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Olympic medal winner Chris Newton took the field by storm at the Rochdale Grand Prix (on Wednesday 1 July) to make it four wins in a row in what turned out to be an unbeatable performance from the Oldham based elite rider. [Read more]

The Rochdale town centre course brought out the crowds on a warm evening that avoided the threat of rain to see this elite class British Cycling national event. View a selection of photos from the night and read the full story and results see the British Cycling website.

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A new SHOKK gym opened at Bowlee Park Sports Centre on Tuesday 16 June. The youth gym is a partnership project funded by Rochdale MBC, Middleton Family Fit Project, Link4Life and Bowlee Park Community School.

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Work starts on Heywood Village
Safe4Summer
En Plein Air exibition at Touchstones
Swim4Free for Over 60s and 16s and under
Summer Fun Break Out Preview Magazine now available online
Change4Life
What is Sports Unlimited?
Miscellaneous Quick Links

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Work on the new Heywood Sports, Culture & Leisure Village started on Monday 15 June. To ensure smooth running of the project from the outset, all visitors and staff working at the Sports Complex are advised that direct access between the Gaskell Swimming Pool and the Jack Talbot Sports Hall will be restricted from 15 June to allow enabling works to be progressed. Access will be via the pavement on West Starkey Street and not directly across the car park. Follow the progress of the building by clicking here or on our Flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/link4life.

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Safe4Summer

During the long summer break there are occasions when what may appear to be a bit of harmless fun, can be seen differently by other people and could carry some quite serious consequences if it gets out of hand. Safe4summer will aim to provide young people and people of all ages with enough interests and activities to banish boredom.  Look here to find out what events and activities are happening in your area over the summer holidays.

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The En Plein Air exhibition is now showing in Gallery Two at Touchstones Rochdale. This exhibition explores a selection of paintings from the Art Gallery’s permanent collection. En Plein Air focuses on British artists who, during the late 1870s and 1880s, began to take inspiration from artistic trends in France for painting the natural, rural environment in a realistic style.

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1st April saw the introduction of the Swim4Free scheme in the Borough of Rochdale. All Over 60s and 16s and under now have free entry to Link4Life pools in Heywood, Rochdale, Castleton and Middleton. The scheme is part of £140 million government investment nationally in increasing participation in swimming as part of its 'Change4Life' campaign to get people more active. [About the scheme][More]

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Take a look at the Summer Fun edition of our new Preview e-Magazine and check out what's on around the borough in the next few months.

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Do you want to take the first step towards eating well, moving more and living longer? Then now’s the time to make a Change4Life!

Details of this new campaign for health can be found on the Change4Life website.

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What is Sport Unlimited?

Sport England has announced the national roll-out of its £36 million 'Sport Unlimited' initiative to get more children and young people taking part in sports that interest them most outside of school. [More]

The new Summer Programme can be downloaded here in PDF format.

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And don't miss our NEW Events Calendar. This great new feature of our website allows  you to search for events by category or find out what's on this week or next month. Take a look at the Calendar.