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Listed below are letters and correspondence received
by Rosa Crean.
Dear Rosa,
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to be
a member of the Great Britain squad for the World
Bowls Championships; for the Disabled, to be held
in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. 20-30 July. 1995.
As you will appreciate this invitation is subject
to certain provisos, namely:
1) That sufficient Countries take part in your
event.
2) That you maintain your standard of play and
stay in good health.
3) That sufficient funding is available.
Dress code at elite squad sessions will be white
shirt/blouse with collar (suitable to wear with
a tie) and grey trousers/skirt NOT track suit,
jeans or jogging pants.
Your bowls should be a complete set with matching
serial numbers and hold current bullet stamp issued
by either the International-Bowling Board or the
World Bowls Board, anything other than this is
not acceptable.
All squad members are asked to raise sponsorship
towards the funding of the G.B. Team for this
event, the overall cost per person will be approximately£550.
Two training weekends have already been arranged
for 1995 at Aylesbury Vale, with accommodation
at the Olympic Village, Stoke Mandeville and I
enclose the appropriate forms for you to use.
The first weekend is 27/28 May, when you will
meet your Team Manager,. Peter Court. All squad
members are expected to attend all training sessions.
For those of you who have not already had them,
I enclose a Sports Aid Found. grant application
form. Please complete this and return it to your
Coach as soon as possible.
All that now remains is for me to wish you every
success in 1995, with a view to the Paralympic
Games in Atlanta, 1996.
Yours faithfully
Dr. David Peacock,
Chairman, B.P.A. Lawn Bowls
Dear Rosa,
Congratulations on winning a medal at the recent
IPC World Bowls Championships and being selected
to represent Great Britain in Atlanta with the
aim of gaining a further medal at the Paralympics.
I anticipate there will be training weekends,
outdoors, prior to the team's departure next August,
but you will be informed when and where after
the BPA Bowls Committee have met.
My apologies for the delay in sending you this
letter but not all confirmed information was to
hand until recently.
Best Wishes and Good Bowling,
Peter
GB Team Manager
Dear Rosa,
The British Paralympic Association wishes to
congratulate you on your selection for the Great
Britain Paralympic Team in the sport of Bowls
that will compete in the Xth Summer Paralympic
Games in Atlanta, August 1996.
There are now less than 200 days before departure
for the USA and there will be an intensive level
of commitment and motivation demanded of every
Team Member. Your provisional acceptance at this
stage will be formalised in a Contract between
the BP A and yourself in due course.
In Barcelona Great Britain finished third overall
in the medal table. The British Paralympic Association
believes that the British Team for the 1996Paralympic
Games has the potential to be No. 1. You are now
part of that ambition.
Once again, congratulations and we look forward
to an highly successful and enjoyable Atlanta
1996. Please complete the proforma enclosed and
return to the BP A office.
Yours sincerely
Tony Sainsbury
Chef de Mission
Dear Rosa,
Congratulations on your selection to represent
GB at the Paralympic Games.
BBS wants to run an article on all members of
the team in the forthcoming issue of Target and
I would be grateful if you could complete the
enclosed profile form and get it back to me by
10 July. The deadline for the next issue is 12
July and the newsletter will be distributed in
early August.
Copies of these profile forms were sent to your
sub-committee chairmen at the end of May but as
yet I have not received a completed form for you.
.
It makes an article so much more interesting
if details of the competing team members can be
included, rather than just a boring list of who
is taking part.
An envelope is enclosed for return of the form,
but it will need a stamp.
Yours sincerely
Angela Weller
'Target' Assistant"
Dear Ms Crean,
With the Paralympic Games fast approaching, I
am writing to wish you every success in Atlanta
on behalf of all staff in Royal Mail South Wales
and South West Division.
As official sponsors of both the Olympic and
Paralympic British Teams, Royal Mail employees
raised £272,000 for the BPA in 1992, and
have raised over £230,000 this year with
more to come.
We hope this will go some way to help you go
for gold. I know you have trained long and hard
for this chance to represent your country in this
elite competition, and I sincerely hope that your
patience commitment and determination will be
rewarded.
I understand from our colleagues in the South
East division that they will be "sending
you off with style" at Gatwick Airport, so
have a safe journey and enjoy the games. Our thoughts
and good wishes will travel with you.
Good luck!
Yours sincerely
Vanessa Leeson
Director and General Manager
The contence of this artical was sent as a letter,
but is actually a newsletter, which can be found
in the media section of news
articles.
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Letter featuring the offical Atlanta Paralympic
Games Medal Table
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Dear Rosa,
Congratulations on your achievement in Atlanta.
I am writing to invite you to take part in the
media launch of the Out of Sight - Out of Work?
