• Nordic Walking is coming to Nowton Park and Ickworth House in Bury St Edmunds

  By walkingman1

  Thanks Nick, hope you and Lorraine don't ache too much. Good write up thank you, just to emphasise...

            

   

  By NickRichards at 19:28 on 18/02/12

  

  You can put a spring in your step by making March the month you take up Nordic Walking in the Bury St Edmunds area. New weekly sessions at Nowton Park and Ickworth House are starting up under the guidance of personal trainer Kevin Marshall. Nordic Walking was originally used by elite cross country skiers to stay in shape during the summer months, but the sport is growing in the UK with more than 700 instructors and thousands of people...

• New Bury St Edmunds based American football team will be called Bury Brewers

  By MattRisby

  Great project for the whole of Bury to get excited about for sure - any idea when we can expect them...

            

   

  By NickRichards at 20:52 on 14/02/12

  

  Bury St Edmunds' newest sports team will be the fledgling American football outfit Bury Brewers. Club founder Chris Wallis, who has previously launched Cambridge County Cats and Bedfordshire Blue Raiders, confirmed that the new side will be called The Brewers and will also play in gold, white and dark green. Chris told Bury St Edmunds People: "I have decided to go with the Bury Brewers as the team name. It was the most favoured...

• Planning bid submitted for Bury Town’s move to Moreton Hall

  By MattRisby

  Good news Nick, the £2m scheme has been given the go-ahead and building work will begin in the...

            

   

  By NickRichards at 10:22 on 06/02/11

  

  Bury Town's move to a new all purpose stadium at Moreton Hall have moved a step closer with plans being submitted for the conversion of agricultural land. The land in question is to the east of Lady Miriam Way at Moreton Hall and will see the club move from its current Ram Meadow home. The scheme has been submitted jointly by St Edmundsbury Council and Suffolk County Council. Are you behind the move? What do you think should be...

• Olympic torch snub for Bury St Edmunds in 2012

  By MattRisby

  Thankfully they changed the route and it is coming to Bury! Hooray

            

   

  By NickRichards at 13:40 on 18/05/11

  

  The route the 2012 Olympic Games torch will take ahead of next summer's massive game has been announced  - and it's not coming to Bury St Edmunds! The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) say the Olympic flame would come within a one-hour journey of 95 per cent of people in the UK. For Bury St Edmunds residents, it looks like there will be at least a half an hour journey as the nearest...

• Could FA Cup hero Roy Essandoh sign for Bury Town?

  By MattRisby

  Big shame that Roy's now left Bury Town - but whoa! What a replacement. Billy Clark! Surprised that...

            

   

  By NickRichards at 20:35 on 19/07/11

  

  Cult hero footballer Roy Essandoh who famously scored in Wycombe's run to the FA Cup semi-final a decade ago might be signing for Bury Town. The Ram Meadow club have confirmed that Essandoh, now 35, is training with the Suffolk side, indeed he scored against Newmarket in a friendly at the weekend. Essandoh became a real sensation in March 2001 when depleted Wycombe Wanderers, then managed by Lawrie Sanchez, faced an injury crisis...

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