Medway 2012 and Contacts
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The Medway 2012 campaign was launched on 23 January 2007, 2,012 days before the start of the London Games. |
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It has two clear objectives:
to ensure Medway 2012 benefits every resident of Medway;
to use 2012 to help establish Medway as a city of learning, culture, tourism and enterprise.
Who?
Medway Council has a small team dedicated to working with council collegues and other partners to maximise the benefits of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the people. View the contact details for the Medway 2012 team.
What?
The work of the Medway 2012 campaign focuses on the following core areas of activity:
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Since the campaign launch on 23 January 2007 there have been many key achievements that will secure a lasting legacy from the Games.
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At the heart of Medway's Olympic and Paralympic legacy planning is Medway Park, the £11.1m project to create a centre sporting excellence on the site of the Black Lion Leisure Centre in Gillingham. Medway is already reaping the benefits of the investment by government, the University of Kent, Sport England and the council. The Modern Pentathlon World Cup is being staged at Medway Park in April 2010. The centre has been approved as a pre-Games training camp for 13 Olympic and eight Paralympic sports and will be hosting the Paralympic Association of Barbados ahead of the 2012 Games. It is also the new home of national league basketball team, the Medway Park Crusaders (www.kentcrusaders.co.uk/). Most importantly, it is providing the people of Medway with one of the best community sporting facilities in the country. Olympians and Paralympians past and present have thrown their support behind Medway's 2012 ambitions, including Steve Backley and Danny Crates, who have both become international sporting ambsassadors for Medway. See who else has visited Medway in our hall of fame. |
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Counting Down to 2012
Medway's signature event to mark the annual countdown to 2012 is the Medway Mile.
This event takes place each year on the date the Games will begin in 2012: 27 July.
Thousands of people of every age ability run or walk one mile to celebrate the countdown and commit to getting active.
Medway has also hosted a raft events as part of the London 2012 Open Weekend, a nationwide sporting and cultural festival held annually on the weekend immediately before the 27 July anniversary date.
Key 2012 campaign achievements so far...
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December 2009 |
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September 2009 Medway leads the way with Clubmark excellence. |
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April 2009 Medway first in South East to sign a pre-Games training camp agreement. |
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February 2009 |
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February 2009 |
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November 2008 Medway launches pioneering Medway Sporting Academy. |
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November 2008 Our Medway education programme receives first education Inspire Mark in the country. |
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November 2008 Medway stages inaugural Culture and Design Awards. |
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October 2008 Larger than ever Medway Games series is announced. |
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September 2008 Cultural Olympiad launches in Medway. |
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May 2008 |
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February 2008 Five Medway facilities are approved as training venues by London 2012 for 16 Olympic and eight Paralympic sports. |
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January 2008 First global sporting event to be hosted in Medway. |
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January 2007 Steve Backley and Danny Crates become International Sporting Ambassadors for Medway. |
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January 2007 Sir Steve Redgrave, Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, Steve Backley and Steve Cram help launch our 2012 campaign. |
Contact us
If you have any ideas how Medway 2012 can benefit Medway and its residents or you want to get involved in one of our events, the Medway 2012 team would love to hear from you.
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The Medway 2012 team is based at: Medway Council Tel:01634 338135 Email: 2012@medway.gov.uk |
Keep up to date with the latest news from Medway 2012 by signing up for our free E-newsletter.
To find out more about sporting opportunities in Medway, contact:
Medway Sports Development Team
Black Lion Leisure Centre
Mill Road
Gillingham
Kent ME7 1HF
Phone: 01634 338761
Fax: 01634 338768
Minicom: 01634 333111
Email: sportsdevteam@medway.gov.uk