Tag Archives: Olympics

Oxygen offers breath of fresh air with summer activity clubs

Posted on July 25, 2024 by insidecroydon

Oxygen, the kids’ trampoline park at Croydon’s Colonnades, off the Purley Way, is getting into the sporty spirit with a programme of special activities for the school holidays. Oxygen Croydon features interconnected trampolines, soft play for toddlers, a dodgeball arena … Continue reading →

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Racing against the great Spitz at a Games scarred by violence

Posted on July 21, 2024 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Chariots of Fire is on the telly, the Paris Games are just five days away, and DAVID MORGAN speaks to the South Croydon-based swim coach about how he raced against one of the greatest Olympians of all time … Continue reading →

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The battle to save ticket offices – and Croydon’s private army

Posted on July 20, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our latest podcast includes among our guests former Olympic sprinter Donna Fraser. It’s the first time on our podcast we have had the pleasure of the company of someone who holds the Freedom of the Borough, as Donna does.

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Jowell criticises Boris plan to ‘rip up iconic athletics track’

Posted on November 17, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tessa Jowell, the former Olympics Minister, has joined the campaign to keep viable athletics and sports facilities at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in a submission to the Greater London Authority’s consultation which is highly critical of the way … Continue reading →

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Boris’s plans for Crystal Palace are branded as ‘disastrous’

Posted on October 13, 2014 by insidecroydon

London Mayor Boris Johnson wants to bulldoze 120 years’ worth of south London’s proud sporting heritage, with proposals to demolish Crystal Palace Stadium which have been dismissed by senior sports figures as “a disgrace” and “disastrous”. It is surely more … Continue reading →

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“Misleading and clearly not the case”: Musker speaks out

Posted on July 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

To have one senior police officer issue a statement refuting a front-page story in a local newspaper must be embarrassing for the paper. But to have two such statements issued within a matter of days ought to be cause for … Continue reading →

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Beddington boxer Edwards’ Olympic dream is at an end

Posted on April 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

Disappointment, with 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics, for one local hopeful, Beddington boxer Charlie Edwards. The 19-year-old, a European bronze medal-winner at light-flyweight last year, needed to reach the semi-finals of this week’s … Continue reading →

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