Richmond Students Meet Lord Seb Coe
Richmond School Sport Partnership reached another monumental milestone in the build up to London 2012 Olympics. Lord Sebastian Coe visited the Richmond Borough, and the SSP Olympic Ambassadors took centre stage to help welcome him.
Student ambassadors from each of the Get Set network high schools arrived at St Mary’s University on the 27th April 2011 in the middle of a media frenzy to greet Lord Coe and his guests. The inspirational Lord Coe who was vital in helping London secure the 2012 games, took time out of his visit to chat with students of Twickenham Academy, Hampton Academy, Richmond Park Academy, Waldegrave School, Orleans Park and Hampton Boys.
Lord Coe is himself a GB Olympian and is now Chairman of London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), and Richmond students were keen to pick his brains about games planning. Jimmy Giblin, 2012 Coordinator for the School Sport Partnership arranged for the students to meet Lord Coe and the SSCOs took their chance to meet him too.
The trip marked the end of ticket sales for the Olympic Games and also the beginning of preparations for Olympic athletes in our own backyard. St Mary’s University was the venue for the visit and it was announced that the Ireland Olympic team will be making St Mary’s their base for the duration of the Olympics. Lord Seb Coe was accompanied by Patrick Hickey, President of the Olympic Council Ireland. Mr Hickey who is also the president of the European Olympic Committee announced the news to the media and Jimmy Giblin and our student ambassadors got the chance to speak with him to discuss our very own SSP Olympic committee.
