Anyone in the Newcastle (UK) area?

Hey all,

I’ve just moved across the country to Newcastle and don’t know anyone up this way or know where any clubs, etc are.

Just wondering if anyone can help me out :slight_smile:

I’m interested in unicycling and other circus stuff too, so a circus club would be great - but even just someone to uni with would be awesome!

Cheers,

Jamie

just looking on the unicyclist map there is (or was) a mattsmith in Newcastle.

There are a few riders in Newcastle another one worth a try is Joe Baxter

Nearest clubs are Durham Juggling club (not a lot of uni tho) and Stockton unicycle and juggling club

What sort of stuff do you do? there is plenty of offroad trails to ride in the north east if you are into muni

Dane

For ease of recognition this is what Joe Baxter looks like…

im in cramlington which is close :slight_smile: but i’ve got a broken leg at the minute, but ill be up for a ride when im better.
Ask Joe whether he wants a ride though, we went to the skatepark and did trials and stuff when i met up with him :slight_smile:

oops, didnt realise that youwere into other circus stuff, theres a new club thats just started up in morpeth

heres the info copied from facebook
the first meeting was really good, theres loads of kit and the hall is quite big so uni is cool :slight_smile:

This is a new weekly juggling workshop held in Morpeth Riverside Leisure Centre !

The first session kicks off on Wednesday 22nd July from 5pm - 7pm

Entry is £2 for the 2 hours, and this includes FREE entry to a raffle ! The prize is a set of new 4 pannel thud balls juggled on LIVE tv by Andy Crane !

Beginners are more than welcome, even if you havent touched a juggling ball before ! I will teach beginners the basic pattern, and give tips on what to practice in your own time inbetween sessions !

For the more advanced jugglers, specific workshops with a different theme each week will help you learn new skills to make your juggling look a little more spectacular !

There will be speakers and a CD player in the hall to provide music as we juggle !

Please feel free to bring your own equipment if you have it, however i have equipment you may borrow if you dont own any.

If you are interested in purchasing equipment, i have a large selection of professional quality juggling balls in many different colours, starting from just £5 for 3 !

I hope this will be a great event for everyone and anyone who fancies trying something new, or working on their previous skills !

Activities Include :

Juggling (balls, rings, clubs)
Diabolo
Flower Sticks
Ball Spinning
Poi Swinging
Unicycling

if your interested drop me a PM and ill give you Tony (the guy whos organised it)'s email so you can talk to him :slight_smile:

[EDIT]
heres the info for the next meeting

After the success of the last circus workshop, i am happy to announce the next meeting !

Come allong and practice your juggling skills in the Morpeth Riveride Leisure Centre, on Tursday 30th July, from 3 - 5pm!

Entry is only £2 for the 2 hour session.

Lots of equipment is available, however feel free to bring your own if you have it !

The sessions are suitable for people of any age, and any experience !

Complete beginners are more than welcome, and will be taught basic juggling with 3 balls !

Advanced jugglers can be taught more complex tricks with 3 - 5, 3 - 5 rings and 3 - 5 clubs !

Or you may just like to take advantage of the sports hall to practice your own tricks !

Other equipment such as poi, yoyos, flowersticks and spinning/head bouncing balls are available !

I hope to see you down there !

Hey,

Thanks for all the replies, guys.

@Dane - I’m still learning at the moment, so I don’t do much at all. In fact, all I can do is ride around on flat ground atm. Not quite nailed freemounting yet and haven’t even attempted any tricks/obstacles. Offroad would definitely be an option once I’ve improved a little though.

@MrBoogiejuice - He scares me. I’m going to hide from him :smiley:

@AlisterBurt - How’d you break your leg? Unicycling or something boring and normal? That circus group sounds cool - I just have no idea where Morpeth is and I currently have no transport of my own :confused:

ahh fair enough, well if you want to come along one time or something theres a train station in morpeth so you could get a train in then someone could meet you at the station?
i broke my leg unicycling down a big hill :smiley:

Thanks Kit. Yes that would be me… I dont alway dress like that - just when its sunny :slight_smile:

I’m in Whitley Bay. Where abouts in town are you?
I go down to JUST (the stockton unicycle club Dane mentioned) on Thursdays. Its 40mins from here, but worth the trip if you want a good night of unicycling.
I’ll send you my number so you can contact me.

I often organise NUTS (Northern Unicycle Trails Sessions) meets, which are great for meeting new people and practicing all sorts of riding. Hopefully I’ll get another one organised soon, just too busy atm.

OT- Dane, Where are you these days? Just reg’d Roger and I for Great North Ride. See you at Hockey?!

Joe,

Im sorry to change the topic but I dont want to start a new thread :smiley: On that unicyclist map next to Ruislip and Ickenham (where I live) Theres a marker that says BENJOBANJO??? Does anyone know of this :smiley: I know their is one guy who does unicycling in ruislip but I havent seen him the bikeshop told me and my mum saw him. So anyone know of this guy or club :smiley:

:open_mouth: ive just remembered joe you still have my hoody :smiley:

There are a few guys in Ichenham, they are a bit older than you 17ish. I am reasonably certain they don’t post on the forum though. I know them through sales and my neices who live there also (and ride but would not be seen doing it as it is not cool! they are that age). Best to ask around locally, see if you can find them.

Roger

Thanks, sorry for late reply I forgot about this thread :smiley: Yep never seen them although they might go to the main school here: Vyners. Which Im just starting. The whole school knows me because I use to ride to school and ride everywhere lol.