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You are viewing Sheffield Lighting the Flame news articles from June 2010.
LONDON 2012 THE GOAL FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
21 Jun 2010
A group of South Yorkshire youngsters are set for a key role at the 2012 London Paralympic Games thanks to world-class sporting event being hosted in Sheffield.
Sheffield welcomes Japanese Volleyball team to try out city facilities
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
14 Jun 2010
The Japanese Women's National Volleyball Team has been welcomed to Sheffield for a week long training camp at the beginning of June. Currently ranked fifth in the world, the team spent seven days in the city training at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, alongside the GB Volleyball Team.
OLYMPIC CHAMPION JONATHAN EDWARDS AT SHEFFIELD’S ARCHES GAMES
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
07 Jun 2010
Jonathan Edwards CBE, Deputy Chair of the Nations and Regions Group, of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will meet South Yorkshire schoolchildren today (Thursday 27 May). He is visiting The Arches Games at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, to see how they are inspired by London 2012. Jonathan was Olympic champion in Triple Jump at the Sydney 2000 Games and set the current world record for the event in 1995.
GB Double Up For European League
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
04 Jun 2010
Great Britain men's and women's team switch their focus to the European League this weekend at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, after enhancing their respective reputations in the European Championships.
