Music On My PC wasn’t born and bred in Nottingham. We relocated here a couple of years ago and haven’t looked back. It wasn’t so much a business decision as a personal one. We moved here to support our two canoe slalom athletes – Natalie and Mikey Wilson. Why Nottingham? Because it is home to the National Watersports Centre and GB Canoeing. If you want to get anywhere in the sport of Canoe Slalom you need to be based near a centre of excellence and Nottingham has one!
But the beneficial side effect of this has meant we can grow and develop our business in a fantastic part of the country! We are currently based in Manvers Business Park, Cotgrave, a fantastic industrial estate which is managed by Ruschliffe Borough Council. There is a great community of local businesses on the park, including Finishing Touch Dry Cleaners, Unlimited Kitchens (and thanks Toni and Andy for the amazing kitchen you just completed for us by the way) not to mention Mrs King’s Tasty Pork Pies and A&G Chem Dry plus many others. Not time to list them all now…
Socially Nottingham has so much to offer, from the great bars and cafe’s of West Bridgford to the world class restaurants and concert venues in town. Our particular recent favourite venue has been the Just The Tonic club at the forum and we are looking forward to catching Dave Spikey there this Thursday.
So was the move worth it? Definitely. Natalie and Mikey have benefitted from local access to the fantastic whitewater course at Holme Pierrepont, world class coaching and great gym facilities. This has directly contributed to their recent achievements. In March 2012 Mikey competed in the GB Junior Team Selection Series races held at Nottingham, Cardiff and Grandtully in Scotland and won every single race to be selected for the GB Junior Team. He will represent GB as first junior K1M at the Junior World Championships in Wausau, US in July and also at the Junior Europeans to be held in Solkan, Slovenia in September. Full GB Junior team list here.
Natalie, who is two years older and competing as an U23 paddler competed last weekend in the Tesco Canoe Slalom Selection Trials at the brand new Olympic whitewater course at Lee Valley. She was top U23 in all three races and so will be attending the U23 Worlds and Euros being held alongside the Junior events in Wasau and Solkan. She will also be nominated as a demonstration runner at the Cardiff World Cup and also at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Full Senior GB team list here. And if you want to keep up with Natalie’s competitions and training over the summer follow her on Twitter
We’ll be following the Get Nottingham Trending campaign with interest!
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