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Former Petroc student will carry Olympic torch

Charlotte Broadhead will be a torchbearer for London 2012

A former Petroc student has been chosen as one of only 8000 inspirational people to carry the torch for London 2012 as it journeys across the UK.

Charlotte Broadhead, who studied sport at the College between 2008 and 2010, has won numerous awards for her extensive sports-related volunteer work, including Young Volunteer of the Year at the Active Devon Sports Awards and a Youth Sport Trust ‘Step into Sport’ Double Gold Award.

During her time at Petroc, Charlotte completed over 600 hours of volunteer work as part of the DO! Activity Programme, including helping at Bideford Bouncers Trampolining Club and Titans Netball Club.

In October 2010 Charlotte flew to India as an Ambassador for British Colleges Sport to set up sports coaching sessions for Indian school pupils and inspire them to become involved in sport.

It was Active Devon that put Charlotte’s name forward to The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) in May 2011as a potential torchbearer, after hearing of her work in the run up to their awards ceremony.

LOCOG had tens of thousands of nominations, with an average of 11 nominations for every torchbearer place, and Charlotte says she feels “very proud to have been chosen and representing the South West.”

On the day, the date of which currently hasn’t been confirmed, Charlotte says she will make the most of her mile with the torch. She said: “I’ll be ‘slow walking’ to soak up the atmosphere.

“I’m not really nervous about the day itself. I just don’t want to drop it as I hand it to the next person!”

Charlotte will be volunteering at the Olympics in July and said she is grateful that she is at the right age to get involved. She said: “It’s come at a good time in my life. Being a part of the Olympics has been a big goal over the past few years, and now I am hopefully going to achieve it. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

After the Olympics, Charlotte plans to do more volunteer work. She particularly enjoyed her time in India, inspiring youngsters to get involved in sport, and hopes to do similar things in other developing countries.

Charlotte’s mantra for life is: “If you continually give, you continually have.” She shows no sign of stopping the ‘giving’ part, so this is unlikely to be the last great thing Charlotte will experience as a result of her volunteer work in the sporting community.