OLYMPIC stars Rebecca Adlington and Steve Parry are heading to Bromsgrove to officially open the town’s new Sports and Leisure Centre.
And young people from across the district are being invited to meet them at the event, which has been organised by Everyone Active and Bromsgrove District Council and takes place between 10.45am and 2.15pm on Saturday, January 13.
Children aged seven to 14 years old who can swim over 25 metres unaided are invited to take part in an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Olympic swimmers and try their hand at a number of water-based sports.
The pool activities will include fast swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming and rookie lifeguard skills, which will be delivered by Olympic athletes, Jo Jackson, Craig Figes, Rosie Morris, Adele Carlsen and Katie Clark.
To sign up for the event, call Bromsgrove Sports and Leisure Centre on: 01527 916434 or visit https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/bromsgrove-sports-leisure-centre/
Adlington won two gold medals at the 2008 summer Olympics in the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle, breaking the 19-year-old world record in the 800m final. She was Team GB’s first Olympic swimming champion since 1988 and the first British swimmer to win two Olympic gold medals since 1908. She won bronze medals in both the women’s 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle events in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. And she appeared in the 13th series of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here and Channel 4’s The Jump.
Parry won bronze in the 200m butterfly in the Athens Olympics, six medals in the Eurpoean Championships between 1997 and 2003 and three medals in the Commonwealth Games.
We went behind the scenes for a special feature on the town’s new Sports and Leisure Centre – read our piece here: https://bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/as-council-plans-to-open-bromsgroves-new-leisure-centre-we-get-a-behind-the-scenes-look/
