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fill out the uttlesford form now for the hub at the skate park

February 3, 2012

Want The Hub? Fill in the form!

We need as many of you as possible to fill in the Uttlesford District Council Site Development questionnaire before 5th March if we want to get The Hub at the Skate Park. IT’S EASY – HONESTLY I know it’s a council form but the bits you need to fill in: question 1 – yes question [...]

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January 30, 2012

Skate Mates Get their Skates on . . .

The Saffron Walden Skate Group, held its first meeting last week to recruit more Skate Mate volunteers to help with the exciting events and future expansion planned at the Park. Members of the Skate Group, presented their vision to a wide range of volunteers who had read about the Group’s plans in the local press [...]

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January 23, 2012

Sporting Hero’s?

We have been asked to nominate some sporting heroes (see extract below). Who do you admire at the park for their skills at skating, blading, biking or scootering? Email Jane and she will organise sending in the nominations. Please help us find Uttlesford’s Sporting Heroes I am writing to ask if One Minet Skateboarding Club [...]

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could you be a skate mate?

January 5, 2012

The Skate Park needs YOU!

Skate Mates! One Minet Park needs you! 2012 is going to be a very exciting time for One Minet park but we desperately need more people to help with the current organisation of the park that we are so proud of. We are particularly excited about ‘The Hub’ – an exciting new building for not [...]

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December 16, 2011

Possible logo for the Skate Park?

Callum has come up with a possible logo and strapline for the One Minet Park?  What do you think?  Let us know on the Facebook page.  

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December 14, 2011

Various News from the Park: 13 Dec 2011

1.   We have been awarded funding for our application to Arts in Essex to put on SKOPERA in summer 2012.   This will be a fantastic event with music, costume, skating and probably pyrotechnics, look out for more details on the web-site after Christmas and get involved in our incredible, ground-breaking extravaganza. 2.    Our late night [...]

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could you be a skate mate?

December 9, 2011

How can I help the Skate Group?

There are several ways in which you can help.   The Skate Group meet fortnightly at the skatepark and all are welcome to join us in the shelter for a twenty minute meeting, the dates are published on the web-site at the end of the minutes from the previous meeting.   Do wrap up warm if you [...]

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December 9, 2011

Press Release: Plans to extend skate park gather momentum

P R E S S   R E L E A S E For immediate release                     5th December 2011 Plans to extend skate park gather momentum Plans to extend the popular One Minet Skate Park at Saffron Walden have been gathering pace since the scheme was presented to the Saffron Walden [...]

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Full pipe built by Dreamland in Italy

December 9, 2011

Making the future Park sustainable

BRIEF NOTES FROM A MEETING (28.11.11) WITH MARK WILSON AND JANE GRAY TO DISCUSS MAKING THE PROPOSED YOUTH/COMMUNITY HUB SUSTAINABLE To supply energy to the Hub Mark suggested using: Solar PV panels on the south facing side. Vertical access wind turbine, which would be about house height and quiet (see Colchester Garrison for similar one). [...]

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November 27, 2011

Just an average afternoon at The Park

This was a Saturday at 2pm in October, just an average afternoon at the park:  

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Visiting the Park
Opening hours are from 8am until 10pm. Please do not use the park outside these hours. We strongly advise users of the park to wear helmets. Please check out the following pages before you visit the Park:
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