On Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July, Surrey Sports Park will host GoFest 2015 – an action-packed three day festival for all the family spanning sport, dance and activities. It will be a fantastic fun-filled weekend which is designed to encourage, inspire and entertain.
There will be 50 different sports to choose from, 10 types of water sports and 25 varieties of exercise and dance classes. Not forgetting of course live music, entertainment and celebrity appearances including Iain Waite and Natalie Lowe. You may even find yourself bumping into sporting legends such as Kevin Keegan, Roger Black and Steve Backley too.
The facilities at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford are world class. The £36m elite training and fitness venue and one of Europe’s premier sites for sport, health, well-being and leisure. There’s an Olympic size swimming pool, 12m high climbing walls, dance and exercise studios, 3 indoor arenas, 8 squash courts, 3 artificial pitches plus 8 tennis courts, 2 basketball courts and 2 netball courts.
Located within easy reach of London, the park is the permanent training base for Harlequins RUFC, Netball Super League runners up Surrey Storm and National Badminton League team Surrey Smashers (whose community teams will all be leading coaching sessions at GoFest 2015).
What to expect at GoFest
The GoFest 2015 weekend will be different to anything else you’ve ever experienced. GoFest prides itself on being an inclusive festival so there will be activities on offer for all ages, genders and abilities – from beginners right through to experts. There are 15 zones to choose from – GoBat, GoBike, GoChill, GoCompete, GoCool, GoFit, GoFuel, GoKids, GoNetball, GoSpike, GoSplash, GoStrut, GoToddle, GoTry and GoTumble.
Activities on offer include adult racketball, advanced water skills, aqua zumba, archery, athletics, back to netball, badminton, basic water skills, basketball, beginners squash, body balance, body combat, body step, born to move, canoeing / kayaking, climbing, cricket, fit steps, football (GoKids, intermediates, advanced), globe fit, globe fit hoola, hockey (game/skills), it’s never to late (swimming), junior squash, lacrosse, mini squash, multi-sports (GoKids), musical theatre dance, sokka, sokka circuit session, speed academy, sporty kidz, squash challenges, street funk, volleyball, walking basketball and yoga.
Descriptions for all the GoFest 2015 activities can be found here.
Runs and races will be hosted every day of the festival weekend. Whether you’re running to get fit, for charity or for fun, there are 3 one mile runs to choose from or a 5k run if you’re feeling more energetic.
If that wasn’t exciting enough, the event is being supported by a raft of the UK’s governing bodies of sport, professional clubs and businesses including:
England Hockey, English Squash and Racketball, Volleyball England, Sport England, Harlequins, Flair Gymnastics, British Athletics, The FA, Surrey Smashers, Surrey County Cricket Club, British Canoeing, Go Canoeing, the LTA, Surrey Storm, British Judo, Guildford Tennis Academy, Surrey TaeKwon-do, Surrey Spartans Hockey Club, Discover Archery, Go Ape and British Military Fitness.
You can download the full timetable of GoFest 2015 events here.
Tournaments Day
Sunday 12th July will see some amazing tournaments take place – football, tag/touch rugby, rush hockey and netball. In partnership with sports providers such as Harlequins Rugby, Fulham FC Foundation, England Hockey and Surrey Storm Netball, it’s chance to finish the weekend in style by taking home some silverware!
You can get one free adult entry with each child participant, and one free child entry with each adult participant. When you’re not competing, your tournament ticket gives you access to roam and enjoy the festival, taking part in other activities and soaking in the entertainment!
GoFest Sportive
Cycling is also on offer on the Sunday – either a short route of 20 miles or a long route of 40 miles. Riders of all abilities can take on the GoFest sportive through a picturesque and scenic route around Surrey’s North Downs.
Get your tickets to GoFest 2015 here.
There’s a lot to do at GoFest 2015 so there are a wide range of tickets on offer including cost effective options for two and three day passes. Tickets include access to all areas of the park and as many free coaching and activity sessions as you like.
GoFest is proud to support a number of charities and 10% of all ticket sales, as well as sales from other activities across the weekend, to go support worthwhile causes. For more information on GoFest 2015, check out the website. You can follow all the action on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
This look fantastic and the kind of thing my girls would love. I think we may pay this a visit!
Oh I wished we lived nearer this as my two little ones would love something like this. Come up to the midlands Gofest! 😉
Anything that encourages families to exercise together is great by me! What a fabulous festival, shame it isn’t closer to me.
That looks fantastic. Love the idea of being able to try out all those different sports. I will look forward to seeing how it went.
Looks like fun, but a bit far for us to travel sadly.
I had an email about this Charly, looks like a great event but my teens are so horribly self conscious right now and never want to do anything with their boring parents that I think I would struggle to get them there! Not far from us though. Looks fab to be celebrating all things sport!
Wow this looks amazing – my two would love it if it was a bit closer x
Aww looks and sounds like a fun event! Wish we can go =)
What a great sounding festival – it seems like there is something for all the family 🙂 x
My two sporty stepsons would love this, looks really exciting.
This does sound like a lot of fun, I like that there is something to do for everyone x
What a great way for kids to try out such a wide variety of activities!
Looks like a lot of fun for all of the family!
oh yes i love this idea anything to get the kids moving
This sounds fantastic – I like new things for the boys to try – especially if they are keeping them moving. Unfortunately that is the weekend of Pretty Muddy so I hope they do another next year.
This looks fantastic! What a fabulous way to get children interested in different sports!
Yes! We are covering this on Globalmouse too! It looks brilliant doesn’t it?!
I got an invite to this but sadly we can’t make it, it looks great and you are well positioned for it! Mich x
What a great sounding event! xx
I would love to come up for this event but sadly we are at Thomasland this weekend
This looks like a great festival. My Granddaughter would love it x
We are not a sporty family, but this does look like a lot of fun! Kaz x
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