Unique Client Solutions Congratulates the Olympic Torchbearers

The street-by-street route that the Olympic torch will take has been announced as well as confirmation of the torchbearers. Unique Client Solutions looks into some of those who have been selected.

Unique Client Solutions understands that the torch will arrive in the UK on the 18^th of May and will start on its long journey from Lands End the next morning. The 8,000 mile journey will be undertaken by 8,000 torchbearers who have been nominated through various progammes run by Locog, Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, the latter three are major sponsors of the London 2012 Games.

A spokesperson for the customer acquisitions company said, “All of the torchbearers should be incredibly proud to have been nominated and selected for this honour. At Unique Client Solutions we think that it is a great way to recognise the personal achievements or community spirit which got them nominated in the first place. It is a fantastic reward for their fantastic effort. It is in the perfect spirit of the Olympic Games.”

The torch will visit every region in the UK and stop off at landmarks such as Stonehenge and the Giant’s Causeway.

There will be 7,300 nominated torchbearers and the remaining 700 will be athletes and celebrities. Each of them will carry the torch for approximately 300 meters meaning that on average there will be 110 people carrying the flame each day. Sheffield-based Unique Client Solutions have learnt that the Olympic Chief, Sebastian Coe, will be carrying the torch through the Steel City as it was his home town. He said of the honour, “For me Sheffield was where all my athletics really happened so that would be the obvious place to be involved.”

Another of the torchbearers will be Steven Tomlinson the 14 year-old son of Jane Tomlinson who raised £1.85m for charity before succumbing to breast cancer in 2007. He will carry the torch through Leeds on behalf of his mother in recognition of all her hard work.  The oldest torchbearer will be Diana Gould who will be 100 just before the start of the Olympics. Unique Client Solutions were delighted to hear that she still runs exercise classes in her retirement flats.

The representative for Unique Client Solutions finished, “Carrying the Olympic flame is such an integral part of the Olympics, we’re so excited to see it come through Sheffield and we’ll definitely all be leaving the office on the day to watch it go by.”

Unique Client Solutions would like to congratulate all of the individuals both nominated and selected to be Olympic torchbearers for the London 2012 games.

Unique Client Solutions Enjoyed Derby Between Steel City Football Clubs

Sheffield based Unique Client Solutions watched the 127^th Steel City Derby this weekend and described the atmosphere as ‘carnival-like’.

The Steel City Derby (or Sheffield Derby) is a local derby that takes place between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday; the two professional football league teams based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It is widely considered to be one of the most passionate and hotly contested derby matches in the country. Unique Client Solutions are split pretty much down the middle when it comes to team supporters and Monday morning was going to be glorious in the office for the winning team!

After weeks of anticipation and nerves, the competition came to a head this weekend when Sheffield Wednesday shocked Unique Client Solutions as they beat Sheffield United 1-0 in a fierce match which started at 1pm. The tickets for the big game sold out quicker than some fans anticipated, although former Owls manager Jack Charlton managed to get a ticket and was among the faces in the crowd that watched the blues’ victory.

Unfortunately trouble was inevitable but handful of arrests did little to affect the atmosphere on Sunday. 350 police officers took to the streets of Hillsborough and Sheffield City Centre to keep the crowds in order in the biggest operation for South Yorkshire police this year. Only 9 arrests were made yesterday before 5.30pm for minor assault and public order. “Unique Client Solutions enjoy the thriving atmosphere football matches bring to the Steel City, but it is a shame that there has to be trouble on the day. As much as there is rivalry between fans of the two teams, the game brings both sets of supporters together to enjoy the sport,” said an associate at Unique Client Solutions.

Sheffield United have led the series of league encounters since 1951 which meant Blade fans were disappointed on Sunday, they said their team played well in the first half, but failed to impress in the second. Fortunately for both teams the opportunity to compete comes round every year! Congratulations to Sheffield Wednesday from everyone at Unique Client Solutions…well nearly everyone!