Torch Relay
CARMARTHENSHIRE’S SCHOOL schools ‘Olympic Torch’ has been passed from QE High School to Ysgol Bro Myrddin on the banks of the River Towy.
The Torch is en route from Emlyn School in Newcastle Emlyn to Ysgol Pantycelyn in Llandovery in a relay organised by Carmarthenshire Sports Development Team to inspire the county’s young people as a prelude to the official London 2012 Torch Relay.
The Torch will spend time in each of Carmarthenshire’s 19 secondary schools and colleges. All stages of the journey will be completed on foot with a number of runners taking part including Sport Development Officers, Gold Young Ambassadors, local sports club volunteers, elite sportspeople and school pupils.
The Carmarthenshire Torch was carried upriver from QE High School to Carmarthen Quayside when it was handed over to Ysgol Bro Myrddin who will in turn pass it on to Ysgol Glan-y-Môr School in Burry Port.
The project has been inspired by the forthcoming visit of the official Olympic Torch which comes to Carmarthenshire on Sunday May 27 on its way from Swansea to Aberystwyth, passing through Llanelli, Kidwelly and Carmarthen.
Caption 2: Carmarthenshire Schools ‘Olympic Torch’ Relay. QE High School Gold Young Ambassador Hope Russell hands the Torch to Bro Myrddin School Gold Young Ambassador Bethan Phillips.
Pictured from left, front row: QE High head of PE Christopher Thomas, Hope Russell, Carmarthenshire County Council Chief Executive Mark James, Bethan Phillips and Carmarthenshire Active Young People Co-ordinator Carl Daniels; middle row: Carmarthenshire Sports Development Unit Manager Allison Rees, former Bro Myrddin pupil and Wales Ladies Rugby squad member Vicky Owens, and Bro Myrddin head of PE Hefin Elias; back row: Carmarthenshire head of leisure and sport Ian Jones, QE High headteacher Peter Spencer and Bro Myrddin headteacher Dorian Williams.
Pic Jeff Connell
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