Monthly Archives: February 2012
Training scheme helps budding coaches
Sport is being given another boost in Medway with the announcement that a pioneering training scheme will run for a second year. The Medway Coaching Academy, which aims to provide the next generation of sports coaches in the borough, is being run again in 2012 and residents are being invited to apply for one of the 60 places.
Read more...Children compete for golden boot
Medway children pounded the pavements for a month for the chance to win a golden boot. Pupils across the borough took part in the national challenge to leave cars at home and walk to school for a month. Burnt Oak Primary School, in Gillingham, was declared the winner of the Golden Boot Challenge in the region for the second year running, after an average of 91.1 per cent of its pupils walked to school. This result was six per cent …
Read more...Medway Queen visitor centre opens
A visitor centre has been opened to celebrate the Medway Queen paddle steamer, famous for rescuing 7,000 men from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. The centre, at Gillingham Pier, tells the story of the United Kingdom’s last estuary paddle steamer, which is due to be returned to Medway at the beginning of 2012. The steamer became famous during the war for making seven trips to Dunkirk. Veteran Alf George, one of the men who was rescued by the Medway …
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