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SHN Conference 2012
19 Apr 2012 to 19 Apr 2012
Sports Heritage Network
Inaugural Conference:
Moving the Goalposts: Sport in Transition,
2012
Date: Tuesday 31st
January Release time: Immediate
- Guest speakers from academic, sporting and business backgrounds
come together to deliver flagship sports heritage conference
- Lord's Cricket Ground, Thursday 19th April
2012, 10.00 - 20.00
- Tickets: adults £90, concessions* £70
Lord's Cricket Ground is hosting the first Sports Heritage
Network (SHN) conference: "Moving the Goalposts: Sport in
Transition, 2012" on Thursday 19th April
2012.
The all-day conference will examine contemporary and historical
issues in sport and represents a fantastic event for fans, students
and people who work in sport, in the build up to the London 2012
Summer Olympic Games.
The event will be hosted by sports journalist and presenter John
Inverdale, with a keynote speech by triple jump world record holder
and former Olympic champion, Jonathan Edwards.
An abundance of guest speakers will present throughout the day,
including former GB Athletics team captain Sir Menzies Campbell
(MP); Olympians Guin Batten and Liz McColgan; esteemed cricket
journalist and past President of MCC, Christopher Martin-Jenkins;
and acclaimed historian David Kynaston.
www.lords.org/shn
For More information contact: Clare Skinner
Filming & Photography Manager
Lord's Cricket Ground
Direct Line: 020 7616 8522
Mobile: 07960 869826
Email: clare.skinner@mcc.org.uk