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Wooburn Park Hosts Sports Event VOL.55 No2 The Journal of Bourne End (Bucks) Community Association APR/MAY 2019 £1Suggested price WOOBURNCommunity event PARKin May to encourageHOSTS children SPORTS to try outEVENT sports The premise is simple; Sports Nut, who run providing an achievable and fun physical activity various sports courses for local children, using a local public space, guaranteeing them want to give back to the community and success (it doesn’t matter how fast you go, just provide an opportunity for all primary school that you took part!) and bringing together a children to give a new activity a go. community. Their ethos is to provide children of all It is open to children of all abilities, abilities with opportunities to ‘get moving’ wheelchair users and those with gross motor and try new ways of doing so, while always disabilities as well as visual aids (aimed in having fun, and this event will do just that. particular at families living with Autism, Down’s Spectators are very welcome. Entry is free Syndrome and hearing impairments). but there will be donation buckets around if The organisers have been working with local anyone wishes to donate to the schools schools to encourage their children to take involved. part. “Our emphasis is on completing not Wooburn Narkovians Cricket Club will also competing; reaching the finish line, true be running a barbecue, various stands and a sportsmanship, encouraging teamwork and a bar. community spirit for the event. The Duathlon itself will have three courses “We’ve been planning this event alongside our for children to take part in: a Run-Bike-Run local community and it has been brilliant to ports Nut, in collaboration with Course for Year 3 to Year 6 children, a Run- hear such enthusiasm for the cause. Wooburn Narkovians Cricket Club, is Scoot-Run Course for Reception to Year 2 “We’ve had interest from so many parents hosting a large-scale community children. This is accessible to wheelchair and schools who are thrilled to see an event Sfundraising event at Wooburn Park, on the users with a suggested self-propel and designed with inclusivity at its heart and we’re afternoon of Sunday May 12. ‘Pushathon’ combination, and lastly an Autism very proud and excited to give an opportunity This event will be primarily a Bucks Primary Friendly Course designed to be a less busy to our community to try a new activity, with Schools Duathlon event, hosted by Sports time slot with relaxed rules encouraging support of British Triathlon through GoTri, and Nut as a GoTri (through British Triathlon), and whole families to take part together. hope to help raise lots of money for the is aimed at state primary school children in Sports Nut say: “The principle of the event schools involved.” the local area. is to get our local children moving by CONTINUED PAGE 7 In February Rick Accastello introduced the classic movie The Italian Job to a packed audience in the New Royalty Cinema at the community centre. “It was summer 1967,” he told them, “and I was a young man in Turin. The production company flooded the city with fliers asking for 160 cars to be ready to stage a traffic jam at 5.30am and set the scene for probably one of the most exciting car chases ever.” Rick knew students who borrowed their fathers’ cars to be part of the shoot. At first he wasn’t interested but when invited to “come with me” he joined the cavalcade of early risers. “It was manic in the town centre,” he laughed “and shop keepers and cafes had also been asked to open – although they didn’t get paid.” Later, watching the film Rick was ably to identify his car. Turin was consumed by the filming and there was a special atmosphere while it was going on. Rick, then a young man of 24 who had been born and raised there knew the city like the back of his hand and instantly recognised the Piazza Vittorio Veneto in the storyboard picture here. Back then Rick remembered that all the production people were wearing pastel desert boots. “These were unknown in Turin and suddenly they became the must-have footwear. People were desperate to own a pair.” Rick chuckled. “Renowned for haute couture Turin’s essential fashion accessory became the desert boot.” Check out future films on the community centre’s film page 19. And if you have a story to tell about your involvement in one of the films then call into FOR RICK IT REALLY the community centre office or contact [email protected] Our photo shows Rick with a story board painting, a prized possession of Target’s WAS AN ITALIAN JOB... Barrie Penfold. 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