Lynn 'The Leap' Davies Opens Olympic Fortnight

We were thrilled to welcome the illustrious sports journalist Mr. Peter Jackson and Wales' only track and field Olympic gold medallist, Mr. Lynn Davies, to our school on Monday 18th June.

Mr. Davies spoke inspirationally to the children about his wonderful achievements and showed off his stunning gold medal and London 2012 torch. Between them, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Davies regaled the enthralled assembly with training advice and anecdotes from Mr. Davies' career, including the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games where he won gold at the age of 21 with a long jump distance of 8.07m. We measured and marked out the distance in the hall and seeing it is believing it. The distance is astonishing!
Diolch yn fawr Mr. Jackson and Mr. Davies. You opened our Olympic Fortnight fantastically.