Iconic belt is prized exhibit at Beacon’s sporting celebration
Published at 11:12, Thursday, 05 July 2012
A HISTORIC boxing belt is among the prized exhibits at Copeland’s own sporting centre of excellence.
The Beacon opened its major new exhibit, Fun & Games, this weekend, a highlight of which is an unused Lonsdale Belt on loan from the British Boxing Board of Control.
The Lonsdale Belt was first introduced into the sport of by the 5th Earl of Lonsdale, and was unveiled by the current and eighth Earl of Lonsdale, the Lord Hugh Lowther, at Friday’s opening ceremony.
In this Olympic year when the eyes of the world are falling on London, The Beacon has chosen to celebrate some sports and activities which are closer to home.
Seeing Fun & Games is the perfect opportunity to find out about a selection of thriving local sports and their history in West Cumbria.
Including rugby, hound trailing, boxing, Cumberland & Westmorland wrestling, fell-running, mountaineering and para-sports, the exhibition gives visitors the chance to learn about traditional local sports, and interactive elements allow people of all ages to have a go at sports and training exercises such as boxing, boccia, using climbing equipment and medicine ball training.
“We want to get as many visitors as possible interacting with the exhibition,” says Ben White, The Beacon’s curator.
“We hope to inspire visitors to become active by including games and interactive elements to the exhibition and to promote the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship.”
Visitors also have the opportunity to ‘Meet the Teams’ with different local teams going into the exhibition on various weekends throughout the duration of the exhibition.
“We are particularly pleased that so many local sports clubs and organisations have come forward to work with us on this and we hope that this will allow us to develop more community partnerships in the future,” added Ben.
And with the inclusion of a medal chart, visitors will also be able to keep track of Team GBs progress at the Olympics.
The exhibit runs until September 2 in The Harbour Gallery and is open Tuesday to Sunday and school and bank holiday Mondays, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry is free.
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