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'Active Harlow' events take over the Centre this Saturday



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Active Harlow getting active at the Centre with a whole day of events

Active Harlow - the Community Sport and Physical Activity Network for Harlow - is relaunching and has been celebrating by organising a week packed with events to coincide with the 500 day countdown for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Staff from Esporta Health & Fitness Club, Harlow Leisurezone, Mark Hall Sports Centre and Harlow Council have been on hand in the Centre throughout the week to encourage the public to get active and take advantage of all the fantastic facilities on offer in Harlow and to provide information on how people can volunteer during the Olympics.

Harlow Council and Active Harlow will also be available in the Centre on Friday 18th March to give out more information and to raise money for Comic Relief Red Nose Day.

Then on Saturday Active Harlow will be taking over the Centre and playing host to a variety of sporting displays and 'come & try' sessions including taekwondo, judo, gymnastics, ruggerbugs, zumba dancing, hip hop and football. Paralympic Athlete and BBC 'My Story' winner Anne Wafula-Strike will be signing copies of her autobiography 'In My Dreams I Dance' from 11am.

The events timetable is below:

11am to 11.30am Hadri Taekwondo Club
11.45am to 12noon Jikishin Ju Jitsu Club
12.00noon to 12.30pm Harlow Gymnastics Club
12.45pm to 1.00pm Zumba Dancing
1pm to 1.30pm Ruggerbugs
1.30pm to 2pm Harlow Rugby Club
2pm to 2.15pm Zumba Dancing
2.15pm to 2.30pm Football freestyler from Tottenham Hotspur Football Foundation
2.30pm to 3pm Mark Hall Youth FC
3.00pm to 3.30pm Hip Hop with Pulse Dance
3.30pm to 4pm Canons Brook Golf Club with Head Professional Mark Smith


Also meet club representatives from cricket, running, cycleharlow and Harlow Penguins swimming club who will be on hand to provide information on their sports clubs.