On Sunday, I jumped in the car and headed off round the M25 and up the M11, as the 2012 Roadshow was in Bury St Edmonds at the Suffolk Youth Games.
As someone new to my job at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and who had not visited the Roadshow before, this was a great introduction to the work being done to promote 2012 and sports participation right across the UK.
As well as meeting members of the Roadshow team and key stakeholders from Suffolk and the East of England region, I saw children participating in a wide range of sports, enthusiastically supported by families and friends; met Olympic athletes past, present and future; regretted I’d lent my camera to my daughter and therefore missed out on the Goldie Sayers – Shaun Cove photo opportunity; donned a 2012 t-shirt and tried my hand at the dream statistics test (grip strength 52 kg – not bad, I thought); talked at length to Steve Crawford, whose Ipswich-based boxing club is thriving and making a real impact with local kids; handed out leaflets; and made a pledge.
Already looking forward to my next visit…
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