Tag Archives: Joe Choong

Mayor Khan agrees to repair Crystal Palace swimming pools

Posted on November 14, 2021 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace’s swimming and diving pools are set to get a multi-million facelift and repair package to enable them to re-open, after the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, agreed to get the works done, a decision which City Hall today … Continue reading →

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Crystal Palace at risk as London squanders its Olympic legacy

Posted on August 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

Britain’s Olympic heroes and heroines had barely stepped off their homecoming flights from Tokyo than coaches and administrators were warning that the promised “sporting legacy” of greater participation and increased achievement and excellence is being squandered through neglect and lack … Continue reading →

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Choong’s Olympic gold burnished on playing fields of Croydon

Posted on August 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

Whitgift School can now add Olympic gold to the long list of sporting achievements of its former pupils, after Joe Choong won the men’s modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Games yesterday. Whitgift has long been a nurturing ground for outstanding … Continue reading →

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