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Written by Fox Lach
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 01:16 |
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Entries open for The Blue Mile as the Western Morning News features the UK’s newest mass-participation event and what it hopes to achieve for the City and the environment.
· The main swim event goes live this week as the Blue Mile opens for entries at www.thebluemile.org.
· Media Partner, the Western Morning News features the Blue Mile each day this week and takes a look at what it hopes to achieve for the City, Region and the Environment.
· The Blue Mile Official Charity Partner was shortlisted last week and will be announced in the coming weeks ahead.
 The Blue Mile, Plymouth’s first Race for the Environment opened for entries this weekend as the Swim event went live. Almost two-thirds of the pre-registered participants have indicated that they want to swim the first open water Blue Mile in Plymouth. The new course, which will be managed by adventure sports company, Endurance Life, will start at the historical Mayflower Steps and follow the waterfront around to West Hoe and the famous Chichester Finish Line, where Britain’s most distinguished sailor, Sir Francis Chichester arrived at the end of his epic round the world voyage.
Everyday this week, the regions largest selling daily newspaper, the Western Morning News will run features on the UK’s newest mass-participation event. It will take a look behind the scenes and ask how the City can really celebrate what its Leader, Vivien Pengelly described as our “most important race to date, the race for our climate and oceans” .
With just under five months to go until the start, there are a number of key activities that are being put in place for the inaugural event. Opposite the Chichester Finish Line, West Hoe Park is being developed as the venue for an Experiential and Retail Park. There are a number of activities designed around the event’s core themes of sport, healthy living and a clean environment, including it is hoped the City’s first natural sand beach volley ball court and half pipe.
A number of key announcements are planned in the coming weeks, including the Blue Mile’s official Charity, shortlisted this week from an excellent field. We will also be exhibiting at the Explore the Outdoors Show at the Plymouth Pavilions on March 13th-14th, so come and see us and sign up to take part in our Blue Mile challenge.
www.thebluemile.org.
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 15:53 |
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Stand-up Paddle Board champions John Hibbard and 6 year old Blue Ewer joined Professional Surfer Ben Skinner, Olympic Medallists and World Record holding athletes on Plymouth’s (UK) historical Mayflower Steps as Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of The London 2012 Olympic Organising Committee fired the starting cannon to one of the UK’s most important races to date, the race for our oceans and environment.
As surfers and athletes including Beijing Olympic Medallist Windsurfer Bryony Shaw, 2009 Vendee Globe yachtswoman Sam Davies and World Record holding Freediver Sara Campbell converged on the water, it was announced that Plymouth, UK has been selected as the host city of the inaugural BLUE Mile – Race for the Environment which next year will see thousands of participants across all ages, sports and abilities take to the water to complete one mile in, on or next to a BLUE environment in an incredible ‘race for the environment’.
  
The BLUE Mile, which will take place in the Summer of 2010, will see stand-up paddle boarders, swimmers, sailors, rowers, surfers and other sports-people take part in a event that aims to encourage young people to get actively involved with sport and the environment. The event will see Plymouth's Hoe transformed with the creation of the city's first natural sand beach to host a series of beach games to sit alongside a BLUE village which will include impressive experiential learning and activity zones.
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:04 |
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Surfrider Foundation's Beach Access initiative promotes the right of low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beaches for all people.
Beaches are one of the most popular public resources. Because individuals need access to beaches in order to enjoy them, beach access is probably the most important indicator in determining the number of people who can enjoy beaches.
In nearly every state, some portion of the beach is public land, which means that all members of the public have the right to use that portion of the beach. Because much of the land between where people can park and where they can enjoy the beach is privately owned, their ability to enjoy beaches often depends on the quality and availability of access between roads and parking lots and the beach. It is simply not equitable for only some people to have access to the ocean and beaches, which are public resources.
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