Opening Ceremony nearly here
So it’s the first day of Castle Vale’s Community Games. Get down to Centre Park from 10.30am if you want to be part of the Opening Parade where we will walk down to the High Street outside St...
View ArticleGreat Opening Ceremony, Day 2 Activities Here
We had a great start to the Castle Vale Community Games yesterday. The rain stopped for us as we paraded down to St Cuthbert’s Church to the music of the Walsall Coronets Junior Marching Band. Our...
View ArticleDay 3: craft and exhibition
Day 2 went very well with 2 new floats created by residents of The Ridings and from those who dropped into The Sanctuary yesterday afternoon. There’s a very attractive bird, fish and boat that’s now...
View ArticleDay 4 – Get Active
Yesterday’s Craft and Visual Arts day went very well. Thank you to all those who came to St Cuthbert’s and found some new skills in knitting, crocheting and flower arranging. Helen, Sheila, Ann and...
View ArticleDay 5 – the final day and FUN DAY!
Not that the other days haven’t been fun but here is the day of the Fun Day in Centre Park. AACV will be in one of the large marquees running lots of activities just because you’d like to have a quiet...
View ArticleSuper Saturday
Our final day of the Castle Vale Community Games was a great one despite the changeable weather. Known as Super Saturday in the Olympics calendar, we certainly made sure that our Saturday was a super...
View ArticlePost Games blues?
After blogging every day for a week I’m wandering if I’ll get post Community Games blues! So for those who’d like a little be more from the events that we ran I thought I’d share some photos that...
View ArticleA bit of Castle Vale on the London 2012 website
There’s a picture of Saturday’s fun day up on the London 2012 website under the name of Local Leader Claire (that’s me) with mention of Garry Jones our fantastic artist of the parade trolley floats....
View ArticleSaying Thank You – Castle Vale Community Awards 2013
Sorry for the long gap since our last post – it’s been a busy year and although we’ve been quiet on telling you what we’ve been up to it’s been very busy behind the scenes. Our latest news is that we...
View ArticleVoting Begins…
Castle Vale Community Awards 26th April 2013 Castle Vale Residents Club For those of you have seen the Tyburn Mail hopefully you’ll have noticed the page dedicated to the Castle Vale Community Awards....
View ArticleCastle Vale Community Awards – a big success all round
A starry night at the Castle Vale Community Awards 2013 We wanted to bring something a liitle different to the Castle Vale Community Awards in 2013 and create something that would not only be a special...
View ArticleCastle Vale Festival 20th & 21st September
We’ve been quiet on our own website and blog as we have been working hard on the Castle Vale Festival through it’s own site www.celebratingcastlevale.wordpress.com So there is lots going on and those...
View Article‘Assault course challenge’– the next Vale Challenge, at Greenwood Academy on...
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: April/May ’14 Story: ‘Assault course challenge’ - a news story about the latest Vale Challenge, the charity assault courses at Greenwood Academy on 9th May. Includes...
View Article‘Community awards’– shortlist suggestions wanted, for 2014 Castle Vale...
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: April/May ’14 Story: ‘Community awards’ - a story asking for shortlist suggestions for the Castle Vale Community Awards 2014, citing the full categories open for...
View Article‘Up for the challenge’– the Vale Challenge assault course
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: May/June ’14 Story: Vale Challenges – front page picture story of the charity assault course day at Greenwood Academy on May 9th . Leads into the final Vale Challenge, a...
View Article‘…Drop in for a hog roast’– the Vale Challenge charity abseil & community picnic
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: May/June ’14 Story: Vale Challenges - a story promoting the final Vale Challenge on June 7th, a charity abseil of Topcliffe Tower, alongside a community picnic. Includes...
View Article‘Tracey Barrington – Vale’s Unsung Hero’– Castle Vale Community Awards
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: May/June ’14 Story: Castle Vale Community Awards – interview with Tracey Barrington, the 2013 ‘Unsung Hero’ award winner. Includes information on how to vote for...
View Article‘Castle Vale Community Awards 2014 – Your Time to Vote’– official voting form
Publication: Tyburn Mail Date: May/June ’14 Story: Castle Vale Community Awards – official voting form, includes all categories for the 2014 awards.
View ArticleCV Awards On Line Voting Now Open
The online voting is now open and you can see all the details by visiting the Community Awards 2014 page with the link to the form. Please feel free to send these details onto others and if you prefer...
View ArticleVale Abseil Challenge and Community Picnic Today
Today’s the day we’ve been building up to for the Vale Challenge for the last 5 months. The weather isn’t what we’d like but currently we are still going ahead. Do check back at this website though to...
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