Civic receptions for East Lancashire's Olympic heroes

10:00am Saturday 25th August 2012 in News

Cycling gold medalist Steven Burke Cycling gold medalist Steven Burke

OLYMPIC heroes Samantha Murray and Jon Schofield will be guests of honour at a civic reception in Clitheroe today.

The pair, who won silver and bronze respectively in the modern pentathlon and kayacking, will then lead the town’s historic torchlight procession in the evening, starting at 7.45pm.

Steven Burke, who won gold in the cycling team pursuit, will also be officially welcomed back to Colne today for a lap of honour around the town centre in an open-top car.

His procession begins at Colne railway station at 2pm and ends with an official welcome on stage outside the town hall at 2.45pm.

People are being encouraged to get involved and cheer on all the Olympians.

Preparations are also well under way for a special civic reception for Blackburn Harriers three Olympic final heroines as the borough works on the latest stages to its own sporting festival.

Representatives from the town and Lancashire’s athletics club have been invited to a ceremony at Blackburn Town Hall the celebrate the success of Samantha and her collegues Sophie Hitchon and Holly Bleasdale.

Only the date now needs to be fixed.

Sophie qualified for the hammer final, setting a new British Record to get there and Holly qualified for the pole vault final finishing in the top six.

Blackburn with Darwen’s Mayor Zamir Khan, council leader Kate Hollern and the chief executive, Harry Catherall will attend the ceremony to take place next month at Blackburn Town Hall.

In keeping with the Olympic spirit, the club will bring its young potential Olympic stars of the future.

Coun Hollern, said: “We are so proud of the Blackburn Harriers and their Olympic athletes and we are looking forward to welcoming them like the champions they are.”

Comments(13)

Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
11:59am Sat 25 Aug 12

Let's hope the rain does not spoil it.

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19036302 says...
2:08pm Sat 25 Aug 12

Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.

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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
2:29pm Sat 25 Aug 12

19036302 wrote:
Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown

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RUinsane says...
5:54pm Sat 25 Aug 12

I loved the olympics they were great. The people who even take part in sport in this country is probably less than 5% of the population. Only about 0.5% of that 5% make the grade, so that makes their personal sacrifice and achievements that much more astounding. They are worthy of the tag Olympic heroes because that is what they are because not only did they become good enough to be an olympic competitor, they actually beat the rest of the worlds best and brought home the bacon. HEROES :0)

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accy lad and proud says...
6:18pm Sat 25 Aug 12

Michael@ClitheroeSin
ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!

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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
6:59pm Sat 25 Aug 12

accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin

ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
Are you coming over for the Torchlight tonight Accy lad?

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accy lad and proud says...
7:35pm Sat 25 Aug 12

Michael@ClitheroeSin
ce58 wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
Are you coming over for the Torchlight tonight Accy lad?
HEA HAAAA is That an invite Micky ? A Royal pass to the Drivel Valley it do'nt get better than this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
11:04pm Sat 25 Aug 12

accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin

ce58 wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
Are you coming over for the Torchlight tonight Accy lad?
HEA HAAAA is That an invite Micky ? A Royal pass to the Drivel Valley it do'nt get better than this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clitheroe did us all proud tonight Accy Lad I'm proud to be from Clitheroe really good night thousands turned up brill night :)

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accy lad and proud says...
1:22am Sun 26 Aug 12

Michael@ClitheroeSin
ce58 wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
Are you coming over for the Torchlight tonight Accy lad?
HEA HAAAA is That an invite Micky ? A Royal pass to the Drivel Valley it do'nt get better than this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clitheroe did us all proud tonight Accy Lad I'm proud to be from Clitheroe really good night thousands turned up brill night :)
Good for you Micky, glad it wall worked out, keep up the good work !!!!!!!!!!!

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BritainfortheBritish says...
8:58am Mon 27 Aug 12

accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin

ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
I think what accy lad meant was .They are not heroes . Whether Olympic or not .

And he is quite correct. The term heroes in widely overused in Britain at the moment .
It is also used to much for the troops in Afghanistan .

A hero is someone that does something truly heroic " saves a life , takes out a few taliban etc etc " Not someone that rides a bike , does a bit of running etc etc .
Lets get things back into perspective eh !

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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
6:43pm Mon 27 Aug 12

BritainfortheBritish wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin


ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
I think what accy lad meant was .They are not heroes . Whether Olympic or not .

And he is quite correct. The term heroes in widely overused in Britain at the moment .
It is also used to much for the troops in Afghanistan .

A hero is someone that does something truly heroic " saves a life , takes out a few taliban etc etc " Not someone that rides a bike , does a bit of running etc etc .
Lets get things back into perspective eh !
hero
n noun (plural heroes)
1 a person, typically a man, who is admired for their courage or outstanding achievements. Ø(in mythology and folklore) a person of superhuman qualities, in particular one of those whose exploits were the subject of ancient Greek legends.
2 the chief male character in a book, play, or film.
3 (also hero sandwich) North American another term for hoagie.

DERIVATIVES
heroism noun
heroize or heroise verb

ORIGIN
Middle English: via Latin from Greek heros.

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Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
6:47pm Mon 27 Aug 12

Michael@ClitheroeSin
ce58 wrote:
BritainfortheBritish wrote:
accy lad and proud wrote:
Michael@ClitheroeSin



ce58 wrote:
19036302 wrote: Please stop calling them heroes. The "Heroes" are fighting in Afghanistan.
It says Olympic Heroes you clown
WOOOOH Chill out Micky, take a tablet its only a post !!! Your a true Cl1t-Heroe !!!!
I think what accy lad meant was .They are not heroes . Whether Olympic or not .

And he is quite correct. The term heroes in widely overused in Britain at the moment .
It is also used to much for the troops in Afghanistan .

A hero is someone that does something truly heroic " saves a life , takes out a few taliban etc etc " Not someone that rides a bike , does a bit of running etc etc .
Lets get things back into perspective eh !
hero
n noun (plural heroes)
1 a person, typically a man, who is admired for their courage or outstanding achievements. Ø(in mythology and folklore) a person of superhuman qualities, in particular one of those whose exploits were the subject of ancient Greek legends.
2 the chief male character in a book, play, or film.
3 (also hero sandwich) North American another term for hoagie.

DERIVATIVES
heroism noun
heroize or heroise verb

ORIGIN
Middle English: via Latin from Greek heros.
Outstanding achievements fits just nicely, so up yours, Heroes it is. You will also be pleased to know you have won this weeks Richard Head Award with a gold star

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BritainfortheBritish says...
6:43pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Yet again you show yourself up " not hard for you to do i know " by thinking a bike rider is a hero .
Admired for courage . Not applicable here.
Outstanding achievement . Not applicable here.
A chief male character in a book or film .Not applicable here.
Maybe a sandwich is about right and you are one short of a picnic.
You make it oh so easy lol .

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