A former soldier who piled on the pounds when he returned home from service injured has managed to shed an incredible 11 stone and turn his life around. Gary Edwards, from Ipswich, was a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals when he was injured and medically...
An innovative running group, hailed by The Guardian as ‘an imaginative alternative to conventional gyms, tapping into the human potential of local communities’ is coming to Ipswich. GoodGym is a community of runners who get fit by doing good – either by...
A jockey and a cyclist have swapped saddles to celebrate the start of stage six of Britain’s premier road cycling race in Newmarket, the international home of horseracing, on Friday 8 September. Cllr Andy Drummond, Forest Heath Cabinet member for Leisure and Culture...
Have you ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Robin Hood with a bow and arrow? Well now is your chance to learn how to shoot an arrow properly with ActivLives. Taster courses are coming up in Ipswich as part of the ActivIpswich project, a sports initiative targeted at...
The Second ActivLives Community Games were held recently at the Whitton Sports Centre in Ipswich, targeted at people over the age of 50, who don’t currently take part in regular sports activity. The event included sports such as kurling, boccia, walking netball,...
