New on: APEx Football Group

What exercise group would be complete without a good game of football.

With the SoccerDome booked for the hour 5 of us headed down for a kick around. Would have been nice to have a couple more, but we still got our moneys worth. Adding to the group where a couple people from the dome, so 3-a-side turned out to be a great game. Special mentions go to Gary Devoy and John MacIntosh who did very well going for the full hour. I hope the lads enjoyed the game. Going to move the group to a Thursday next week from 1-2p.m. If anyone else is interested each session will be £2.50. Please get in touch or come along.

Matt.
APEx Coordinator. 

Monthly Walk to Maghull, 18th June

Another superb walk. 13 of us. And a brush with a racehorse.....

No Chris on this walk. The noise level dropped a lot. Paul Griffith lead this excellent walk into Liverpool for a 9 mile walk through some beautiful country. Of particular note. We stopped of at a small cafe for lunch and ended up staying for over an hour. In addition to the cafe there was also a bird farm made up of peacocks, roosters, ducks and many other different birds. Spent an hour following peacocks round in the sunshine. 

Such a relaxing time being out and about. Had 2 new members to the group this time round, which is always nice to see and Paul had a near miss with a racehorse as we crossed over a racecourse. Always good fun. 

Another excellent one. Big thanks to Paul for leading this walk. Brilliant day and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. 

Matt Williams
APEx Coordinator 

Another excellent Over the Hill achievement.

These are going to start coming in thick and fast. Another one for the books. Sylvia Gratton started taking part in the APEx swimming session a couple months ago with the intention of learning a new swim stroke. She was a bit uneasy in the water, but was still willing to have a go. Over the weeks she really came on as her ability improved week in week out.


Even though she had not been at it long she jumped a long way ahead of the rest of us as signed upto a scuba diving course. She had a go and loved it. Now she is booked onto a series of lessons. That is an astonishing development considering a couple months back she was worrying about coming swimming in the pool.

Big well done to Sylvia. Hope you let us know how it goes.

Matt Williams
APEx Coordinator

New Walk Leaders & Excellent Races

Been a busy couple week for some APEx members. On the 1st of June John McHugh, Darren Jones and Angela Martin took part in the Seasside Run, a 5km race along the New Brighton front. Excellent running from all of them. Staying together for most of the race only for John and Darren to take of towards the end. All under 30 minute mark though. Excellent performance from all 3 of them.

In other news. 6th June. Stan Williams, Gary Devoy and Derry Hunter went down to Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre for a full day to gain a Volunteer Walk Leader Qualification. Felt like being back in school all sitting round with flip chart paper. Got out for a walk and came away with loads of fun information and good advice on how to lead a walk. Hope everyone enjoyed the day. Just need to think about how many walks we want to set up for ourselves now.

Lots going on. Keep everyone up-to-date

Matt Williams
APEx Coordinator