*Twaaaaaang* – that’s the sound of an arrow hitting its target, a bullseye, and scoring 9 points at the European Archery Championships, which are being held in Nottingham at the end of this month – and only the second to be held in the UK, the first since 1978! You’ll be able to watch exciting live archery in a purpose-built archery arena in the Old Market Square. There’ll be an impressive 1500 seater pop-up archery arena erected just for the event and you can also enjoy a European food and drink market along Smithy Row and Long Row throughout the weekend.
In terms of the competition, four separate archery sessions will take place over Saturday and Sunday, from 11am and 2pm daily. Compound finals will take place on Saturday, with Recurve finals (the Olympic sport) taking place on Sunday. This will be a spectacular showcase, creating a huge buzz of excitement as we showcase the best archers from more than 40 countries, competing for European glory in the centre of our city. Part of the championship will also be the European Continental qualifying Tournament for Rio 2016 – will you see someone destined for Olympic glory in Brazil!
In the run up to the event, some of team GB’s archers, Bradley Denny and Becky Martin, visited Nottingham too, to put some of Nottinghamshire’s cricketers through their paces, which you can read more about here. Plus, you can support Nottinghamshire in their Twenty20 campaign which gets underway on Friday at Trent Bridge with tickets only £10 and watch their fantastic #CricketHasLanded video too!
WHEEE! International Children’s Theatre And Dance Festival returns to Lakeside at the University of Nottingham at the end of May – just in time for half term. They’ve got loads of shows in the theatre, a brand new luminarium (a maze-cum-space for you to explore) and a free Family Weekend in Highfields Park! You’ll struggle not to be entertained and amazed!
Plus the fantastic Free Family Fun Weekend!! And who doesn’t love something that’s free! This year the Family Fun Weekend is all about invention. If you want to get into the swing of things early, head over to Lakeside’s inventor’s lab and share your big ideas with them using #wheee16! You can also download the Wheee!-flet here. Plus, there’s a competition…
Competition Time
This year Lakeside have also teamed up with Nature Detectives from the Woodland Trust to offer you two great prizes. They inspire children to discover wildlife, woods and trees. After all, children who love nature become adults who love nature too. Find out more here or come and see them at Wheee!, where they’ll be hosting the lots of tree related family activities – including creating your very own leaf for our ever growing tree.
Send your entries to us at lakeside-marketing@nottingham.ac.uk or share on social media @LakesideArts #wheee16. Closing date: 30 May 2016
We love being nestled in Highfields Park and looking out onto the Lake and seeing all the beautiful trees around us. But we’re not the only ones nestled here. Trees are home to all sorts of tiny critters – some live there all the time and some just stop by to visit.
Some say that trees are nature’s greatest invention. For David Jones trees held great significance and he took inspiration from trees for a lot of his artwork.
Using trees as inspiration – invent your dream treehouse and share your design with us.
Beat the Street is hitting the roads and neighbourhoods of Nottingham for the next month and a half, and this Bank Holiday weekend is the perfect time to start your “street beating”.
But what is Beat the Street? Beat the Street is a fun, free challenge (much like OppNotts!) where we want to see how far you can walk, cycle and run around your neighbourhood! It’s a fully integrated part of OppNotts too and you can get loads of your Sport activities signed-off by taking part in Beat the Street.
Beat the Street is running in Nottingham from 27 April – 08 June. You can score points and win prizes by walking, cycling or running from point to point and tapping a registered and activated Beat the Street RFID (Radio Frequency ID) card or Fob on sensors (Beat Boxes) which are placed on lamp posts across the dedicated routes where the game is being played. You just tap your Beat the Street card or fob at various points on their way to and from work, school and to the shops. You’re also eligible to win regular spot prizes for a ‘lucky tap’ on a Beat Box but you must be registered. You can get your card from school (which will be pre-registered) or from local libraries, leisure centres and community centres (which you can register on the Beat the Street website).
The more Beat Boxes you tap, the further you travel and the greater your chance of winning a prize. You can also join teams by choosing from the list on the registration page. There are lots of prizes up for grabs for individuals and teams taking part in Beat the Street, including a daily prize of £25 Decathlon vouchers, where you can get some new sporty gear! Additionally, one prize goodie bag will be won by one pupil per participating school every week!
There are loads of routes too which you can find maps of here.
For more on Beat the Street, registering your fob or finding routes around the city, please check out the Beat the Street website!
