Our annual Easter event in the park.
All welcome to this free event, meeting at bandstand at 1pm.
Join the various events including Easter egg hunt, Easter Egg painting and of course the Easter parade. Prizes for the kids and coffee/tea for the adults!
Update – weather holding up so event is on in the park.
Radworx will be back in Overtoun Park for more extreme BMX action on Tuesday 18th and Thursday 20th October at the park’s BMX track. Sessions will run from 10am to 4/4.30pm on both days with a competition on Thursday afternoon. So, get on your bike and don’t worry about the weather – getting muddy is all part of the fun!
The Bike Club has teamed up with the Milnbank Carbon Reduction Project and Glasgow Bike Shed to organise a FREE cycling event in Alexandra Park on Saturday 17th September from 1-4pm. To celebrate the official opening of the new Alexandra Park Mountain Bike Track, we have a host of activities planned including:
* Go Mountain Bike coaching on the new Alexandra Park bike track
* Smoothie Bike
* Led rides to the Kennyhill Harvest Festival
* Bike Swap with Glasgow Bike Shed
* Dr Bike
* BMX coaching with Radworx
* 7 Stanes Stunt team
* Art Workshop
*’Try a bike’ with Freewheel North
Plus more still to be confirmed!
Here is a picture of our headline band ‘Post Paradise’ putting on a fantastic performance.
Events all Summer
Programme of Events
40 brave souls came for a ‘Stroll in the Park’ and braved the Scottish summer weather. They only got wet once during the walk and were rewarded with a medal at the end!! Thanks to their generosity we raised £114 for Barnardos – thank you so much! The children made the most of their day; a group played football, younger ones played in the bouncy castle and had their faces painted.
The main play area in Overtoun park will NOT be removed by the council. There has been some confusion as Overtoun Park has been mentioned at council meetings and in the Reformer. This has arisen as there were originally 2 play parks in Overtoun. Overtoun South is the main, large, fenced play area, and Overtoun North is where the wooden train and see saw used to be. It is Overtoun Park North that has been referred to in these meetings and was pin pointed for removal. However, one of the first actions by FOP was to have this play area removed as it was so dangerous to children. Thank you to everyone for their concern and support. We urge you to contact all local Councillors and express your concern about the loss of ANY play parks. Children need somewhere to play.
Thanks to the 52 adults and children who turned up to clean the park. What a job they did!!! The park looked fantastic and we had over 30 bags full of litter and rubbish. A big thank you to the 48th Glasgow Scout Group and Burnside Girl Guides who did a sterling job – well done! Look out for our next one in the Autumn.
The park looked amazing! The blanket of snow subdued every sound and it was so peaceful
After a busy year, we are having a little time off to enjoy the snow! Our next meeting will be held on Monday 7th February 2011 at 7.30pm in ‘The Meeting Place’, Stonelaw Parish Church. Everyone is welcome – come along to find out what we do.
Now that we are constituted and can apply for grants, we hope to improve the play area, do some planting and regenerate the BMX track. Come along to any of the meetings on the first Monday of every month to give us your opinion.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas to all and a big thank you to all those that have supported Friends of Overtoun Park over the last 2 years.