Campaign, the national campaign to secure jobs
for visually handicapped people. I enclose a leaflet
explaining more about the campaign.
You may remember that Sir Anthony Walker, Chairman
of the Campaign Steering Group and Vivien Hepworth,
Campaign Organiser, met with the members of the
British Paralympic team during preparations for
Atlanta, to introduce the campaign to you. Our
preparations have progressed well since then and
I would also like to take this opportunity to
provide you with an update.
The launch has been organised for Thursday 12
September 1996 at 8.30 am and will take the form
of a Business Breakfast followed by a press conference
and photo-call. The event is being hosted by IBM
at their building on the South Bank in Central
London, and will be attended by employers, celebrities,
politicians and representatives of organisations
working for the visually impaired. Chris Holmes
has agreed to say a few words at the Breakfast.
One or two journalists will attend the Breakfast
with others joining us at 10.30 am for the press
conference. We would like to organise a photo-call
for you and your colleagues following the press
conference.
With such an early start you may need to travel
to London the day before. We will be happy to
refund your travel expenses to the launch and
provide over night accommodation if required.
Please let me know as soon as possible whether
you are able to come on the 12th or if you would
like any further information about the campaign
or the launch.
Yours sincerely
Jane Cooper
Campaign Organiser
Dear Rosa,
On behalf of the Officer, Committee and members
of the Welsh Association I would like to congratulate
you on your success in winning a Gold Medal at
the Paralympics Games in Atlanta.
As a reprehensive from Wales in the Great Britain
Team you have done yourself, your club and your
country proud and we look forward to New Zealand.
Best Wishes
Gordon
Dear Rosa,
Welcome home from Atlanta and the 1996 Paralympic
Games and congratulations on representing Britain
among the best athletes in the world. Royal Mail
is extremely proud to have been the main sponsor
of the British Paralympic team and the sole sponsor
until a few months ago. Since before the Games
in Barcelona, Royal Mail employees across the
country have been cheering you on. I was also
delighted to be able to attend the Paralympic
Games myself, which was a marvellous experience.
I am writing to tell you how much we have enjoyed
being involved with world class athletes like
you and tell you about a few of the exciting events
and activities that have been going on behind
the scenes to support your efforts as an elite
British athlete.
Over the last three years, an internal communications
programme has been underway to inform Royal Mail
staff about the Paralympics, to follow individual
athletes and to encourage involvement. A great
many Royal Mail employees have used their creativity
and leisure time to raise funds for the BP A.
It might have been your postman or post woman
and their family who organised and participated
in numerous events to support you and other Paralympians.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Royal
Mail employees have raised £262,944 to date
for the BPA (on top of the £272,000 raised
for Barcelona), all of which has gone directly
into team expenditure. (This is, of course, in
addition to a large amount of additional resource
and expertise we provide to the BP A as support
in kind and the rights fees that Royal Mail pays
to become an Official Team Sponsor as part of
our sponsorship contract.)
A special thank you to the athletes who have
supported our local events, arranged and attended
by postmen and women in England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland.
Every pound raised at cake sales, sponsored cycle
rides and office raffles has made a difference
to our fund-raising total.
You probably know that Official Licensed Merchandise
was marketed and distributed by Royal Mail as
a way for individuals who support the British
Teams to share in the spirit of the Olympics and
Paralympics and support athletes because all profits
go to the BOA and BP A. Many of our staff volunteered
to distribute the leaflets to 2.5 million households,
and others promoted the merchandise at events
on their weekends and holidays to show their support
for your efforts.
Olympic and Paralympic merchandise had never
before been available by mail order to individuals
in Britain, but Royal Mail has been happy to take
this on board with no financial gain. I enclose
an extra couple of leaflets just in case you have
family members or friends who would like to make
an order before the initiative closes at the end
of the month.
We have also been working closely with the British
Paralympic Association during this time to enhance
the awareness of Paralympic athletes like yourself,
the Games, the BP A logo and all it represents.
There have been millions of pounds worth of media
interest in the team, and our Royal Mail's national
and local Communications teams have worked tirelessly
to raise and maintain awareness to add our considerable
resource and expertise to that of the BP A and
Match tight Media.
Externally, the BP A logo has been promoted on
our stamp books and advertising. The special set
of Olympic stamps were designed specially to represent
both Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and I have
pleasure in enclosing a sheet of the special issue
stamps for you to use as a reminder of Royal Mail's
pride in being the BP A's main sponsor.
Whether you are already preparing for the next
four years, and the exciting prospect of competing
in Nagano or Sydney, or if, perhaps, you change
from an active competitor to enthusiastic supporter
of the Paralympic team, may I again congratulate
and wish you all the best in the future on behalf
of everyone in Royal Mail.
