Tue 22nd Oct 2019 at 6:45pm
Lambeth Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
GG Lambeth had all guns blazing last night, smashing out a solid few k and blitzing a couple of tasks for Brixton Road Youth Centre.
Totally fresh to GoodGym we had Lucy, Raina, Anna and Nadia - WELCOME!
After a quick headcount we split into 2 groups - Nicky leading the long route and the rest of us heading direct.
When we arrived, Sharon gave us the low down and showed us where the gear was kept.
We had two tasks:
š Collecting leaves into bags
š Shifting chairs from one lock-up to another
But the brains of GoodGym Lambeth decided on some extra bonus tasks to make the place look even better:
š„¦Scraping up moss
š±Pulling up weeds
And in fact everyone did such a good job that Sharon had to go and buy even more bags.
When all was bagged up, we took a quick snap and headed back for some truly scrumptious bakes from Katie and her killer brownies, Tim and his beautiful cinnamon swirls, Tom with a bakewell tart & some seriously excellent pastry and Freyja with some deeeeelicious cookies.
Nice one Lambeth! š¤
I'm away for a few weeks but Nicky will be leading next week, with a run to help out at the lovely Agnes Riley Gardens - Sign up here!!
Sat 30th Jun 2018 at 12:30pm
Report written by Morag White
Well on June 30th 2018 many things were happening it was National Paddy Day of Nepal, Edmonton Royals beat Toronto Nationals by 8 wickets in the 20Twenty and the Nation sat down to watch Nick Knowles hosts the quiz for people who can't resist a list in another cracking episode of Who Dares Wins. Meanwhile in leafy Hampstead Heath Park dog walkers, parents and local residents were making reports of strange behaviour, incidents included lots of cheering, signs of red thunder, folks running with eggs on spoons and a sea of flags. Not only was the behaviour incredibly positive they were also plying spectators with these delicious homemade cakes, what these folks were witnessing was Olympic fever GoodGym style. So as reported, June 30th 2018 was the 2nd ever GoodGym Olympics. The day brought together 24 different GoodGym area, ranging from Lambeth, the South West to Colchester. The events on offer were a range of events varied from the egg and spoon, 400m to the elimination race. The events were varied but the competition was not and every race brought a bigger and bigger sea of cheers, particular highlights for me was the epic finish of the elimination mile between George Bright and Richard Dowling, Folks flipping pancakes, listening to our two wonderful commentators, the GoodGym relay madness, and human tunnel finish that welcomed the final 5,000m runners brought a tear to my eye that did. Not only were the runners being judged but we also had a torch parade before to show off each boroughs creative sides and although it was a fierce competition. All in all there were 18 different events which each borough their own brilliant moments. This year to even the field I placed the areas in two different leagues due to levels of runners from each area. So up for grabs was the Hunter-Sidhu Shield and the Kerry-Barnard Cup named after our two fantastic commentators, John Hunter and James Kerry-Barnard.
I could write about this for hours however I think picture would do a far better so I will leave some of Tom Hunters and Sarah Rajabalee fanatic shots up and will post a link to more when they come available.
These events donāt work without a band of helpers and I have to say a massive thanks to all the all members of taskforce and GoodGym who have gave up their time to volunteer, help time and marshal on the day and general mean that I didnāt have to do too much, it was amazing there are just too many of you to write down but again thank you it was really a truly lovely and special day, thank you all and hereās to next year. If you have any feedback please let me know on tomb@goodgym.org. I will be putting together a committee of people to help out and organise next years, if you would like to be considered please drop me a email too.
Nice one, Tom
Race Results please click here on the link below. Please note we did not record heat times and some events do not have times or positions as these got put away during the tidy up. Please accept my apologies if this affects you.
Here are the rest of the results we https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WR3tnGIEXq6ylA-JhZEduRuGKiW5SgD4alhfHJqJFWY/edit#gid=0
Here were the final results
Kerry-Barnard Cup
AREA | PLACE |
---|---|
Lambeth | 1st |
Wandsworth | 2nd |
Camden | 3rd |
Hackney | 4th |
Lewisham | 5th |
Islington | 6th |
Hunter-Sidhu Shield
AREA | PLACE |
---|---|
Greenwich | 1st |
Brighton | 2nd |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 3rd |
Colchester | 4th |
Southwark | 5th |
Barnet | 6th |
Hounslow | 7th |
Tower Hamlets | 8th |
Haringey | 9th |
Croydon | 10th |
Bristol | 11th |
Brent | 12th |
Newham | 13th |
King's College London | 14th |
Redbridge | 15th |
Westminster | 16th |
Waltham Forest | 17th |
Ealing | 18th |
Torch winners: Big shout out to team Islington for their Stella effort combining biscuits with a fantastic touch. Highly commended goes to Tower Hamlets, Bath and Brent. Well done everyone.
Tue 3rd Jul 2018 at 4:59pm
Cracking report Tom and some wonderful pics.The human tunnel pic is top drawer!! Ian
Tue 3rd Jul 2018 at 5:05pm
Thank you for a fantastic day Tom!
Tue 3rd Jul 2018 at 5:25pm
Great job Tom, that was a lot to organise!
Tue 3rd Jul 2018 at 9:51pm
Great job Tom organising it all and what a great day!
Tue 3rd Jul 2018 at 9:55pm
How do I get myself on the register for attending? I appear to be missing!
Wed 4th Jul 2018 at 11:42am
Where do i place my vote for Sir Tom āNational Treasureā Benson MBE?
Wed 4th Jul 2018 at 3:11pm
Amazing photos for an amazing day. The human tunnel had me teary too... beautiful stuff and everything that GoodGym is about <3
Thu 5th Jul 2018 at 10:08am
Ahhhhh GG Olympics! Nice one folks.