If you went down to the Knavesmire today you nay have got a pleasant shock as 250 Santas were running around chasing a pudding or mince pie!

All to raise money for the British Heart Foundation!

Thank you to all the volunteers who made it possible, from setting up the course to marshalling or handing out water. We couldn't have done it without you. ❤

It was a wild and windy night outdoors, but 5 Goodgymers soon warmed up playing some lively games with the residents of Hartrigg Oaks!

After our usual warm-up with the parachute, Amy organised a competitive game of tic-tac-toe, with the grey team taking on the pink team in a battle that saw balls flying everywhere and the players getting increasingly ambitious with their shots. We suspect some residents were hiding a secret past as fast bowlers!

We're looking forward to our next tournament in December, which might have a certain Christmassy theme...

The main task was to clear the leaves from the basketball court and paths to stop them getting slippery. We started by lifting up a couple of the leaf bins to see if there was any leaf mulch that could be dug onto the beds. There was a small amount of older matter but it was mostly very dry. Becca dug a wheelbarrow full of the best bits into the beds. Amy and Laura started by emptying and resetting two of the leaf bins. Sam and Barbara swept the basketball court and David swept and cleared around the drains and attempted to unblock them of soil. Whilst all this was going on Jane pruned the two large apple trees, the blackcurrant bush and the Jasmine. Once the basketball court was mostly clear we managed to clear most of the leaves from the paths and start clearing some of the beds before the end of the hour.