As Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week comes to a close, students get to meet an Olympic gold medallist and get a glimpse of the London 2012 Olympic Torch.
The last day of Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week 2011
1 Jul 2011
Gold medallist, Jason Gardener, joined 400 Welsh school children at Llanishen High School in Cardiff today!
All of the students present were trying to achieve a personal best in an Olympic or Paralympic sport – including athletics, boccia, fencing, football and rowing.
As the Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week arrived in Cardiff, it wasn’t just Jason the school children interacted with, as the London 2012 Olympic mascot Wenlock, also made an appearance with a prototype of the recently launched London 2012 Olympic Torch.
539 schools in Wales took part in the week, each hosting opening and closing ceremonies, torch relays, inter and intra school competitions and inviting local clubs to come in and give taster sessions in a variety of Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Jason Gardener, said: “To see so many young people motivated by the Olympic Torch to try and achieve a personal best in an Olympic or Paralympic sport was really inspiring.”
Robert Smyth, Headteacher at Llanishen High School, added: “With London 2012 just around the corner, the promise of an Olympic and Paralympic Games on home soil is playing a major part in enriching the lives of school children across Wales.”
More than four million young people from schools across Britain signed-up to take part in National School Sport Week 2011, but it wasn’t just Cardiff that took centre stage today.
Winter Olympic gold medalist Amy Williams met more than 450 school children to celebrate Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week in Bath while the Olympic spirit was also alive and well in Exeter with over a 1000 school children taking part in an Olympic and Paralympic Sports day at St Luke’s Science and Sports College seeing sports ranging from basketball to ultimate frisbee and tag rugby, with both an opening and closing ceremony also scheduled.
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week uses the power of London 2012 to inspire children to try Olympic and Paralympic sports. Your local school could carry the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay or win tickets to London 2012.
Schools and colleges that are participating in Lloyds National School Sport Week are encouraged to submit an application to join the Get Set network.
