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Colchester Olympic boss 'relieved' town was not used as a base
5:00pm Tuesday 25th September 2012 in News
Tina Bourne joins torch bearer Joe Alexander, Paralympic sailor Hannah Stodel, Colchester Olympic ambassador Daniel King and the council leader Anne Turrell on the Olympic Torch route.
THE boss of a Colchester Olympics group which had hoped to attract a national team to stay in the town during the Games is now relieved five countries passed up the chance.
Tina Bourne, who chaired the Colchester Partnership for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, said in hindsight she is glad no teams choose to be based in Colchester.
“Looking back, although that is a regret that we didn’t get any teams to use the town as a base, I’m almost relieved they didn’t choose to in the end,” said Mrs Bourne.
“That is something we would have had to be working at from years ago and we would have had to know exactly what facilities the teams would have needed.
“To plan for that accordingly, it would have been very expensive.
“It would have been very difficult and I don’t think we would have gained that much in hindsight from having a country here.”
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6079 Smith W
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6:03pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Simon Taylor
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6:27pm Tue 25 Sep 12
6079 Smith W
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7:17pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Simon Taylor wrote:Not an unfair point, Simon. But after hearing much about the efforts to attract an Olympic team to the town over recent years, than the disappointment expressed when Venezuela decided not to come, it hardly feels you with confidence in our town's leadership to hear Tina says she's 'almost relieved' they didn't come. So we weren't up to it in the first place, then?
The actual quote is "almost relieved", which is very different to the headline.
I'd have liked to have seen the Venezuelans here. That photo of their fencing champion riding the tube with his gold medal, was perhaps the most endearing image of the games. http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-19109909
6079 Smith W
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8:35pm Tue 25 Sep 12
6079 Smith W wrote:Sorry, bad case of dyslexia tonight, hopefully my meaning is understood, and of course I should have said then not 'than', fills not 'feels', and say not 'says'!
Simon Taylor wrote:Not an unfair point, Simon. But after hearing much about the efforts to attract an Olympic team to the town over recent years, than the disappointment expressed when Venezuela decided not to come, it hardly feels you with confidence in our town's leadership to hear Tina says she's 'almost relieved' they didn't come. So we weren't up to it in the first place, then?
The actual quote is "almost relieved", which is very different to the headline.
I'd have liked to have seen the Venezuelans here. That photo of their fencing champion riding the tube with his gold medal, was perhaps the most endearing image of the games. http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-19109909
jut1972
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8:35pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Simon Taylor wrote:Not very different Simon, more "almost" different.
The actual quote is "almost relieved", which is very different to the headline.
Typical of the CBC leadership this, how hard is it to find out where the teams stayed last time and ask the organisations what they did to attract them?
Answer, not very hard. Which is exactly how hard you did try.
Simon Taylor
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10:49pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Good to see the High Street pedestrianised. What a difference it makes.
notabot
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8:16am Wed 26 Sep 12
6079 Smith W wrote:LOL..
6079 Smith W wrote:Sorry, bad case of dyslexia tonight, hopefully my meaning is understood, and of course I should have said then not 'than', fills not 'feels', and say not 'says'!Simon Taylor wrote: The actual quote is "almost relieved", which is very different to the headline.Not an unfair point, Simon. But after hearing much about the efforts to attract an Olympic team to the town over recent years, than the disappointment expressed when Venezuela decided not to come, it hardly feels you with confidence in our town's leadership to hear Tina says she's 'almost relieved' they didn't come. So we weren't up to it in the first place, then? I'd have liked to have seen the Venezuelans here. That photo of their fencing champion riding the tube with his gold medal, was perhaps the most endearing image of the games. http://www.bbc.co.uk /news/uk-19109909
as a reader of most comments,
I understand your failings from time to time smithy!
re the walking down the road,
the pavements seem less "busy" than before?
Oh well, the leaders do portray that they know just what there doing for its residents,
eh..
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Scoot
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11:27am Wed 26 Sep 12
6079 Smith W
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6:06pm Wed 26 Sep 12
notabot wrote:Dyslexia is not a 'failure'. Another one of your prejudices (prejudice is always the result of 'failure'), to add to the racism, sexism, etc.
6079 Smith W wrote:LOL..
6079 Smith W wrote:Sorry, bad case of dyslexia tonight, hopefully my meaning is understood, and of course I should have said then not 'than', fills not 'feels', and say not 'says'!Simon Taylor wrote: The actual quote is "almost relieved", which is very different to the headline.Not an unfair point, Simon. But after hearing much about the efforts to attract an Olympic team to the town over recent years, than the disappointment expressed when Venezuela decided not to come, it hardly feels you with confidence in our town's leadership to hear Tina says she's 'almost relieved' they didn't come. So we weren't up to it in the first place, then? I'd have liked to have seen the Venezuelans here. That photo of their fencing champion riding the tube with his gold medal, was perhaps the most endearing image of the games. http://www.bbc.co.uk /news/uk-19109909
as a reader of most comments,
I understand your failings from time to time smithy!
re the walking down the road,
the pavements seem less "busy" than before?
Oh well, the leaders do portray that they know just what there doing for its residents,
eh..
:)
jim_bo says...
5:32pm Tue 25 Sep 12