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There's some interesting stuff going on at the new Youth Club that's held in the Village Hall on most Wednesdays.

The programme for the next couple of months has been published, so check out what's happening by clicking this link: - 

Bishopthorpe Youth Club Programme Jan Feb.

If you want to find out more about the club, there's some information here from the launch event last year: -

http://www.bishopthorpe.net/mt/news/2009/09/youth-club-launch.html

Now that the new and improved Village Hall is up and running there are some great new developments for the young people of Bishopthorpe. The Urbie bus has been visiting the village and supplying a much needed youth resource while the hall has been closed, but there's now a designated space in the hall so the Urbie bus is going out of service to be replaced by the new Youth Club.

The club meetings will continue to be run by the youth workers from the Urbie bus, and the big launch night is on 16th September. Helen Jarvis is one of the team and gives us a flavour of what it's all about...

"Bishopthorpe Youth club will be open 3 Wednesdays of every month between the times of 7-9pm at the village hall, providing a space that is safe and well equipped for the young people of Bishopthorpe.
There are three fully trained youth workers, Hayley, Claire and Helen(myself), there to answer all your questions and provide fun activities and workshops. 
These will include a DJ workshop within the first month of opening, so come down and try your hand at dj'ing! We will also have a variety of arts and sports equipment, information leaflets, and a Nintendo Wii. We will also be offering a well stocked tuck shop and on the launch night, on the 16th September there will be free snacks and refreshments including pizza!!!
All we ask is that you are between the ages of 11-19 and that you pay an admission fee of 30pence per week (where else can you have 2 hours of fun for that price???)"

 
For any further information please contact Helen Jarvis on 07767318145 or helen.jarvis@york.gov.uk

There's a small but thriving Karate club in Bishopthorpe that has been surprising some of the more established clubs with the success its members have been getting at National Championship events.

 
The senior instructor at the club, Sensei Brian Williams, invited Bishopthorpe.net to have a look at the club and see what goes on there. The club meets at 6:30pm on Mondays and Thursdays in St Andrew's Church Hall, so your intrepid correspondent went down to the Church Hall a couple of weeks ago to meet Brian and the team.

 

 

Bishopthorpe Camera Club this week held its annual knockout competition, won appropriately at this time of year by a picture of a robin.

You can see and play through some of the entries to the competition here, and see a report here.

If you would like to sample the club, why not come along on Wednesday 10th December to see some photographs from a twinned club in Australia?

Bishopthorpe Scouts  have a new web site. You can find it here.

On Tuesday this week, the Bishopthorpe Parish Council took up the challenge of the Petanque Club and played a friendly match at its terrain at the rear of the Marcia Inn.

Although the Parish team put on a creditable performance, and won two of the rounds played, the Club triumphed over the largely novice team. Everyone agreed that it was a pleasant social occasion, and it is to be hoped that it will be repeated.