London 2012 blog

The Sporting Champions programme is all about encouraging people, particularly young people, to feel more passionate about sport so I was incredibly excited when London won the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2005 as it will be such an inspiring event for the capital and for the whole country.

With only four years to go until the Games come to the UK, it was great to have the chance to be involved with the Get Set London roadshow when it came to Hammersmith & Fulham on 26th March.

It was a really busy day with lots of visitors trying out all the kit and learning more about how they could get involved in London 2012. There was also a photocall with local authority figures, Olympic Champion Jonathan Edwards and some musicians who were doing a workshop that day. Fortunately the sun held out for most of the morning and guests from the local council got some lessons from the Dhol Drummers who had arrived to give a free workshop:



The west London quarter finals of the London 2012 Talent contest drew a big crowd with a fantastic range of artists showing off their voices and their moves for the judges. Hoover Manoeuvres and Kitty Brucknell made it through to the semi-finals and the voting is open now

It was great to see the response from the public to the roadshow and see people thinking about London 2012 and start to realise how exciting it will be. If it’s starting to inspire people now, then over the next four years the possibilities are endless!