The Monkey Tree

A tongue in cheek look at sporting life.  It’s that time of year once again.  The football season has been consigned to our collective memories, and offices up and down the country are going to be filled with two week experts on the varying minority sports of the summer.

Cricket is loads of fun for young boys and girls of all ages, but particularly for those age 7 and over,  playing for the first time. The best introduction to the game is to play Kwik cricket, with brightly coloured stumps and bats, usually blue or yellow, and a soft orange ball.

No matter whether you are six or sixty, if you are keen and want to learn karate, we are there to help you.  All we ask is that you do your best and enjoy your class at Waltham Abbey Karate Club or any of our other Karate Clubs.

If you are a hard-core, dedicated athlete, who takes your training and competition very seriously, or if you enjoy running for the social value and just to keep fit, there is always a group for you at Orion Harriers. 

Golf - the game of a lifetime...As long as you can walk you can play golf. Tiger Woods and Essex boy Oliver Fisher both started before they were four years old, however you or your children don't have to be world-beaters to experience the significant social, professional and physical benefits playing golf has to offer.

What is Guiding?

Founded over 95 years ago, Girlguiding is a very successful and well loved organization which boasts over 700,000 members. (Making it the largest membership organization for girls and young women in the U.K.)  It exists in nearly every country across the world and in every region of the United Kingdom.  Guiding is run in all kinds of settings and is open to all girls from all walks of life. 

There are over ten million girls and women around the world involved in guiding today.

Tucked away at the bottom of Lower Park Road you will find the oasis of green that is the Avenue Lawn Tennis Club.  The Club has been in existence since the early 1930s and has been responsible for thousands of youngsters and adults from Loughton learning to enjoy playing the game. 

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a voluntary youth organisation for both boys and girls aged 13 to 20. Originally, it was formed back in 1941 as a means of training and preparing young men to take their place in the RAF.

A group for young astronomers run by members of the Loughton Astronomical society. The aim is to kindle interest in astronomy.

Does your child have a sports interest? With so many disciplines to choose from such as sprinting, distance running, cross-country, race walking, long/high jump, javelin, discus, shot and pole vault, the opportunities are on the doorstep.
 

Do you wish there was some kind of sport that you could take up as a family? Something that enabled you to get some exercise, something that got you all out of the house and experiencing your local countryside, something that was not only fun but also an adventure…well orienteering is one such sport that ticks all of those boxes.