Olympic Legends in fence-off to launch David Lloyd Leisure’s charity initiative in aid of Right To Play
Olympic greats Fatima Whitbread MBE and Steve Backley OBE swapped their javelins for foils to launch David Lloyd Leisure’s Team Family Gold Challenge.
The athletes were joined by top fencer Anna Burnett and four-times Olympic gold medallist and CEO of Right To Play Johann Olav Koss for the fencing bout on Thursday February 2, at the premier health, sports and leisure group’s Raynes Park, London club.
David Lloyd Leisure has joined forces with Gold Challenge, the UK’s only Olympic and Paralympic sport-based charity challenge, to launch a bespoke initiative giving members the chance to tr Read More... | Tim Lovejoy signs up to Right To Play's 2012 Bike RideTim Lovejoy one of the nations favourite presenters currently presenting Something For The Weekend after hosting Soccer AM for over a decade has taken on a new challenge in 2012 and signed up to children’s charity Right To Play’s bike ride. The bike ride starts in Belgium and after 300 miles over three days arrives back in London.
Tim mounted a road bike to begin his training for the ride, courtesy of cycling manufacturer Specialized who are the official sponsor of the Right To Play bike ride and have provided him with a bike and kit. As first training rides go, this one was a huge success Read More... | Commonwealth Secretariat meeting highlights the role of sport in promoting inclusive education Right To Play welcomes the agreements made at the Commonwealth Secretariat Roundtable on Inclusive Education and Sustainable Employment for Persons with Disabilities.
Stacey Cram, Advocacy Manager at Right To Play said: "Reaching and prioritising the participation of the most excluded children and youth is the only way to ensure reductions in inequalities. It is also the only way to increase community understanding and foster greater social cohesion which is sustainable in the long run.
Collective acknowledgment in the need to mainstream disability into the developmen Read More... |
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