2012 Handover Day at Cheshunt Park
Sunday 24 August 2008
By Steve Whitlam
Broxbourne participated in the London 2012 Handover event by raising the London 2012 Olympic flag on Sunday 24 August at Cheshunt Park Golf Course, Park Lane, Cheshunt to celebrate the moment when London became the official Olympic Games host.
The London Olympic handover flag was raised in Cheshunt by the Mayor of the Borough of Broxbourne, Councillor Mrs Carol Crump-Eynon and Lloyd Upsdell winner of two gold medals at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics in the 100m and 200m and one bronze medal in the 200m in Athens 2004.
The handover event co-incided with a Let's GO Play event at Cheshunt Park for children and their families.
Raising the London 2012 flag
Jo Whitlam
The Mayor of Broxbourne (Cllr Crump-Eynon) and Paralympian Lloyd Upsdell
Jo Whitlam
The handover ceremony was a real community event
Jo Whitlam
The London 2012 flag
Jo Whitlam
Admiring Lloyd Upsdell's Gold medal
Jo Whitlam