speed Stoolball" event.
Teams have 5 minutes in bat then 5
minutes fielding. Every player is fully
involved throughout, because when
you're batting you run every ball and
if you get out you actually stay in. Of
course the team loses something if
you're out, so you have to run a bit faster
(or use a runner alongside you if you're
a walking sportsman). Obviously there's
more to it than that, but that's the basics
of what makes it great, fully inclusive
fun. We'd like to do another evening so
if you're interested please email me and
we'll see when we can get together.
For more information about anything here, or if you want to promote your
organisation at the Activity Day please contact Jeremy Hallett on 07876 275031 or
jeremyhallett59@gmail.com