Monday, February 23, 2009
Sally Gunnell appointed sports ambassador for local sports festival
Sally Gunnell OBE has been appointed as an ambassador of the TAKEPART Brighton & Hove International Festival of Sport. Sally holds a place in the hearts of the nation as the most popular female sportswoman of our time, and the most successful. She is the only woman to hold four titles concurrently – Olympic, world, European and commonwealth. Sally lives locally with her husband John Biggs and has since taken on the even greater task of looking after their 3 boys and juggling an increasingly hectic family life. Sally says:
“Lots of people really struggle to find an enjoyable sporting activity, so well done to The School Sport Partnership, Brighton and Hove City Council and the Primary Care Trust for organising this fantastic event.
“I’ll be at TAKEPART on the day with my boys.”
The city-wide TAKEPART sports festival was launched last year as the first of five festivals between now and the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Brighton & Hove has one of the most successful Schools Sports Partnerships in the country. Set up in 2001, the partnership established a schools sports festival in 2006 to develop a city-wide programme for children aged 5 to 16.
TAKEPART 2008 was a great success, achieving significant levels of participation from clubs, groups and the general public.
Last year the overall attendance for Festival events was more than 45,000 people.
For more information about the festival and the free TAKEPART Day on June 27,
Check out the website at: www.takepartbrightonandhove.com
