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National School Sport Champion News
Another great day for Dame Kelly
18Th July 2007
After yesterday’s roaring success, Dame Kelly Holmes is overjoyed that the second part of her tour has proved so equally rewarding.
Today she visited Taverham High School and Sports College in Norwich, Ten Mile Bank Community Primary School in Downham Market Norfolk and The Netherhall School and Sports College in Cambridge. Dame Kelly was treated to a GCSE Dance group, a Q&A session with young ambassadors from across Norfolk and officially opened the new sports hall at Taverham High School and Sports College.
During these visits, Dame Kelly met hundreds of young people, inspiring and motivating them to increase the amount of sport they do in schools. As well as seeing sporting demonstrations at each school, she spoke at assemblies and took part in question and answer sessions at the schools. Giving pupils an insight into how sport has transformed her life, she challenged them to get even more involved and active.
IThe visits follow Friday’s announcement by Prime Minster Gordon Brown of a £100m campaign to give every child the chance of doing five hours of sport every week. In a mammoth tour of the region Dame Kelly visited three schools yesterday in Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich.
Dame Kelly has seen first hand what schools in the area are doing to increase the provision of sport to pupils. She commented:
“It’s been a fabulous day and great to see what these schools are doing with sport. I want to inspire pupils of all abilities to be the best they can be, whether that’s as volunteers, young leaders or participants. With the Government’s increased support for competitive sport it’s a great time to meet young people. I want to see real change and for more children to take part in more activities. We need to be a sporting nation and for that to happen we have to inspire, motivate, encourage and capture the imagination of all our young people so that sport becomes a part of their day-to-day lives.”