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Saudi Arabian Powerlifter’s visit Stoke Mandeville StadiumRelease date: 17 June 2009
Saudi Paralympic Power lifting team Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the national centre for wheelchair sport, has welcomed the South East's first London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games pre-games training camp by prospective Paralympic athletes. Seven members of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Disabled Sports Federation Powerlifting Team spent ten days at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium earlier this month. Whilst at the Stadium they took part in the British Powerlifting Championships and received an intensive coaching and coach education programme under the guidance of Jon Amos, the former Head Coach/Team Manager of GB Paralympic Powerlifting Squad. It is hoped that the training camps will form part of a longer term relationship between the two nations as we lead up to the London 2012. Paddy Herlihy, SEEDA South East Manager for the London 2012 said: “SEEDA and its regional partners are working hard to attract as many Olympic and Paralympic teams as possible from other countries to train in the South East region between now and the London 2012. Indeed, we hope that teams will train at our excellent facilities for many years after London 2012 as well. "It is great news that the first of these camps has now taken place, with the Saudi Paralympic Powerlifting team training at Stoke Mandeville this week. We hope they will come back again before London 2012, and we will be working to encourage as many of their Saudi team-mates from other sports as possible to join them next time they come!" Ian Seabrook , the Business Development Manager from Stoke Mandeville Stadium added: “It is an honour to welcome the Saudi Arabian athletes to Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Over the last 12 months we have been working with our partners; Bucks 2012 Group and the South East England Development Agency to promote our region to international athletes. We hope this is the first of what we hope will be many teams visiting our facilities to train and prepare ahead of London 2012.”
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