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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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Meadows or Bings?
That was the question on Friday afternoon. Most young people from the Bingham Bicycle Club voted for a return visit to the Niddrie Bings, though some would have preferred a longer ride!
Part of Bings (nearest to Newcraighall Road) is due to be built on ’soon’.
Route on Mapmyride. Click on photo for bigger version.
More photos.
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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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Movie Making at Lismore
As part of a programme funded by the Scottish Executive (administered by Sustrans) for tackling the school run, P5 pupils from Lismore Primary and putting together a web site. Today they produced and acted -
“Today we made a video about what we should and shouldn’t do when we arrive at school with our bikes.
There were [...]
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Cash for Cycling
Money for tools for the newly created bike club at Hunter’s Hall has been granted from a programme funded by the Scottish Executive (administered by Sustrans) for tackling the school run.
Another grant has been secured for the Venchie. Children who go to that project’s Breakfast Club will have their bikes safety checked and be given [...]
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Picnic in December
After a few weeks of playground training, the second group of the Venchie Bike Club went for an adventure on the local cycle paths and minor roads.
Map of route.
A picnic of hot chocolate and ham sandwiches was had on the grass at Brunstane House.
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Bike Club 2
A second group of children is benefiting from the Venchie Bike Club. Members are lent a bike, if they don’t have their own, and supplied with helmets.They are learning bike handling and safety skills and also basic maintenance.
Soon they will be ready to go on guided rides exploring the local area.
The Club is helped [...]
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