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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Council's active street game a hit with families
A competition to encourage people to become more active and explore their local area has revealed its winners after its third "successful" summer. The Beat the Street Game in Barnsley ran between 12 June and 23 July, and asked participants to walk, run, or cycle between sensors called "beat boxes" to collect points. The council, which ran and helped to fund the event, said 22,297 players took part and covered a distance of 115,111 miles. Councillor James Higginbottom, Cabinet spokesperson for environment and highways, said: "I'd like to say a huge congratulations to all our winners and to everyone who has taken part in this fantastic initiative." The competition is hosted by Intelligent Health and funded by Barnsley Council, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, and the National Lottery through Sport England. Higginbottom added: "It's been great to see so many Barnsley residents take part in Beat the Street across our borough once again. "The winners will receive their certificates over the coming weeks, and players will receive a survey to measure the impact of the game." He added that he expected the event to return again next year. "It's a really important initiative, it makes a big difference to our communities and gets young people active - so it's something we'd like to see go from strength to strength," he said. The initiative is part of Barnsley Council's strategy to improve public health and wellbeing. More than 9,000 people signed up to take part on the first day of the competition being launched. Points are recorded on an app. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. More on this story Street game with prizes back to get people active Exercise game returns to town where it launched Beat the Street
Associated Press
23-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Raegan Beers again scores 30 as No. 16 Oklahoma women crush Arkansas 94-54 for 5th straight victory
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Raegan Beers scored 30 points for a second straight game and No. 16 Oklahoma upped its win streak to five with a 94-54 romp over Arkansas on Sunday. Beers scored a career-high 30 three days earlier in a 101-81 victory over Vanderbilt. She became the first Sooner to reach 30 points in back-to-back games since Courtney Paris accomplished the feat as a sophomore in 2007. The junior made 12 of 14 shots against Arkansas, including a career-high three 3-pointers without a miss and added seven rebounds. Sahara Williams finished with 15 points and six rebounds for the Sooners (21-6, 9-5 Southeastern Conference). Skylar Vann had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Payton Verhulst totaled 12 points, four assists and three steals. Izzy Higginbottom, fifth in the nation with a 23.6 scoring average, had 22 points on 8-for-21 shooting for the Razorbacks (9-20, 2-12), who have lost six in a row and 10 of their last 11. Beers had nine points and Vann scored eight as Oklahoma took a 23-15 lead after one quarter. Higginbottom had three of Arkansas' four baskets and scored nine. Higginbottom had back-to-back baskets to get the Razorbacks within 25-21 early in the second quarter, but Verhulst buried a 3-pointer to cap a 7-0 run and the Sooners led by double digits with 5:50 left. Jenna Lawrence hit a 3-pointer in the final minute and Arkansas closed to within 40-32 at the break. Beers scored 10 in a 17-3 run to close out the third quarter and Oklahoma led 72-48. The Sooners ended the game on a 9-0 run, outscoring the Razorbacks 54-22 in the second half. Oklahoma plays at Florida on Thursday. Arkansas will host Missouri on Thursday. ___
