Olympic volunteers 'to help at royal wedding'
Matthew Beard, Sports News Correspondent23 Feb 2011
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www.londonmintoffice.org/Prince Olympic volunteers could be drafted into action early to act as tourist guides during the royal wedding.Mayor Boris Johnson plans to ask Londoners who have signed up for 2012 duties to help out on April 29. About one million visitors are expected in the capital for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
A City Hall source said: "It is something we are looking into if time allows. It would be the best possible induction for the Olympics as the basic task of meeting, greeting and offering friendly advice will be the same."
Almost 34,000 people - against a target of 25,000 - have applied to become one of the 8,000 "London Ambassadors".
Among those hoping to be chosen are retired taxi driver Gerry Sheridan, 77, and his wife Jean, from Ilford. Mr Sheridan was 15 when he attended the last London Olympics in 1948 and saw two running legends, Dutch quadruple gold medallist Fanny Blankers-Koen and Czech Emil Zatopek, at Wembley. He said: "I got a free ticket and went with a few of my mates. We each took a bottle of pop and it rained all day but we had a wonderful time. The 1948 Games were so special because it gave a lift to the nation three years after the war.
"I'm hoping 2012 and the royal wedding will be similarly uplifting after difficult times we are coming through."
Mr Sheridan will attend a Redbridge council workshop this week. For those who have registered, Monday is the deadline for completing an application at
www.londonambassadors.or g.uk. Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed between April and July.
A further 70,000 people will volunteer their skills in a scheme run by the London Organising Committee of 2012.
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