Opportunity knocks for athletes at the Wenlock Olympic Games on 2nd July 2023.
Opportunity knocks for athletes at the Wenlock Olympic Games on 2nd July 2023... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com Make a diary date to become a small part of athletics history, as the Wenlock Olympian Society are promoting the 137th Wenlock Olympian Games on July 2nd this year. Events include Track & Field activities with special commemorative pentathlon medals, and a 7-mile Road Race, amongst many other varied sporting, and arts related activities. Preserving the ideals of Dr William Penny Brookes – the inspiration for the modern Olympic Movement: The Wenlock Olympian Society is a significant contributor to the development of the modern International Olympic Movement. It was founded by William Penny Brookes in 1850 as ‘Wenlock Olympian Class,’ to provide “annual competitions in sports and the arts for people of every grade” – and so Wenlock Olympian Games was born. It continues today, and is still held in Shropshire, centred around the town of Much Wenl