Stuart, ODA Press Officer
Testing the waters at Weymouth and Portland
, 6 May 2008
The trip to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy was a chance for ODA and LOCOG Chief Executives, David Higgins and Paul Deighton, to visit the venue which will host the Sailing events in 2012 and to view the work that is now underway to enhance the facilities for the Games.
Paul and David visit the Sailing venue:
Pupils captivated by sights and sounds of Olympic Park
, 2 January 2008
Ever get that feeling that you’ve agreed to do something without fully thinking it through?! In a moment of weakness earlier this month I agreed I’d join a coach load of lively school children on a fact-finding mission about the 2012 Games.
So it was with trepidation yesterday that I took 20 pupils from Capital City Academy school in Brent out on a bus trip around the Olympic Park site to show them how this corner of east London is being transformed into the world class Olympic Park that will grace their TV screens in 2012, and which will be their generation’s playground after the Games with first-class sports facilities for them to come and use.
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