Sport hits the big screen
As the build up to London 2012 gathers racing pace,
sporting people and clubs in South West Wales will be hitting the
big screen.
With major sports events being broadcast regularly to the
watching public on Swansea's Castle Square BBC Big Screen, it is
now the turn of local sport lovers to become the next screen
stars.
A number of short films and clips produced by Sport Wales
have been programmed to show on Swansea's BBC Big
Screen.
They include interviews with visually impaired sprinter
James Ledger from Swansea and sensei Suzy Evans who runs the
thriving Peniel and Llandybie Higashi Karate Club.
There are also features on a new athletics' club in
Llanelli, basketball for secondary school pupils in Swansea and
footage from a disability athletics festival in
Llanelli.
"Whenever we attend sporting events in the area we take
our camcorder along and record stuff for our website and social
media," said Paul Batcup, public relations officer for Sport
Wales.
"Especially at the grassroots we always find that clubs
love to shout about their work and the success and hard work all
their members are putting in.
"The BBC Big Screen is another fantastic opportunity to
champion local sport and showcase all the work that goes
on."
Swansea is one of several cities across the UK to have
been picked as a giant screen location to celebrate the build-up to
the London Olympics in 2012.
The BBC, Swansea Council and the Swansea BID (Business
Improvement District) are all partners in the project. Funding has
come from the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery
Distributor (OLD) and London 2012 partners Lloyds TSB and
BT.
The Sport Wales footage will also be shown on Cardiff's
BBC Big Screen. There are currently two screens in
Wales.
For more information on the big screens in Wales contact
Stephen Morgan, BBC Cymru Wales Screen Manager on stephen.morgan@bbc.co.uk
or 02920 322026.
To see the stories and footage supplied by Sport Wales that is
being featured on the big screens visit www.sportwales.org.uk.