2012 - Olympic Year

I know it's really trendy to knock the forthcoming Olympics or feel that it has nothing to do with Wisbech but I am excited fit to bust.

I'll hold my hands up, I am a sports nut through & through but I can't understand why more people aren't as excited as I am.  When I mention it it seems like there is a general apathy towards the games.

Let's get things straight.  I am in my early forties & I won't see another Olympics in this country in my lifetime.  Think about that fact for a minute & then focus on the fact it might be my 7 year old sons only chance to go to an Olympiad.  We are talking about a once in a lifetime occurence here & in an age where 'bucket lists' are all the rage, surely this should be on everyones bucket list.

I have tickets for myself, my wife & my son.  people have told me I am lucky but I didn't get them through luck.  I got them through persistence, early starts & lateral thinking.  Of course, you could call me lucky if I had got tickets to the 100m final but that was always going to be a lottery so we set our sights a little lower.  I think that olympics are defined by athletics so we targheted a morning session in the Olympic stadium when no finals or medals were being contested & womens basketball in the afternoon.  The strategy worked & I am now counting the days till we go.

As far as relevance to this area, two local athletes will be in contention for medals, jody Cundy in the Paralympic cycling is a hot favourite for gold & Louise Hazell is competing in the heptathlon.

Let's get behind the Olympics & show why we are GREAT Britain