Volunteers from the
Spirit of Sydney Group commemorated the 7th Anniversary of the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games with a celebratory lunch at the Noble Dragon Restaurant in Sydney's Chinatown on Saturday 15th September.
The group was honoured to have present, Sandy Hollway, (former CEO of the Sydney Organising Committee - SOCOG), who shared with us his wonderful memories of
the best games ever. Sandy also spoke about the business opportunities Australian industry gains from showing the world how we handle large events.
Presentations were also made by Rosemary Mula who spoke about her experiences volunteering at the
Pan American Games in
Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. In the absence of Daniel Beniston, Rosemary also shared information about accommodation choices and pricing in
Beijing for the
2008 Olympic Games. Rosemary then spoke about
London 2012 and the opportunities she has from being associated with teams at the Pan-Am games.
Team poet, Vera Rothwell, came out of retirement to write an inspirational poem that brought back so many memories of the Opening Ceremony. Vera also mentioned that the pen-pal program she started with
Atlanta 1996 volunteers, could be restarted with volunteers in London.
Special thanks go out to Mavis Booth, our e-Mail Co-Ordinator and Social Secretary who once again has co-ordinated our lunch and meeting to perfection. Thanks also to our Treasurers and Administration Co-Ordinators, Ralph and Joan Stilgoe who again helped to make the day such a wonderful success.
Finally, to the excellent staff and owners of the
Noble Dragon Restaurant, a hearty well done! Your food, and great service continues to make us all happy, content and rolling out the door with big smiles on our faces. The Noble Dragon is in Chinatown, at the corner of
Dixon and Little Hay Street, Sydney.
From a personal perspective, I am still amazed and inspired by this wonderful groups of friends, once strangers, but brought together by the Olympic Games in 2000. Each of you, through your volunteer efforts continue to make us all proud, and keep our spirit alive. Let there be many more anniversaries of this great moment in Australian history.
(Peter Konnecke).The next meeting of our group will be held on Saturday 16th February 2008.
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