Georgina Harland competed in 5 events in the 2004 Athens Games to win the bronze medal in the individual modern pentathlon.
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Picnic in the Park
Loughborough Queen’s Park Tuesday June 5th
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The 1968 Mexico Games saw Loughborough graduate John Sherwood win the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles.
A Very Special Picnic...As part of the Charnwood Arts UK2K12 programme and to celebrate a year when we welcome the world to Britain, this year’s PICNIC IN THE PARK in Loughborough takes on a truly international flavour.
What better way to celebrate the world and our own Queen’s Diamond Jubilee than to join us at our special community arts event in Loughborough’s Queen’s Park on Tuesday June 5th.
Picnic in the Park, now in its 32nd year, will feature a host of arts and performance events as well as activities for children and all the family.
Join our wonderful Loughborough community and come along to celebrate this monumental event with us. Sunshine, music, laughter.... we hope to have it all! Join in with a host of arts and crafts activities, and sample some great food!
The Loughborough Churches Partnership are also supporting the event by offering a whole range of sports and activities from egg and spoon races, to sack races and the tug of war. The Partnership are also bringing a host of local performance talent.
The fun begins at 12 noon with a procession from Loughborough Market Place to Queen’s Park in Granby Street, Loughborough with activities and performances in the park until 5.00pm....... a whole afternoon of fun for all the family! All Free!!
Why not celebrate in the good old-fashioned way? Bring along your cucumber sandwiches or strawberries and cream and help us to make some buntings to decorate the Park fit for a Queen!
The annual Loughborough International Athletics has been held at Loughborough University for 54 years.
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Picnic in the ParkThis year is a real Sporty Picnic so why not join us for some Jolly Olly Impics!!
So many people seem to be talking, thinking, watching and taking part in sports activities this year…… we wonder why?!
There seems to be a bit of a theme going on!! So don’t miss out on all the family fun, come along to Picnic and try something new for yourselves!
We have a massive range of sporty stuff for all the family….How about short tennis? The challenge of the football cage? Or maybe some badminton? Do you remember School Sports Days? How about the egg and spoon and bean bag races or even the sack race? Always such fun!
There will also be a giant Jengaand giant Snakes and Ladders and what about those fabulous 1970’s Space Hoppers? We’ll be racing them too! If that’s a bit too energetic for you all and you’d rather just watch the kids having some fun, there will be mini trampolines, crazy golf, a bouncing castle and a kick boxing demonstration!
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200+ Loughborough athletes have competed in the Olympic and Paralympic Games so far.
Palfi & Minnie
A Picnic Fit for a Queen! Our truly international Royal Variety Performance without the Royals (who are busy elsewhere) includes:
African Drumming, Japanese Street Circus and Acrobatics,an Irish/American Clown Show, World Choral and Gospel Singing,
Indian, Irish, Scottish, American and English dance,an Australian Balloonatic, Home Grown Loughborough Ska,
Guano Blues, New Orleans Jazz and our very own Bill Brookman!!...and that’s just for starters!
Loughborough University graduate Paula Radcliffe has competed in and qualified for 5 Olympic Games.
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Loughborough’s favourite arts party is often described as a town sized village fete and we won’t disappoint with a whole host of stalls and food for purchase on the day, Zumba demos, a kiddies ride, walkabout acts and activity stalls - we have it all!
Join in with Games Time Online and take the opportunity to make your own costume accessory for the event on Saturday 9th June.
There’s also a a special area for Transition Loughborough who have also worked with us on Picnic in the Park - your chance to think seriously about how we adapt for the future and prepare for a different energy economy than the one we currently enjoy.
Transition Towns are a grass roots movement aiming to provide local and appropriate solutions to the problems we face due to declining oil supplies, climate change, waste reduction, food production, energy price rises and sustainable transport. Whilst many of the problems we face are global, the Transition Towns movement aims to tackle them using local people, local ideas and local projects.
Picnic in the Park
