WHITE CITY SUMMER
 BBC
White City Summer
BBC Media Village – Each Friday in August, continuing
A local resident of west London, the BBC is running a programme of events at
its Wood Lane home in White City over this summer. The programme of free events
is well under way and features a barbeque, live outdoor music and sporting activities
highlighting the Athens 2004 Olympics.
The BBC's White City Summer Season features a range of events running throughout
the summer.
Live music events take place at lunchtime, between 12:30 and 14:00 each Friday
with many of the performers being drawn form local community organisations and
local music enterprises. Performers include - Shuffle, Trouser Band, Rambert
Dance Company, the Monster Club.
Football sessions and a BBQ will be held on the lawns of the BBC every Friday,
weather permitting.
One of the key highlights of the season with be live coverage of the Athens
Olympics on a giant screen later in the summer. More...
Olympic Village
The BBC's own Media Village is playing host to a number of activities that
highlight this year’s Athens Olympics. And, indeed, they have not missed
the opportunity to remind us of our local Olympic history. The White City Stadium
was in fact the location of the 1908 Olympics.
Even back then, London has never had an easy ride in securing international
sporting events. Want to know why the 1908 Olympics took place in White City?
Why not have a peek at this section on the Olympic's history on the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation's website. This reason and other interesting background
facts are also covered in this section of The
Times' site.
On the other hand, the Olympic Creed was written after a speech given by Bishop
Ethelbert at the 1908 Olympics at White City. Curious? For more information
and other Olympic trivia, click
here and here.
Want to know what the stadium looked like? Well there are some images in this
section of this excellent website on the development of White City by the
Year
5 class of the Pope John School.
If all of this inspires you to thinking that it was time that London hosted
the Olympics again, then you might want to register your support for London's
bid for the 2012 games at the official
site for the bid.
Athens 2004
If you're more interested in what will be taking place at this year's Athens Olympics,
then a good place to start is the official website for the Athens
2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
And if you're interested in the Olympic movement more broadly, the official
website of the Olympic
Movement is a good place to visit.
Just Do It!
Being a spectator can be great. But sometimes the buzz you can get from participating
can be even greater. And you don't have to be Olympic medal standard to benefit
from sport. Finding the right sport for you, no matter what you age or ability
can bring a lot of personal enjoyment and health benefits.
West London has a full range of sports and sporting activities to suit all local
people. A good place to start is by checking out the local facilities near to
where you live. The links below give details on a range of schemes, sports and
sporting facilities in a number of west London areas.
In
Hammersmith & Fulham
In
Ealing
In
Hounslow
In
Brent
In
Harrow
If you aren't certain yet of what would suit you or if you are and would like
a bit more support and coaching, then a course in a sporting or exercise activity
might suit you.
Here are some examples of the kinds of sports and exercise courses on offer
in west London...
Keep
Fit For Women over 40. All levels
Multi-Sports
Course: Try out a number of different sports
Learn
to Play Tennis
Sports
Coaching: Community Sports Leaders Award Level 1
Nothing there that takes your interest? Well why not try using our search
facility.
Tip: Remember you can always use the search facility
of this site to such for both groups and courses involved in gardening. Click
here and try for yourself. Try entering words like
"sport", "exercise" or entering the name of individual sporting
activities and see what comes up.
Sport Online...
BBC Sport
Yahoo's UK & Ireland
Sports Portal
Information
London's links to various associations for individual sports in the city.
Sky Sports
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