Jaguar Academy of Sport Launch
10 Mar 2010 18:20
How honoured did I feel to be invited to the Jaguar Academy of Sport launch at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge last week?!
The stated aim of the Academy is to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success and to showcase some of the most successful British sports stars, mark outstanding achievements and sporting moments and identify and provide funding for Britain’s future greats. If you’d like to know more, here is a link to their website:
www.jaguaracademyofsport.co.uk
It’s great how people really do seem to be gearing up to support sport in Britain so much more now in the lead up to the London Olympic Games.
It seemed as though just about everyone who is anyone in British sport was there so it was fantastic fun for me to do a bit of sporting celeb spotting! I was especially excited to see Jessica Ennis there, not to mention Kelly Holmes, Colin Jackson and Steven Redgrave. And the truly lovely Denise Lewis, who is one of the Academy’s Patrons, really took me under her wing and made me feel welcome.
Some of the other big names there were Ian Botham, Gareth Edwards, Mark Foster, Jamie Baulch, Tasha Danvers and Martin Brundle. Nearly forgot to mention DAVID BECKHAM, who took part via a filmed link.
All in all a fantastic day.
Follow the link below to the Jaguar Academy of Sport Launch video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHGM8orNFw