How you can get involved this Christmas!

You can help us!!!

You can help us to raise more, by findraising on JustGiving.

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Last chance to get a taste of basketball with Ark in Oundle Basketball sessions this year.

Join us this Friday at 7pm - Oundle School Sport Centre.

Basketball taster - match coming up!

As you may know by now our Basketball taster sessions are at Oundle School Sport Centre every Friday evening 7pm - 9pm. However, what you may not know is that this Friday, 26/11, we have our first match of the season. So if you want to play or cheer for your favourites you're more than welcome to come.

You never played basketball? why not start now! if you want to give it a try and you are between 12 - 16 years old then hurry up as our last session this year is on December 10.

Hope to see you there!

The Rat Race by Erik

Team Ark hit the streets of London! Erik wrote this to sum up the weekend's event:

'Adventure Racing' is written on Ark in Oundle's van and this is what 6 members of the Pit Stop team did last Saturday in London!

The RAT RACE! - 4th edition in London, 30th overall.

They wrote 'urban adventure challenge event that turns cities into high-adrnaline adventure playgrounds'... for us it was the greatest team bonding experience eveeer!

We left Oundle at 11am, jumped on the tube at High Barnet and got in the event village by London Bridge just before 2pm. The Rat Race course was kept secret until a few hours before the race. At registration we were given a map and directions to the check points and then the 'points rush' began.

Running, rolling and jumping in search for check points. Some of the things we had to do were

• find Silvester Stalone's hands in Leicester Square
• eat salty and sandy cockles
• sing and dance the 'macarena' in the middle of the street.

All of these were on the streets of one of the busiest cities in the world. They were right when they said 'expect the unexpected!'

Overall is was a great experience, and I think that all of us want to do it again next year. Maybe next year we could go for the whole weekend!

Erik Borbinceane

Check out www.ratraceadventure.com/page422.asp to see the results!

The Rat Race

This weekend 6 members of 'The Pit Stop' team will be travelling down to London to take part in The Rat Race!!

If you are wondering what The Rat Race is... and why the team are so excited about it... well... it is an urban adventure challenge event that turns cities into high-adrfenaline adventure playgrounds!

We will be splitting into two groups of three and will hike, bike, abseil, climb, kayak and navigate our way around the streets, structues, waterways and urban landscapes of London.

We will be doing a three-hour Mean Streets event on Saturday evening, covering up to 10km on foot. We will be hunting out adventure challenges set around the city centre which range from the physical to the funny to the downright surreal!

I know what your thinking... we're mad! Yes, we are and we'll take lots of photographs so stay tuned!

www.ratraceadventure.com

Interview with Hannah Tibble

Hannah started working for Ark in Oundle on the 1st of August 2010. We asked her some questions so that you can get to know her more...







Name: Hannah Rachael Tibble, but I'm getting married so I'll soon be Hannah Stow!!!

Birthday: 13th March 1987. I was born on a Friday!

Height: 5ft 6 ish

Siblings: I am number 3 out of 4, I have an older sister Bethan, older brother Luke and younger brother Matthew

What is the best thing about your job? I love meeting new young people and finding out about them! I also think the Pit Stop van is REALLY cool!

Do you like to sing in the shower? I sure do!

Where did you grow up? I grew up in Thrapston and went to Prince William School and then I lived in Australia for a year when I was 18. I now live in Pilton and I will never finish growing up!

Right or left handed? I am right handed

What car do you drive? A silver VW Golf.

Walk, drive, swim or bike? Probably swim, it would be cool if I could swim all the way to work!

Favourite movie: Singing in the rain! It's an old movie but it's great.

Favourite actors/actresses: Will Smith and Jennifer Anniston

What makes you really happy? Most things, I'm easily pleased!

If your house was burning down what personal item would you run back for? My Bible and my journal.

What is your first thought in the morning? 'What is the time?'

What are the 3 most important things in your life? God, people and my dogs

Who is the most influencial/important person in your life? Probably my Grandma, she taught me a lot about God and has the BEST advice if I ever need it, and she loves me no matter what I do!

You can help us!!!

You can help us to raise more, by findraising on JustGiving.

Ark in Oundle use JustGiving because it helps us raise more. The proof: over 12 million people already have raised over £700 million for charity on JustGiving.

JustGiving makes online fundraising simple, fast, effective and fun.

It only takes 60 seconds to set up your JustGiving fundraising page for our charity. The JustGiving team then gives you everything you need to get your fundraising out there - the tips, hints and tools, like their Facebook and smartphone apps, that let you reach more sponsers faster. And because JustGiving gets your donations and Gift Aid to us quicker than anyone else, your fundraising effort goes straight to work for Ark in Oundle.

Plus, JustGiving provides you and your sponsers with a 100% secure, spam-free experience. they will never sell or share your personal details. They won't try to sell you anything, either. That's why we trust them with you, our fundraisers and donors.

To start raising money for us, just click here www.justgiving.com/arkinoundle

Thank you!!

The Pit Stop – out and about in Oundle!

The Pit Stop is a new place for teenagers in Oundle to chill out and chat.

It’s a state-of-the art, luxury van that will be manned by Project Managers, Naomi & Tom Brewer and Ark’s Youth Worker, Hannah Tibble, along with a volunteer team. Every Friday night The Pit Stop will be parked on the Oundle Recreation Ground and will be somewhere for young people to meet friends, hang out and enjoy free coffee and soft drinks.

Jonathan Ratcliffe, Trustee of Ark in Oundle, said: ‘Last year we asked Oundle teenagers what facilities they would most like to have in the town, and top of their list was a place where they could meet their friends and chill out. The Pit Stop project ticks all the right boxes – with the added bonus of being mobile. Later on we hope to be able to visit some of the outlying villages, and we will be using the van for other youth activities such as camping and climbing weekends, and running and cycling races locally and nationally.’