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Street snooker trialled in Henley
15/08/13
A Henley youngster beat Team GB handball captain Bobby White when a new sport called "street snooker" was trialled in the town.
We’ve got our skates on
27/01/14
A NEW skate park in Henley is a step closer to reality after a company was chosen to build the facility. The Henley Skate Park Initiative selected Maverick Industries to design and construct the £250,000 project in Makins Recreation Ground. The ...
Pub team’s cycle ride in aid of skate park
22/04/14
TEN cyclists from Sonning Common are to take part in a sponsored bike ride to Brighton in aid of the village’s skate park project. The team will be led by Robert Blues, landlord of the Butcher’s Arms pub in Blounts Court Road, who organises a ...
Skate park opening jam - Henley September 2017
19/09/17
The £290,000 Henley skate park, which was by designed Maverick Industries of Dorset, has been completed and professional skateboarders and BMX riders performed tricks at a party organised to officially open it.
Skate park takes shape
03/06/17
HENLEY’S new £290,000 skate park is taking shape. Contractors started work on the project in March and expect to complete it in August. They put up security fencing around the site at Makins recreation ground, off Greys Road, and laid a ...
Skate park & children’s play area opens
01/09/14
A NEW £160,000 skate park and play area for youngsters has been opened at RAF Benson. The facility, known as Chipmunk Park, is located on the domestic site, where more than 500 families live. Along with the skate ramps, it has swings, ...
Work on £290,000 skate park begins
29/03/17
WORK has started on Henley’s new £290,000 skate park. Security fencing went up on Monday and diggers are on the site at Makins Recreation Ground, off Greys Road. Maverick Industries, of Dorset, will build the facility and it is hoped ...
Social media - a benefit or a menace?
05/11/12
Following the vandalism of Wargrave's skate park, which has been partly blamed on the Internet, we ask people's views on social networking.
Tricks and stunts at Henley's skate park
19/06/12
Youngsters enjoyed a skate jam at Makins recreation ground to raise awareness of their campaign for better facilities.
At last, new skate park is finished
03/08/17
HENLEY’S new £290,000 skate park has been completed. Mayor Kellie Hinton officially opened the “wheeled sports facility” at Makins recreation ground, off Greys Road, on Wednesday. The concrete skate park has sunken obstacles rather ...
Jam in the skate park
21/09/17
PROFESSIONAL skateboarders and BMX riders performed tricks at a party to officially open Henley’s new skate park. Dozens of people attended the event at the new facility in Makins recreation ground on Saturday. The £290,000 skate ...
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