A popular weekly session of Ultimate Frisbee which started in October is looking for more people to come along to test their throwing arms. The sport is being played at Beverley Longcroft Sports Hall every Tuesday night between 8pm and 9pm. Sessions, costing £1.50, are informal, no booking is required, and those taking part are not asked to give a commitment to come every week. Community sports coach Ed Grady…
Boxercise is a form of cross training; it combines use of both aerobic and anaerobic energy systems. Beverley Leisure Complex provides three weekly boxercise classes which are all lead by fully qualified instructors. Boxercise will not only help your overall fitness but the techniques used will help you with balance, hand eye co ordination and timing. Classes at the Beverley Leisure Complex last for 45 minutes which includes a warm…
Members of the public are invited to attend a free festival to celebrate apples at Beverley Parks Local Nature Reserve. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Apple Fest will appeal to all ages and will be held on Sunday, 11th October at the Millennium Orchard, Beverley Parks, from 11 am to 3 pm. The event has been organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s countryside access team. Funding for the event…
The Beverley Town Handbell Ringers was formed in Febuary, 1981 and, by the loan of an old set of bells from Elland in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were able to set about raising funds to buy their present ‘long set’ two years later in August 1983. The Beverley Town Handbell Ringers play on a 132 set of Whitechapel bells which cover a wide range of octaves. The band is…
The Gardening Year Course will run in Beverley taking place at St Mary’s Parish Hall, Beverley each and every Friday from 2nd October 2009 through to 25th June 2010 between 9.30am and 3.00pm This course will give delegates the knowledge to develop, care for and enjoy their garden throughout the year. As well as increasing your gardening knowledge the course will be an enjoyable and social experience. There will be…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding a new course and it is being run by Brian Bate, community sports coach. Brian has been making walking sticks and shepherds’ crooks in Leicestershire for many years and has now moved to the East Riding and is offering to teach this amazing craft to the residents of the area. Join Brian for a rare insight into this fascinating craft. Make your own…
A new display opened this week at the Treasure House in Beverley next week, focusing on recent excavations at Stamford Bridge. The excavations, carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates in 2003, were connected with the construction of a new water main for the village and examined parts of the Roman settlement that existed there in the 2nd-4th centuries AD. The exhibition opens on Tuesday, 11th August and will be found…
Summer 2009 Activities at Beverley Leisure Complex Throughout the summer, Beverley Leisure Complex is holding a variety of sessions for children to get involved in. Every day of the week between 2-4pm there is an exciting variety of fun activities for five to 12 year olds. These include football on Mondays, urban street dance on Tuesdays, Frisbee fun and tri golf on Wednesdays, bouncy castle, parachute games and dodge ball…
DARK AGES DAY IN BEVERLEY The garden of the Treasure House in Beverley will be transformed when a Dark Age encampment is set up there on Saturday, 25 July. Members of re-enactment group Ulf Hednar England will be on hand to talk about life in the Dark Ages, and there will be a series of events and activities in and around the Treasure House, centred on the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and…
Beverley Art Gallery will run a workshop for children aged seven and over as part of its new exhibition ‘Lost Property – found object artwork’ by Martin Waters. The workshop will be held in two parts with the first sessions taking place on Monday, 3 August, between 10.30am – 12noon when a beach clean will take place at Flamborough to search for items to make art from. The second part…