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New equipment helps children to have fun while getting fit
10:41am Tuesday 25th March 2008
MODERN play equipment designed to combat childhood obesity will soon be available in Worcester.
Work on the I-Play, an interactive climbing frame, has now begun in Cripplegate Park, St John's after the city won almost £45,000 in lottery funding for the equipment in a televised public vote for ITV's People's Millions.
Councillor Margaret Layland, joint chairman of the Friends of Cripplegate Park, said: "We are so grateful to everyone who voted for this trail-blazing piece of equipment.
"It will be wonderful to see the children enjoying it this summer and getting fitter at the same time."
The solar-powered, vandal proof I-Play uses computer technology to encourage children to get fit while having fun.
The equipment is covered in switches and LED lights. The aim is for children to run between each switch as fast as they can, competing for the highest score.
It can also be used by children in wheelchairs and those with hearing or sight impairment.
The I-Play is due to be ready by early summer.
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carolfarrell, Worcestershire says...
1:25pm Tue 25 Mar 08
carolfarrell, Worcestershire says...
1:27pm Tue 25 Mar 08
carolfarrell, Worcestershire says...
1:27pm Tue 25 Mar 08
munch, worcester says...
2:22pm Tue 25 Mar 08
munch, worcester says...
2:22pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Stan Parr, Pershore says...
4:09pm Tue 25 Mar 08
"Covered in switches and lights..."? For how long, I wonder?
Yes, indeed - it looks very much like yet another appalling waste of money - like that Teenage Tin Shelter in Dines Green!
Cripplegate? Sadly, this may be very aptly named!
Stan Parr, Pershore says...
4:09pm Tue 25 Mar 08
"Covered in switches and lights..."? For how long, I wonder?
Yes, indeed - it looks very much like yet another appalling waste of money - like that Teenage Tin Shelter in Dines Green!
Cripplegate? Sadly, this may be very aptly named!
humbug, st johns says...
5:34pm Tue 25 Mar 08
humbug, st johns says...
5:34pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Margaret Layland, Worcester says...
10:44pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Margaret Layland, Worcester says...
10:44pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Stan Parr, Pershore says...
5:28pm Wed 26 Mar 08
"We must not let the vandals win."
Quite right, Margaret! There's thousands of talented, well behaved and polite children out there - thank goodness!
However, the vandals seem to be "in the ascendent" these days - or do they just get better publicity?
I can remember "bad boys" in the 1940s, but there was nothing like the open vandalism there is today. (Been to Droitwich Station recently?)
The rot set in during the 1960s, with the "do-gooders" - the "you mustn't smack the children" brigade.
They have a lot to answer for. You know it - I know it - we all know it!
Perhaps the answer is to stop selling off school playing fields for housing etc. and bring back the Park Attendant - one with some authority and the permission to use it!
We didn't fool around when "Parky" was about - trust me!
...and in a nice park, a good time was had by all!
Stan Parr, Pershore says...
5:28pm Wed 26 Mar 08
"We must not let the vandals win."
Quite right, Margaret! There's thousands of talented, well behaved and polite children out there - thank goodness!
However, the vandals seem to be "in the ascendent" these days - or do they just get better publicity?
I can remember "bad boys" in the 1940s, but there was nothing like the open vandalism there is today. (Been to Droitwich Station recently?)
The rot set in during the 1960s, with the "do-gooders" - the "you mustn't smack the children" brigade.
They have a lot to answer for. You know it - I know it - we all know it!
Perhaps the answer is to stop selling off school playing fields for housing etc. and bring back the Park Attendant - one with some authority and the permission to use it!
We didn't fool around when "Parky" was about - trust me!
...and in a nice park, a good time was had by all!
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Councillor Margaret Layland, pictured with other members of the Friends of Cripplegate Park, helps to install the new I-Play equipment paid for by a £45,000 lottery grant after a television vote last year. Picture by John Anyon. 12342801
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