Events Northern meet Olympian Roger Black at Discover 2011!

19/09/2011

Becki and Gill from Events Northern Ltd were invited to attend ‘Discover 2011’ – a familiarisation weekend to Telford and Shropshire taking place on the weekend of 16^th – 18^th September.  Organised by Telford and Shropshire Conferences and the Southwater Event Group the trip brought together over 150 event managers from across the UK to give them a taste of what the area has to offer.

We joined 500 other guests attending a black-tie gala dinner to launch the brand new, 1300sqm Ludlow Suite at The International Centre. 

The 400 metre and relay runner Roger Black gave an after dinner speech, which was particularly inspiring and heart-warming less than a year away from the London 2012 Olympics.  It was an honour to be able to speak to Roger afterwards and to hold his beautiful Olympic medal.

Unfortunately the picture quality isnt brilliant but we wanted to share the picture with you anyway!

To read our blog post about Discover 2011 please click here.