Young Sporting Ambassadors

Each year as part of a country-wide programme sponsored by Adidas Burnley School Sport Partnership appoints a team of young sporting Gold Ambassador’s.  Young Ambassadors are role models for sport, they help create more opportunities for young people to become involved in sport and physical activity in a bid to create a long lasting sporting legacy.

The four young sports ambassador’s (Abigail Pounder from Thomas Whitham Sixthform, Elliot Stackhouse from Burnley College, Jodie Sutcliffe from Shuttleworth College and William Smith from Sir John Thursby) were appointed after a series of interviews. The Ambassador’s are part of the school sport partnership workforce and will work to help deliver the School Games Programme – a national initiative, designed to get more young people taking part in competitive school sport.  In addition to this a huge part the Ambassador role is to find innovative ways of promoting the Olympic and Paralympic values of Friendship, excellence, respect, courage, determination,  and equality.

With London 2012 just months away and the torch relay coming to the streets of Burnley this is a really exciting time for the Young Sports Ambassador’s to be involved in the programme.  They are already busy planning a series of torch relay related activities for local Primary Schools.

They have attended a national Young Ambassador Conference at Lancashire County Cricket Ground. Olympic Sporting Hero’s past and present were on hand to mentor and train young sports ambassadors from across the country so they are fully prepared to carry out their role as a young ambassador. 

Pictured Abigail Pounder, Elliot Stackhouse, Jodie Sutcliffe and William Smith with the actual 2012 Olympic Torch

 For further information please contact:

Helen Tomlinson

School Games Organsier
07500 884 068