Activities

Here you will find details on activities and events for children and young people in the district.

Herts Youth Games

The sun shone for the Herts Youth Games which took place over the weekend (26 June) at the Herts Sports Village, Hatfield.

The Herts Youth Games, which has been taking place for the last 17 years, see’s over 1,000 young athletes, from the 10 local authorities of Hertfordshire, compete in events ranging from athletics and basketball to tag rugby and table tennis over the course of one day.

Competitors ranged in ages from 7 to 16 with Three Rivers well represented in nine different sports. Against some very strong competition all of our competitors did extremely well including winning gold in badminton and silver in Kwik cricket.

 Thomas Darlington, Three Rivers Sport Development Officer said,
“It was a fantastic day, where all of our District competitors performed extremely well. Everyone who took part had a great time, and contributed to our respectable overall finishing position of sixth.

Mill End Youth Project

Multi sports and leisure activities for young people aged eight + every Friday evening between 6.00pm-7.30pm at William Penn Leisure Centre.

To find out more call 01923 776611 or email leisure@threerivers.gov.uk

South Oxhey Recording Studio

Every Thursday from 4:30pm to 7:30pm, the recording studio at The Centre in South Oxhey throws open its doors to let the music play! This fantastic facility is available for jamming, improving playing skills and writing and producing using industry software and hardware.

For more details speak to the Studio Technician on 07825 684903.

 

It's Our Theatre

13-19s Hip-Hop Project in South Oxhey

It’s Our Theatre (IOT) empowers young people to lead and produce their own cultural events through hip-hop art forms, developing and owning their own arts infrastructure. Coordinated by arts organisation Theatre Is and delivered with the Eastpak Throwdown Crew, IOT provides an alternative path for young people aged between 13-19 who may be isolated, disadvantaged, unengaged or uninspired.

Originally piloted in Norfolk in 2008, IOT it went on to win the 2012  Inspire Mark for it's delivery in Thurrock and it's now coming to Three Rivers...

Road shows + Workshops = Slam Night

Throughout February the Throwdown Crew will be in schools and community settings in and around South Oxhey with high energy road shows featuring performances from award winning hip-hop dancers and rappers to recruit young people onto the project.

Next, 50 young people will participate in three nights of hip-hop workshops with professional artists and create their own brand newwork, which may include dance, rap and other musical performance or graffiti art. The workshops will take place at SO Youth in The Centre and ASCEND in All Saints Church Centre, both on Gosforth Lane in South Oxhey.

On Friday 12 March the young people will run and perform their own slam night event. This will feature the culmination of the week’s workshops as well as guest spots from the professional team and will be an opportunity to showcase new skills and performance pieces to friends and family. 

Later on in the year young people who participated in the project will have the opportunity to enter into the County Slam.

To see more of what can be expected, visit the Theatre Is website.

Young people can sign up for IOT updates at  itsourtheatre 

For more information, email Theatre Is through info@theatreis.org

It's Our Theatre is being delivered by Theatre Is in partnership with Three Rivers District Council and Hertfordshire County Council. 



Learning 4 Leisure

Learning 4 Leisure is a training and education programme which provides opportunities for local residents to access training courses and gain accredited qualifications in sports coaching awards e.g. National Pool Lifeguarding, Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football, Trampolining and Cheerleading. For more information contact the Leisure Department on 01923 776611.

Behind the glass in the music studio, a group of South Oxhey's young rockstars spent two and a half days creating a band from scratch and making their own CD.
The potential of this fantastic community space is only just being realised; So far it has played host to many young people expressing their musical talents through DJ ing, RAP projects, learning and developing technical studio skills, and to both novice and accomplished bands and groups making use of it as a rehearsal space.

Sports activities for children and adults

www.threeriverssport.com is the new website for the Three Rivers Community Sports Network, and aims to keep residents and visitors to the district up-to-date with local sport and physical activity opportunities. As well as a ‘What’s On’ guide and ‘Club Search’ facility, the website has a number of other excellent features such as a sports blog, a regular club focus, details on coaching and what's happening out and about in the district in the build up to the 2012 Olympics.

Back2Netball is for girls and ladies over 16 years of age and is held at the gymnasium in Rickmansworth School on Wednesday's from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Sessions cost just £3 and are suitable for all abilities.

Play

Our new play strategy is complete after consulting with the children of Three Rivers and their families. The purpose of the strategy is to ensure that young people have a freedom of choice in play.