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Sport Together Berkshire PHOTOS BY CHRIS COOK
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y Wokingham attended Sport Together Berkshire CIC as held its second Festival of Inclusivity event, this time held at Cantley Park in Wokingham. The event provides multisports activities for adults and children with physical disabilities or learning or neurological conditions. Supported by Wokingham Borough Council’s Sport & Leisure Team and Wokingham Sports Council, the event organised by Sport Together Berkshire was aimed at anyone who is unable to play mainstream sport due to perceived barriers. On the day participants took part in football, hockey, tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby, and ended the day throwing foam javelins and foam frisbees. Great fun was had by all. Dan Rook from Reading FC Community Trust and co-founder of Sport Together Berkshire said, “Reading FC Community Trust are delighted to be part of the Festivals of Inclusivity, and
My Wokingham team speaks to founders, Steph Johnson, Craig Hunter, and Dan Rook
working with likeminded companies and individuals to provide sporting opportunities that everyone can have a go at despite their abilities”.
On the day the event was supported by Andrew Douglass and Richard Dolinkski, Directors of Sport Together Berkshire CIC, as well as ex Wok-
Sound of soul music lives on BY JACKY HAYLER, PHOTOS BY PAUL KING
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stablished in February 2015, I Got Soul was started at the Licked Bar, Farnham, by Errol Brown as a monthly last Saturday of the month over 30’s Soul event. Errol being very much a Boogie boy who travelled all over the towns in the South wanted to bring a wider range of Soul back to an area that was very much a part of the UK Soul scene back in the day. Going forward, I Got Soul is now resident at the Apres Night Club, Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell where they have their third Friday of the month residency. I Got Soul has booked the finest US and UK artists and celebrity DJs to perform such as Jean Carn, Omar, Jazzie B, So Solid Crew, Luck & Neat, Spoony, David Rodigan, Trevor Nelson and Norman Jay to name a few. They
also have Soul tributes and Soul Boat events, and for those who like UK Garage they have those nights covered too along with UKG Boat Parties. Recently tribute act Just Whitney drew a crowd of more than 200 people from Bracknell, Wokingham, London and even as far afield as Kent. Errol Brown told My Bracknell: “Soul music comes from the heart and found a grab in the local music scene here in Bracknell. Over the last few years, the town has seen big names like Baby Dee and Martin Kemp all live under one roof. “I have a big team of pro DJs who work for me in other local venues playing the same kind of soul music.” Errol Brown started his music empire in Bracknell back in 2017 at the Apres nightclub at the Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell - where the sound of soul music lives on.
ingham Councillor Angus Ross, Nigel King Chairman of Wokingham Sports Council, and many others. More about Sport Together Berkshire https://sport2getherberks.org
