The Olympics 2012
The London 2012 Games are coming to
Broxbourne! The Lee Valley White Water Centre is currently being
constructed near Waltham Cross in the heart of Lee Valley Regional Park.
The Centre will host the Canoe Slalom events during the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic games.
Lee Valley White Water Centre is the
only brand new Olympic Venue open to the public ahead of the 2012
games. It will be a major centre for
white water rafting as well as canoeing and kayaking both before
and after the Games.
The centre will be owned, managed and
funded by the Lee Valley Regional Park and will be a
world-class venue for elite athletes as well as offering
opportunities for beginners and intermediate canoeists.
To find out more about the centre visit
the GO whitewater site for the
latest on the adrenaline packed Lee Valley White Water Centre.
The London 2012 games will bring many
opportunities for volunteers, employment and leisure. To find out
more go to the official London 2012 site.
The Borough Council hopes that the
Centre will be a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding
area as part of its wide-ranging proposals for a ‘Waltham
Cross renaissance.’
Cultural Olympiad
The London 2012 Games are about both sport and culture. The
Olympics, via the Cultural Olympiad will celebrate culture,
communities and sport throughout the UK. The Cultural Olympiad is a
key opportunity to make the 2012 Games ‘everybody’s games’,
extending the reach, benefits and the legacy of the Olympics and
Paralympics beyond London and beyond sport.
To celebrate the Olympics, the weekend of 23-25 July 2010 has
been designated as the London 2012 Open Weekend where there will be
UK-wide sports, arts and cultural activities to celebrate the 2012
Games. Broxbourne Council are running three events as part of the
Open Weekend:
1) The
Urbathalon is an Urban Sports event for young people to be held
at Pound Close, Hoddesdon on Saturday 24 July from 12noon to 7pm.
Activities will include climbing walls, skateboarding, BMX-bikes,
dodgeball, archery, basketball and football
2) 'Two Years and Counting' is a celebration
of sport and culture in Waltham Cross Town Centre on Saturday 24
July from 10:30am to 3pm. Starting with the unveiling of the
refurbished Eleanor Cross memorial, a programme has been developed
with Herts County Council and includes music from across the globe,
performances from local dance groups, interviews with past and
future Olympians, displays from local sports groups, films inspired
by the Olympics and performances from talented Hertfordshire
musicians. There will also be opportunities to participate in sport
and cultural activities
3) Cedars Park Archeological Dig – This
weekend long dig at the historic Cedars Park is part of Discovering
Places, a new Cultural Olympiad initiative designed to discover,
explore, be inspired by and benefit from the UK's historic and
contemporary buildings, public spaces and natural places in and
around the cities, towns and villages where they live and work.