Olympics Hopefuls

INTERVIEWEES

Anyika Onoura is a Liverpool-born athlete who competes in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. She talks about her work towards gaining a place representing Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics. She is the sister of former footballer Iffy Onuora.

Marilyn Okoro is a British 800m runner who represented Team GB at the Beijing Olympics. She talks about her aim to secure a place in the 2012 squad. She is also the singer in jazz band The Felonius Monks.

Mrs Patricia Liddell Russell (born 1935) is the eldest daughter of famous Scottish Olympian and Missionary Eric Liddell who was immortalised in the 1981 Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire.
In 1934 Eric had completed his studies to be a minister of Religion and on returning to China he married Florence Mackenzie of Canadian missionary parentage in Tianjin. The couple had three daughters, Patricia, Heather and Maureen, the last of whom he would not live to see as in 1941 life in China became so dangerous that Eric sent his wife and children to the safety of Canada.
She and her husband, Mervyn, a minister in the United Church of Canada, have served in the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and now reside in Canada. She recently made a trip to the UK to launch scholarships in her father’s name at Edinburgh University and to open the Sports Day at Eltham College – her father was educated at both institutions.

Nigel Havers is an actor best known for his role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire. He has appeared in a number of other television and film projects including Downton Abbey, Don’t Wait Up and The Charmer. He took part in the 2010 series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. He is currently portraying the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street.

Anne Wafula Strike is a British T54 track athlete who previously competed for Kenya at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and is hoping to represent Team GB at London 2012. She is also a motivational speaker, sporting ambassador and author. Her book In My Dreams I Dance tells the story of her journey from Kenya to London.

Amore: A chance meeting at a coffee shop between bosses at Warner Brothers and a tutor from the Royal College of Music has made a group of singer’s dreams come true. After a band member overheard a conversation about the need for a fresh classical group, Amore formed a four piece and released their debut album “Stand Together” in May 2012. The group is made up of four friends, soprano Monica McGhee, baritone Peter Brathwaite, mezzo soprano Victoria Gray and tenor David Webb.