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BBC Wins Fund Bid
Bingham Bicycle Club has been awarded £3,000 from the Bingham Community Regeneration Fund.
The money will be used to buy more tools and spares for the workshop in the garage at the Bingham Community Complex, pay for sessional workers and a trip to Glentress.
The money will be administered by ChangingPace.
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Bingham Bicycle Club Dates
The first two dates for the Bingham Bicycle Club have been fixed. The lucky first day is Friday the 13th, the second is a week later. Over 12s are welcome at 2.00, others can join in after 3.00.
The photo shows some local young people getting a sneak preview of the Club’s base in the Bingham [...]
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BMX Track to be Rebuilt?
People from Hunters Hall are lucky to have a BMX track on their doorstep. It’s been sadly neglected since the last time BMXing was a popular activity.
BMX is now an Olympic sport! It will therefore be on everyone’s TV screens as part of next year’s Games.
Ironically BMX racing is replacing the 1km race where Olympic [...]
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Another DofE Course
Eight young people from Castlebrae Community High School have started a Build a Bike course at the Bike Station, organised by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. (The photo [...]
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Venchie Project Success
At the end of last year TryCycling in Edinburgh helped the Venchie childrens’ project in Craigmillar to get money from the Council’s East Local Development Committee.
A group of children signed up for a bike scheme that gave them training in safe cycling and bicycle maintenance. At the end they also got a bike to keep! [...]
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