Wokingham Borough Connect
 Beat the Street Assemblies
My Journey's Active Travel Officer has been having a great time catching up the schools who were winners and runners-up in our Beat the Street game that finished before the summer holidays.
Floreat Montague Park Primary, Wokingham won the game for total points on the school’s leaderboard and they received a trophy and a £250 Decathlon voucher. They also came second place on the average points leaderboard and received a Beat the Street certificate and a £200 Decathlon voucher for their efforts.
Our active travel officer took part in a fantastic prize giving assembly this week at Westende Junior School, Wokingham, who came first for average points. They also received a trophy and a £250 Decathlon voucher.
The Hawthorns Primary School, Wokingham won two Beat the Street certificates for second place for total points and fourth place for average points. They won £300 worth of Waterstones vouchers.
 Summer Olympics Competition Winners
To celebrate the Paris Summer Olympics, we ran a competition for schoolchildren to answer 12 facts about the Olympic games.
The winner of the competition was Eden from Hawkedon Primary School in Lower Earley who won a Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics mascot duo medallion set.
Second place went to Alistair from Waverley School in Finchampstead who won a Paralympics commemorative medal.
 Moving Communities
We would like to hear your views about how you keep active and the opportunities available in your area, no matter how much physical activity you take part in.
Physical activity has benefits for people’s health, body and mind, as well as being a chance to socialise. The Moving Communities survey will help us to better understand people’s views about physical activity, including what challenges they face in getting moving and staying physically active.
Responses will be used to help us identify any gaps that exist in the borough. TWe want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to get more active and stay active across the borough.
The short survey, which is being run in conjunction with Sport England, started on Monday 23 September and runs until Monday 21 October, with all responses kept anonymous.
 Travel more for less
Winnersh Triangle Park and Ride runs four times an hour on weekdays (6.45am to 6pm) and Saturdays (8am to 6pm).
The first 50,000 passengers will travel for less at just £1 for parking and a return bus journey. The offer has been extended to Mereoak park and ride and in part to Thames Valley park and ride.
Timetables can be found on the Reading Buses website.
Winnersh Triangle park and ride
Customers will need to register their car number plate at car park machines and pay on the bus as normal.
Tickets will cost £1 per person, including parking.
Mereoak park and ride
Customers will park as normal and there are no ticket machines to register their car number plate, then pay on the bus as normal.
Tickets will cost £1 per person, including parking.
Thames Valley Business Park park and ride
Customers will park and pay for parking as normal.
Tickets will cost £1 per person, excluding parking.
Funding
Funding for the service has been allocated from grant money awarded to councils from the Department for Transport.
We have used some of our grant to subsidise the service, while Reading Borough Council have used some of their grant to offer discounted tickets.
 Saddle up this Cycle September
We are now nearly at the end of Cycle September but it's still not too late to take part.
All you have to do is register and start logging your trips - which you can do all year round as part of the Love to Ride campaign, but there are loads of extra rewards for doing it in September.
This year there is a £1,000 bike from Berkshire Bikes to be won for Wokingham participants in Cycle September. There's also a grand cash prize of £2,000 and a prize draw for those who encourage others to sign up.
There are also workplace prizes as well as goodies like sweaters, T-shirts and more.
You can log journeys and win points with the Love to Ride app (available for Apple or Android devices) or by syncing it to Strava or MapMyRide, and there are points for getting your friends and family on board!
 The Wokingham Walk
The 13th Wokingham Walk takes place on Sunday, 13 October starting and finishing at Elms Field, Wokingham.
There are three routes of 5, 10 or 15 miles. A short description and map of each of the routes can be found here.
Walkers can either register before the walk by visiting the Wokingham Walk website or register on the day from 9am until 10.30am.
 Upcoming activities and events
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Running Places for Women is a free weekly outdoor running group for women aged 16+ of all abilities to build confidence and fitness. There's a 3km and a 5km route, both starting and finishing at Wokingham Leisure Centre.
- Free Balance Bike Club at FBC in Finchampstead (Wednesdays)
- Free Balance Bike Club at Woodford Park Leisure Centre in Woodley (Thursdays)
- Learn to Ride sessions (£10) at FBC in Finchampstead (Wednesdays)
- Learn to Ride sessions (£10) at Woodford Park Leisure Centre in Woodley (Thursdays)
- Woky Wheels 4 All at FBC in Finchampstead (Thursdays 10 and 11am)
- Adult Cycle Training for Beginners £11) on Saturday mornings until 5 October
- Adult Cycle Training for Improvers (£11) on Saturday mornings until 5 October
For more information on our regular cycle training and activities, visit our website. or follow us on our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter).
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