Building Blocks
On the way back from our successful tour of Estonia, we stop off at a rural location to begin the building of our championship stadium. This stadium will be a feat of engineering, and the innovation and vision of the overall concept is likely to scoop several top architectural and design awards. Read More
Join Team BSA
Mel will be leading workshops at Jaywick Martello Tower from 13 to 15 April to devise a message from Jaywick to Stratford and the heart of London 2012. The message will be delivered to London by Mel and Team BSA just before the opening ceremony for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The workshops are mainly for the people of Jaywick but interested visitors are welcome to come along and take part. Please spread the word. Follow Team BSA on Facebook and on Twitter @Team_BSA Read More
One Giant Leap for Three Step Endeavour
3SE have come first (best) in the Estonian ‘Don’t-Stop-Hopscotch’ Championship Games 2012. It seems that the days of training are paying off as the UK Professional Hopscotching team conquer similar teams from other countries. Proud upon a podium made of chicken cages Team member Holly Darton (STEP) was interviewed shortly after smashing the dreams of the other participants and said “I believe it’s the outfits that have done it for us this time…... Read More
Building Momentum
The silence on the blog indicates the activity away from the computer: Three Step Endeavour have been busy busy building a stadium for our hopscotching extravaganza! We have been thinking about: what makes a stadium a stadium? How do you train a mascot? How much vinyl is enough vinyl? Red or Blue? Green or Blue? We have been cleaning, putting up, taking down, measuring, cutting, sticking, talking, writing, hopping, stepping and jumping. We have also been looking great. Read More
running jumps
I’ve been back to Colchester Athletics and I’ve even been running. Arthur is amazing. He is very patient and has a lot of coaching experience, he works at the track now and coaches young people, army people and even people like me there. He has been in the army and has been active all his life, often walking, climbing and running in the hills when he was a youngster. Rather than coaching me on the runs he is coaxing me; gently gently, softly softly. And it’s... Read More
silly jumps
I went to Colchester Athletics. I didn’t do anything but I went. That was the warm up and next week I’m going to go for a run with Arthur, who modestly told me that he did ‘alright’ at a race the day before. What he meant was that he came second and the points he got from that mean he is currently the Essex Champ! He did have a tinge of a pride when he told me I would be running with an Essex Champ though. I would be shouting it through a megaphone. I told... Read More
slightly bigger jumps
Ta-dah! This morning I got up at 6.15am and went for a run!!! 5k in 30.43 mins. Whoop whoop. This is not even the first time I have woken early this week to exercise: On Tuesday I awoke to do 30 mins of yoga. On Monday I also went for a run (25 mins). Last Friday I went swimming (I could only do two lengths at a time before I ran out of breath but I kept going after my little rests). Last Thursday I ran for 20 mins first thing in the morning. Have I cracked it??? Notice I am posting... Read More
small jumps
Just one small jump at a time. I went to the doctors and got some antibiotics for the annoying cough that turned out to be a chest infection. I have been eating little and often and healthily, following the advice of the nutritionist (and lost 2 3/4 lbs) I have been getting up early and doing yoga and also walking briskly for at least 30 mins a day. Fantastic. (except for the weekend, when I did no yoga, ate a huge bacon baguette and some chips and cake and put 2 lbs back on) Anyway.... Read More
LACE launch the Hopscotch to Victory pack and short film!
Hopscotch to Victory, one of the 8 LACE commissions for 2012 is a participatory arts project involving people of all ages from across the Eastern region and beyond as Live Art Collective East enlists hundreds of participants in an attempt to set the world record for the most people playing hopscotch at the same time. Alongside the world record attempt, LACE have created an educational pack for primary schools focusing on the origins of hopscotch and its uses as an artistic and... Read More
NO PICNICS
Just tidying up my desktop and found this photo of Abi and Cat from the Brightlingsea recce. NO PICNICS Read More
