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Croydon’s Olympians

This is a NEW CSEP project to be delivered to help celebrate the Cultural Olympiad. The Cultural Olympiad 2008 -2012 is a four year programme of activity celebrating culture in London and throughout the UK to promote the London 2012 Games.

CSEP’S contribution to help celebrate the Cultural Olympiad in Croydon (funded via Croydon Council’s Community Grant Scheme for the Cultural Olympiad) is CROYDON’S OLYMPIANS.

This will be a series of Three events where the focus will be on PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE Olympians AND at the same time reinforcing the Olympic Values of RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP & EXCELLENCE.

Your child will be taken there and brought back to CSEP by coach and will be given light refreshments.

Respect

Date: Saturday 31^st January 2009
Time: 11.00am – 3.00pm
Venue: Croydon Sports Arena which is the “home” and Training ground of Croydon Harriers

The Theme of the first event is RESPECT which is one of the Olympic values and the Olympian presenting this theme will be Past Olympian Donovan Reid who represented Great Britain in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 100metres finalist in which he came seventh and Carl Lewis won the gold.

The Children will start off with warm up exercises then they will participate in a mini sponsored run / walk event around the Croydon Arena track.

After that the children will have a motivational presentation from Donovan and then he will take his place in the Mastermind Chair for the students to ask him questions about his sport and the Olympics as a whole and at the same time promoting the 2012 Olympic Games in the UK.

Please encourage your child to do some previous research on Olympian Donavan Reid. The second Olympian will be a surprise guest!

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Please complete the reply slip and return it to CSEP before Wednesday 28th January 2009.

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Friendship

Date: Saturday 21^st February 2009
Time: 12.00pm -3.00pm
Venue: Trinity School, Shirley Park, Croydon

The theme on the second event will be FRIENDSHIP. For this event we are inviting participants from other Supplementary Schools & Community Language Schools to take part in a “friendly” Mini Badminton Fun Tournament.

Andrei Wiltshire who is a professional Badminton & Tennis Coach & former National player for Jamaica who also coached Olympic Badminton 2004 player Nigella Saunders will be umpire for the day. After the tournament Andrei will answer questions in a MASTERMIND setting, from the young people, about Olympic badminton & tennis.

Please encourage your young people to attend (with a parent or a friend) to come along have some fun and find out more what it takes to become an Olympic Athlete.

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Please complete the reply slip and return it to CSEP before Thursday 19th February 2009.

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Excellence

Date: Saturday 21^st March 2009
Time: 12.00pm -3.00pm
Venue: Trinity School, Shirley Park, Croydon

The theme on the third and final event will be EXCELLENCE. For this event CSEP will be taking ALL year 10’s and their teachers to participate in a BASKETBAL Camp & Clinic facilitated by American Ex – Professional Player Cory McGee of L.E.A.P. Diversify.

ALL students must arrive at CSEP by 11.00am for registration and we will depart CSEP at 11.15am to arrive at Trinity school for 11.45am. Students will also have an opportunity to meet some Professional Basketball Players from TEAM GB…..AND some young athletes currently training with Croydon Harriers for the 2012 Olympics.

Bronze, Silver & Gold medals will be presented by Cory McGee to the most improved persons on the day.

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Please complete the reply slip and return it to CSEP before Thursday 19th March 2009.

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