Council News

13 May 2008

Olympic Champion Visits Wrexham

Olympic gold medal winner and Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sebastian Coe, will be visiting Wrexham on 13th of May to meet the Wrexham Taskforce for the London 2012 Games and introduce the forthcoming London 2012 Education Programme.

Through the London 2012 Nations and Regions programme, Seb will be in North Wales for the day to learn more about the regions plans to secure benefits from the 2012 Games before meeting young people and local education stakeholders in Wrexham.

Sebastian Coe said: “We want the 2012 Games to inspire young people to do things they have never done before. To achieve this we need to work closely with those who know young people the best – their families and their teachers. As well as sporting endeavour, we want the 2012 Games to excite young web designers, student journalists, trainee electricians. There is much to share and work together on.”

The London 2012 Education programme, launching in the Autumn of this year, will be one way children and young people across Wales and the rest of the UK will be able to get involved in the London 2012 Games. The programme will offer young people a once-in-a-generation learning opportunity.

Seb’s visit to Wrexham will take him to The Racecourse Ground, one of Wrexham’s three Pre-Games Training Camps for the 2012 Olympic Games. The other two are Queensway Leisure and Activity Centre and the NEWI Sports Centre.