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BOX 4 KIDS AT WIGAN WARRIORS
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Barrie Wells, Box 4 Kids, Wells Sports Foundation
On Sunday 7th April 2013, Wakefield Wildcats travelled to the DW Stadium to battle it out with Wigan Warriors and three deserving children from the local area were able to witness the game in style!
Tagged with: Rugby League Cares, Super League, Wigan Warriors
BOX 4 KIDS AT WARRINGTON WOLVES
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Barrie Wells, Box 4 Kids, Wells Sports Foundation
On Monday 1st April 2013, four deserving young Wolves fans, nominated by Warrington General Hospital, were invited to be Box 4 Kids VIP guests at the clash between Warrington Wolves and London Broncos.
Tagged with: Rugby League Cares, Super League , Warrington Wolves
BARRIE REFLECTS ON LONDON 2012
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Barrie Wells, Wells Sports Foundation
A few days before the opening of London 2012, it occurred to me that since I began my project involving Olympic hopefuls 4 years ago, I hadn't actually sat down to reflect on my journey... I'd just been way too busy!
Tagged with: London 2012, Olympics
BETH TWEDDLE: THANK YOU ALL
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Tagged with: Barrie Wells, Beth Tweddle, British Gymnastics
OUR ATHLETES SUCCESS IN LONDON
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
After 16 days of Olympic euphoria, the London Olympics have sadly come to an end.
For the Wells Sports Foundation’s team of athletes, it has been an awesome couple of weeks, with our Patron and face of the Games, Jess Ennis, achieving her long term dream of Gold. To deliver under the conditions of such public expectation shows true greatness.
Tagged with: 2012 London Olympics, Jessica Ennis
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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Barrie Wells, Wells Sports Foundation
Tonight the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics kicks off 3 weeks of undeniable history in the making.
Since I began my journey funding Olympic hopefuls 4 years ago, I don't think I have actually sat down to think about this day arriving... I've just been way too busy!
But my journey is now about to climax and after
21 athletes supported and
11 selected, the time has come to witness my team of athletes fight it out for places on the podium.
I believe that 3 definitely should win medals and there are another 6 that definitely could. But having got to know them all personally and been closely involved in their progress, to watch each one of them step out onto the Olympic track in front of millions of home supporters will be an amazing experience in itself.
Let the Games begin!
The Foundation will not be updating its website over the coming period but Barrie and the team will be Tweeting updates throughout with our athletes progress via @WellsSports.
To find out more about how Barrie has supported our team of hopefuls visit our Athletes Barrie has Supported page.
Tagged with: London Olympics 2012
FINAL WELLS SPORTS FOUNDATION OLYMPIC LINE UP
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
After 4 years of Barrie personally sponsoring 20 athletes across 4 sports in order to boost their chances of 2012 potential, we are pleased to announce who out of the group have qualified for London 2012.
At the beginning of this project Barrie was convinced that helping to get an athlete a place on the Olympic podium in 2012 would be down to dozens of marginal contributions coming together and working successfully to make a real and lasting difference.
Tagged with: London 2012 Selection
THUNDER KAT COMMANDS PLACE IN LONDON
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Competing at the World Combined Events Challenge in Kladno, Czech Republic, this weekend, Katarina exceeded her own recently set British junior record by a massive 241 points to book her place in London with a comfortable win of 6,248 points.
Tagged with: Barrie Wells, Heptathlon, Katarina Johnson Thompson
100 DAYS TO GO COVERAGE
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Barrie Wells, Other Related News, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Check out our recent coverage that went out on ITV News at Ten to mark 100 days to go until the London Olympics.
Tagged with: 100 days to go, Dai Greene, Freyja Prentice, Holly Bleasdale
GRANADA NEWS FILMS BARRIE & HOLLY
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Athletes 4 Schools, Barrie Wells, Wells Sports Foundation
Granada recently filmed Barrie and Holly talking about the support Holly receives from Barrie and how this helps her progress towards London 2012.
Tagged with: Granada Reports, Holly Bleasdale
Meet the Man Behind Wells Sports Foundation
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Barrie Wells, Box 4 Kids, Other Related News, Wells Sports Foundation
Meet our Chairman, Barrie Wells, whose entrepreneurial spirit combined with his huge passion for sport has led him into a philanthropic adventure which aims to contribute to London 2012’s legacy for sport.
Tagged with: Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool Football Club
The Man Funding Britain’s Brightest Hopes
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Barrie Wells, Wells Sports Foundation
Recent story by The Guardian covering Barrie's unique funding of London Olympic hopefuls.
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Holly Bleasddale Raises The Bar For Olympic Glory
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Our athlete, Holly Bleasdale, is continuing to show her rising potential by breaking her own British record for the 5th time, sailing over a height of 4.87m. This has catapulted her to second place in the all time world indoor rankings and she did it from an impressive 16 stride run up, as opposed to a usual 18 strides.
Tagged with: British Record, Holly Bleasdale, Julien Rafallii
Beth Tweddle visits Barrie’s old School
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Barrie Wells, Other Related News, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Despite Beth not officially being a part of the Wells Sports Foundation team, she supports our activities and, as a one off special occasion, Barrie arranged for Beth to make a special appearance at his old school, Merchant Taylors' Schools in Crosby, Merseyside, to deliver a gymnastics master class to its students.
Tagged with: Beth Tweddle, Merchant Taylors'
Barrie heads to South Africa to check out Warm Weather Camp
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Barrie Wells, Other Related News, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Our Chairman,
Barrie Wells, has just set off to South Africa to meet up with our athletes,
Dai Greene and
Jenny Meadows, who are currently training out there at the UK Athletics Warm Weather Camp in Stellenbosch.
Tagged with: Dai Greene, Jenny Meadows, Stellenbosch