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News in June 2012
Coventry & Warwickshire School GamesPosted 1st June 2012
Youngsters have been gearing up for one of the biggest ever school sport contests after receiving backing from London 2012 gold medal hopeful Jessica Ennis
Coventry plays host to national Women's Football exhibition - Moving the GoalpostsPosted 2nd June 2012
Coventry City Council and Coventry University have come together to celebrate Coventry’s participation in the London 2012 Olympics with the contemporary exhibition Moving the Goalposts
London 2012 in Coventry smart app proves to be a global hitPosted 4th June 2012
Coventry's London 2012 smart phone app has passed a significant milestone of over 20,012 downloads
Sport Makers workshop attracts a 100 Coventry volunteersPosted 5th June 2012
Almost 100 volunteers attended a workshop to see how they could get people out of the starting blocks and to pursue an interest in sport
50 days to go! Celebrate the last major milestone to the GamesPosted 7th June 2012
Coventry celebrates the last major milestone to London 2012 with 50 ways Coventry has engaged with the greatest show on earth
Sign up and walk your own London 2012 relay in CoventryPosted 12th June 2012
Residents of all ages are being given the chance to be part of a London 2012 inspired walk across Coventry and Warwickshire
Coventry's roads to London 2012 begin to bloomPosted 19th June 2012
Coventry gets colourful over the next few weeks when 530 barrier planters, packed with flowers and seven new scultped footballers are installed on roundabouts and along main roads across the city
Flagbearers and Player EscortsPosted 20th June 2012
Get Set students from Coventry are on the ball with flag bearing and player escort roles at London 2012
Coventry Stadium officially handed overPosted 20th June 2012
The final preparations are underway at the City of Coventry Stadium as the venue has been officially handed over to the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Reward for sporting heroes is just the ticketPosted 22nd June 2012
A selection of unsung sporting heroes has been rewarded for their efforts with the chance to attend two of the most spectacular events at London 2012
World Sport Day marks final countdown to London 2012 kick-offPosted 25th June 2012
With less than one month to go until the Olympic Games comes to Coventry, more than 100 of the city’s school children gathered to celebrate World Sport Day at the Live Site
City prepares for Olympic Torch Relay and our moment to shinePosted 26th June 2012
Communities across Coventry and Warwickshire are being encouraged to line the streets and welcome the Olympic Flame as it travels across the region on Sunday 1 July and Monday 2 July Haydn Bailey_100.JPG)
Olympic hero opens Transport Museum Summer ExhibitionPosted 26th June 2012
Olympic medal-winner Tommy Godwin was in Coventry to open Coventry Transport Museum’s Summer cycling exhibition, Pedals To Medals
Quilts to be gifted to London 2012 teams and athletesPosted 27th June 2012
A unique gift of friendship will be given to every country taking part in the London 2012 Games
City's famous ribbon gets an Olympic look and feelPosted 28th June 2012
Various streets and key routes in and out of the City have been given a make over with the official London 2012 look and feel ahead of Coventry welcoming the world this summer
Business support Coventry's moment to shinePosted 28th June 2012
Business in Coventry city centre will open early next Monday 2 July to welcome the Olympic Flame as part of the London 2012 Torch Relay
Festival of Sport provides a taste of Olympic and Paralympic inspirationPosted 29th June 2012
A project which gives Coventry schoolchildren a taste of Olympic and Paralympic sports has engaged more than 7,000 youngsters in just three years
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