Aroundtown Magazine March/April 2022 edition

SPORT
Pop-up
Millers
museum
coming to New York Stadium
A new project aimed at raising
the profile of Rotherham
United Football Club is set to
bring a pop-up museum to the
club’s New York Stadium this
summer.
As part of Rotherham’s bid to become the
world’s first Children’s Capital of Culture in
2025, a group of young people aged 16 to 25
at Rotherham United Community Sports Trust
(RUCST) are leading a new plight to shed new
light on the history of the football club.
A large part of the project focuses on the
creation of a pop-up museum gallery at the
stadium, intertwining sport and art through
various installations. There will be information
boards about the club’s history, a film about
fans’ living memories, and items donated that
have a connection to both Rotherham United
and the former Guest and Chrimes foundry
which is on the same site as the stadium.
The museum will also tell the stories of
inspirational men and women who have played
an important role in Rotherham’s sporting
history, such as Arthur Wharton who became
the world’s first black professional footballer
when he signed for Rotherham Town in 1889.
A grand opening for the pop-up museum
is planned for Sunday 5th June as part of
the jubilee celebrations where there will be
performances by local choirs. Schools across
the town are also invited to learn a 34-step
dance routine, based around Arthur Wharton’s
34 appearances for Rotherham Town, which
will be performed on the day.
Before the launch, the team of youth
producers are looking for more memorabilia or
memories from fans in the town to add to their
collection. Just some of the first submissions
they have received are a wooden rattle from
the 1950s, and a framed photo of a junior
squad from the same decade loaned by past
youth players Terry Crofts and Craig Pepper.
Even if you don’t have any memories
or items to loan, you can still get involved
by creating art for the museum gallery,
volunteering as a steward for the launch, or
just heading down to see the pop-up museum
in all its glory.
If you would like to share your
memories, contact the RUCST team on
01709 827 767 or email
Community@rotherhamunited.net
The Rotherham
10K
is back!
Get out your running shoes and
kick-start your training as the
Rotherham 10K event is back for
2022 following a two-year hiatus
owing to the pandemic.
The event will take place on Sunday 15th May at
10am and will be followed at 12pm by a one-mile
lap around Clifton Park for the fun run and schools’
Mile a Day Challenge.
This year, the route has been modified to
address safety concerns on Centenary Way and
give residents in Canklow and Clifton access to
their vehicles. All roads on the route will be closed
to vehicles with full marshalling in place for runners’
safety.
Starting and finishing in Clifton Park, the
10k route will encompass Drummond Street,
pedestrianised streets in the town centre, Westgate
heading towards the footpath on Centenary Way,
before looping back into the town past Rotherham
Minster and up College Street to Doncaster Gate.
The route then heads back up passed the park to
Broom and Wickersley Road towards Herringthorpe
Stadium before the home straight into the park.
Every entrant who crosses the finish line will
receive a medal, and there is also a total of £620 in
cash prizes up for grabs for the first three runners
in each category, as well as awards for the first
Rotherham runner and corporate challenge team.
Aroundtown is also proud to sponsor the
school’s challenge cup awarded to the Rotherham
school who has four pupils past the finish line of the
fun run in the quickest time.
The Rotherham 10K is sponsored by Maltby
motorbike shop and café, Revs and Relics and
the event will be hosted by RB1 Radio. As ever, all
proceeds will be donated to Age UK Rotherham.
Closing date for entries to the 10K is Friday 6th
May at 12pm. The cost is £16 for affiliated runners
or £20 for non-affiliated runners.
To sign up, visit
www.rotherham10k.com
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