The SchoOlympians were picked up from their school and taken to Popley Community Centre on the Chineham Park Coach that had been donated to them for the day.
The four schools; Winklebury Junior, Great Binfields Primary, Four Lanes Primary and Oakridge Junior, took part in an opening and closing ceremony with the main event focus on football, netball and rounders.
The community came together, with the local Tesco branch making a SchoOlympic torch, and with several Community Safety Patrol Officers on hand to help.
The Chineham Park Coach, which runs on chip fat fuel, and Chineham Park Coach driver, visited each school individually and transported the children to this fun sporting event. It returned at the end of the day to take them back to their schools in time for home time.
Robert Green, Team Leader of the Community Safety Patrol Officers, Hampshire County Council said: “We wanted to run an event that would bring the schools together. Being the Olympic year, we thought this would be a great opportunity for the four schools to take part in a school Olympic event.“
“As this was very much about the community coming together, we asked Chineham Park if we could use their Coach and they very kindly agreed. The Coach driver did an amazing job on the day, getting all the children to and from Popley Community Centre safely and on time.”
Richard Hawkes, Estate Manager for MEPC Chineham Park said: “Robert and the rest of his team work very hard with the communities in north Basingstoke, specifically with local schools. Donating our eco friendly Coach for the day to transport the schools to and from the SchoOlympics was an easy decision to make. At Chineham Park we are always looking for ways of engaging with the local community and providing help where we can.”
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