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RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Isobel
Bowler, seconded by Councillor Tim Rippon, that this Council:-
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(a) welcomes the
successful staging of the London 2012 Olympic Games and notes that
the Paralympic Games are currently
underway;
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(b) celebrates the
success of our Yorkshire athletes, and
takes particular pride in the success of Sheffield’s Jessica
Ennis for winning gold in the Heptathlon, noting that if Yorkshire
were a country it would have finished 12th overall in the Olympic
rankings;
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(c) welcomes that
the Games have attracted over 20 million pounds of external funding
in to Sheffield's economy, and over 50,000 additional visitors to
Sheffield;
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(d) is proud that 250
athletes and officials involved in eight sports from 10 countries
have made full use of four of Sheffield’s facilities for pre
games training and overall, Sheffield has held over 70
international events and training camps connected to the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games;
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(e) notes that 51 of 'Team GB' will have trained in
Sheffield and the City is home to five British teams, namely GB
Volleyball, GB Boxing, GB Diving, GB Table Tennis and GB Para Table
Tennis.
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(f) is proud
that Sheffield will be named as one of only three National Centres
for Sport and Exercise Medicine as part of the Olympic legacy bid
commitments made by the UK;
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(g) thanks local people
for supporting events associated with the Games held in Sheffield,
including the Torch Relay, Sheftival,
Paralympic flame events and Jessica
Ennis’ homecoming celebration; and
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(h) would like to
thank the City Centre Management and Events Teams, Activity
Sheffield, Sheffield International Venues and Streetforce for their contribution to the success
of these and other events held in the City over the summer,
including Tramlines and the Sheffield Grand Prix cycling event.
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