Sports festival aims to get Lambeth residents active

6:00pm Wednesday 26th August 2009

By Matt Watts

A sports festival taking place in a Lambeth park will give residents the chance to try out a range of Olympic sports ahead of the Games in 2012.

Activate 2009 is intended to get more people exercising, and will give residents the chance to get free coaching in sports like tennis, rowing, judo, cycling, badminton and athletics.

There will also be the chance to sign up with local clubs.

The event in Kennington Park on September 5, from 12pm to 5pm, will also focus on health and wellbeing with demonstrations and stands offering Body MOT’s, vascular screening, and healthy cooking tips.

The event will also feature the final of the Lambeth World Cup – a major football tournament that has seen boys’ and girls’ teams from across the borough battle it out on the pitch all summer.

Councillor Rachel Heywood, the council’s cabinet member for culture and communities, said: “The Activate Festival will be a great opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to come and try out new sports, learn about sports clubs in their area, and even join a team.”

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