Lights, camera and lots of goodgym action

30 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Jane Walker
Chris Stewart
Clare Day
Neil Bushell
Joanna Delgado
David Barrett
Abigail Darton
Vicky Hearson
Debs Sharpe
Anne
Mitch
Paul Kelly
Bec
Jenna Drury
John Bourton
Nicola Gover
Stefan Durkin
Ed Woollard
Leanne
Dom Tooze
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York

Monday 27th January

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York runner

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Abigail Darton
Abigail Darton

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York runner

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Vicky Hearson
Vicky Hearson

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Debs Sharpe
Debs Sharpe

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York runner

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John Bourton
John Bourton

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Ed Woollard
Ed Woollard

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Dom Tooze
Dom Tooze

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Report written by Vicky Hearson (she/her)

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Tonight was a very exciting night!

We had a great turnout for the last group run of January and smashed our January Challenge target.

We had two tasks going on. Rich led a group to St Chad’s scout hut with Clair bringing up the rear. This is what they got up to-

10 intrepid GGs, less hungry for fame, headed a little further over to St Chad's Scout Hut where they were set to work by Christine and Aidan clearing brambles. David pointed to a patch he'd cleared 18 months earlier that had run wild again. Clearly the task that keeps on giving. Nevertheless with a few secateurs and a couple of barrows we'd made a bit of a dent in the undergrowth and a sizable pile of prickles for the unwary. We then headed over to Millthorpe School to meet the others and the film crew for the fitness session.

The other group headed over to Wild Things Forest School where we were met by ITN news who wanted to do a piece about goodgym. We were kept busy shifting logs, big and small, spreading woodchip and breaking up stuff. This was all filmed along with interviews with Ed, Amy,Nick and Leanne from goodgym, and Emma from Wild Things Forest School, who all talked about how wonderful goodgym York is.

At the end of the session both groups joined up for a tabata session - 20 seconds of hard work with 10 second rest. This included the usual exercises but was adapted so the group got to can can, as requested!

We finished by running back to base waving at the camera as we passed. When we arrived back we were well rewarded for our 700m run with not one, not two, but three lots of baking, courtesy of Babs, Carl and Paul Kelly.

We now need to wait a few weeks until the ITN news is aired and we will all be famous!


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Wild Things forest school
Bag up soil that contains glass

Helps remove glass so space is safe for children to play. Area will be developed as a wild meadow area.

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Jack Da Silva

Wed 29th Jan at 3:21pm

amazing - well done everyone on ITV filming and smashing your Jan challenge target! 👏

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