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Milly Jam 2012 Results
Scooter
1st Luke Frost
2nd Oliver Meads
3rd Oliver Steez Fletcher
Under 12 Skateboard
1st – Matthew Bikoumou
2nd – Harrison Hague
3rd – Matt Gray
Under 12 BMX
1st – Elliot Beeden
2nd – Edward Sweeney
3rd – George Spivey
High hop – flat
Tom Kilcoyne
High Ollie – Flat
Will Lester
High Hop – Bank
Sam Ward
High Ollie – Bank
Will Lester
12-18 Skate
1st – Will Lester
2nd – Jack Wainwright
3rd – Jay Bex
Best trick – Will Lester’s Ollie over the back rail
12-18 BMX
1st – Jamie Shipston
2nd – Jack Wordsworth
3rd – Dan Bellamy
Over 18 Skate
1st – Shaun Currie
2nd – Rowan Murray
3rd – Steve Watson
Over 18 BMX
1st – Ross Jarman
2nd – Jordan Waters
3rd – Lloyd Jones
Best Trick – Oggie’s 3rd way out ‘the park
Credits & Thanks
All the competitors & spectators
Bike Tree, Simple Skate Store, The House Skatepark, Slide Boardstore, Slugger Skate Shop, J E James & Edinburgh Bikes, Custom Built and SW Community Assembly for prizes
James Folkes – PA/Sound System, High Jump & Trophy engineer
Eds Astill – PA & Recycle Bike Doctor
Toby Jenkinson – Registration & fixer
Joe Ward – 2012 T-shirt design, Scooter & High hop/ollie trophies
Sam Ward – BMX trophies, dedication & Marley’s Mellow Mood
House Rob for support, loan of the generator & judging with Joe 90
Tom Blyth for making the trip over to judge BMX
Joel Culf ON THE MIC! & BMX judging
Will ‘Oh my God’ Lester on the Mic & skate judging
Jason Bamford, Tom Peters, Tom Kilcoyne, Steve Watson & Jamie Shipston – input & support
Ross Karime on the Mic
Kate Stow & Friends of Millhouses Park – funding and support
June Burke at Sheffield City Council
Matthew Rush & Tammy Barrass at Sheffield Community Assembly
Everyone else who pitched in to make it an amazing day
Bring on Milly Jam 2013!
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Playground Regeneration
From a derelict site of many years the awarding of a Community Spaces grant has transformed the area into the busiest place in the park on probably the busiest day I have ever known it.
The Gym, the Cycle Park and Oaks plus a sustainability grant from Community Spaces for Milly Jam has seen a fantastic day, adopted by the SW Community Assembly and supported by our PCSO. Totally transformed with a cross section of ages and backgrounds … One of the best projects we have achieved to date. About 1000 people in one area at one time is quite an achievement within 6 months of the project finishing.
Congratulations to all those involved Kate, Geoff & Cath, Toby and Carolyn, Tammy & Matthew, Nicola ……. Brilliant, just brilliant and thanks on behalf of everyone in the community who has benefitted from your labour.
Please pass on my admiration to the guy on the microphone, how he kept going so long, I will never know.
John Brighton, Friends of Millhouses Park Secretary
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Milly Jam 2012!
A HUGE success this year – and what amazing weather! Here’s some photos from the event…
About 1000 attendees at Milly Jam encouraged the riders from 11 am though until 5 pm – check this video by Jack James Higgins…
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Another huge success and our thanks go to Geoff Hibbard and his team who organise the event … perhaps in time for next year his voice will be back!
Results will be posted here later in the week – watch this space!
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Community Assembly Adopted Milly Jam
Tammy Barrass and Matthew Rush from SW Community Assembly adopted Milly Jam 2012 on probably the busiest day we have seen at Millhouses Park. A huge Success.
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Millhouses Park Splash Re-Opens!
The work on Millhouses Park Splash! Waterplay is now complete and the facility is now open for play!!!
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Milly Jam 2012
Click HERE for photos of this year’s event!
Milly Jam this year is on 26th May!
Free Entry from 10am
Skate/ride in small groups – no pressured individual runs
11am Scooters and Under 12 Skate and BMX
12:30 High Hop/Ollie
2pm 12-18+ Skate and BMX
Check the SKATE page for full details (PDF).
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Nick Clegg Thanks Community Champions for First Class Millhouses ‘Park Life’
- Nick Clegg meets John Brighton in Millhouses Park
During a tour of the award winning Millhouses Park, Sheffield Hallam MP and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg praised the local community for securing exceptional improvements to their park.
Last Friday (April 13) Nick was taken on a tour of the Park’s outstanding facilities by John Brighton and Kate Stow of the ‘Friends of Millhouses Park’ Group.
Over the years the Friend’s work has secured many new attractions, including an outdoor ‘splash’ water play area, a climbing wall, a zip wire, new Oak Avenue, Scooter Roadway, Fish Pass, Sensory Garden and an outdoor gym.
Over a cup of tea in the Café, Nick spoke to local people from across the community, including the ‘Pudding Ladies’ who run the Café , the Bowling Club and others, to personally thank them.
Commenting, Nick Clegg said:
“Millhouses Park is a jewel in the crown of Sheffield’s green spaces. But what makes it even more impressive, is that the first class facilities are as a direct result of an outstanding community spirit.
“It was a pleasure to be able to have a chat about plans for the future, and the Millhouses community generally, over a cup of tea. The Friends and all the other community groups active across the area deserve our thanks for their hard work.”
John Brighton of Friends of Millhouses Park said:
“It was a pleasure to show Nick around the Park and have a chat over a cup of tea in the Café. We are extremely proud of the improvements the Group and others have helped secure for the local community. This was a perfect opportunity to show them off.”
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SPLASH! Waterplay Works Extended
The improvements to the drainage at SPLASH! Waterplay will be continuing for slightly longer than planned. This means that the attraction will remain closed for approximately 10 days. The improvements will mean that the drainage system does not become clogged with silt and debris, so we’ll have cleaner water and the facility will be able to stay open longer without the drains being unblocked – so it’s definitely worth the time being spent here!
SPLASH! should be open in time for the decent weather that we’re all looking forward to! In the mean time, don’t forget to come back here regularly to check for updates!
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Millhouses Park Café Celebrates 10 Years!
Claire and Diane of the pudding Ladies celebrate 10 years of running the park café. John joined the celebration to add the congratulations of The Friends of Millhouses Park in recognition of their continued help, support and encouragement over those years.
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Friends of Millhouses Park 