DEBORAH OLIVER
Dear Rosa
BBC Television Sport's annual look back at the
spotting year - 'Sports Review of the Year1996'
will take place on Sunday 15th December at The
Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary,
Westminster, London, SWl. Over the years, the
programme has become famous in recalling the highs
and lows of that particular twelve months, and
this year there have been plenty of special sporting
moments. As always the show's climax will be the
annual presentation of the BBC TV Sports Personality
of the Year.
I do hope that you will be able to join us to
the programme and the reception afterwards. You
would need to be at the Conference Centre at 6.45pm.It
would be a great help to us if you could kindly
confirm that you will be able to be with us on
December 15th. Please advise us if transport is
required or if hotel accommodation needs to be
arranged because return that night is not possible.
Reasonable expenses incurred by yourself will
be fully refunded. A stamp addressed envelope
is enclosed fo)r your early reply.
It should be a terrific evening and on behalf
of the BBC. I would be delighted if you would
join us.
DAVE GORDON
Editor,
Sports Review of the Year, 1996
Dear Rosa
Buffet Lunch, Thursday, 21 November 1996 11.30
am - 1.30 pm
Tan Suite, Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff.
With reference to the invitation to attend the
above, I would be grateful if you could contact
this office on the above number to inform us whether
or not you will be attending.
With hest wishes
Yours sincerely
Annie Kerr
Development Officer
Federation of Sports Associations for the Disabled
(Wales)
Dear Mrs Crean
I write to congratulate you on winning your Gold
Medal in the Paralympics and for bringing it to
our attention.
As a customer of the Royal Bank, I would like
to invite you into the branch to present you with
a bouquet of flowers and for the staff to congratulate
you personally.
Please could you contact me so that we can arrange
a convenient time and discuss it further.
Yours sincerely,
Debbie Pyman
Customers Services Manager
WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT
IN WINNING ONE GOLD MEDAL AT THE RECENT PARALYMPICS.
I WAS DELIGHTED AND PROUD TO HEAR THE NEWS - VERY
WELL DONE!
CHARLES
THE PRINCE OF WALES
Dear Ms Crean
Many congratulations on your fine performance
in winning Gold in the Bowls competition at the
Paralympic Games in Atlanta.
With very best wishes for continued success in
the future.
Yours sincerely
Iain Sproat
Minister of Sport
Dear Rosa
A quick note on behalf of everyone at Sport Aid
Foundation, to congratulate you on your recent
success in Atlanta.
It was heartening to see the whole team perform
so well, and I hope you are all justifiably proud
of yourselves. Your performance was a great achievement
and just reward for all the hard work you've put
into your training.
We are absolutely thrilled for you and hope you
enjoy the celebrations with best wishes and congratulations
once again.
Kate Hempsall
PR & Sports Liaison Officer
Dear Ms Crean
I would like to congratulate you on your superb
gold medal winning performance at the recent Paralympic
Games in Atlanta.
Your achievement will be a marvellous inspiration
to all young athletes throughout Wales.
Yours sincerely
Gwilym Jones MP
Dear Rosa,
I am writing, I am afraid rather belatedly due
to my heavy workload, to congratulate you on your
success at the recent Paralympic Games in Atlanta.
I was privileged to have the opportunity to be
present at the Games as a Patron of the British
Paralympic Association. The achievement of the
team as a whole was truly inspiring and a testament
to all the athletes' dedication to their sport.
I hope you have had a chance to recover and celebrate
your achievements back at home before turning
your mind to future competition.
With Regards
Tom Pendry MP
Shadow Minister for Sport
Dear Gold Medal Winner
Please find enclosed a case of Olympic Medium
Dry White Wine. We are delighted to send you this
wine with our compliments as a Congratulations
for winning your Gold Medal in Atlanta. We very
much hope that you enjoy the \\'ine and wish you
every success for the future.
With kind regards
Lamberhurst Vineyard
Dear Rosa
Following your recent splendid achievements at
the Olympics, our Vice President Cllr Ben Foday,
brought your needs to our attention, in particular
the invitation you have received to meet the Queen
at Buckingham Palace on Monday February 17th.
We are pleased to have the opportunity to offer
£100 towards your expenses of that trip.
To receive the cheque please attend the Forum's
next members meeting with Ben Foday, which is
at 5.30pm for 6.00pm at The Baltimore Arms on
Tuesday February 11th.Photographers will be there
to take some pictures which will appear in Forum
News and possible making Waves and the Echo
Yours sincerely
Martin Scherer
Chairman
CC: Lisa Mitchell. South Wales Echo
Making Waves, Coptic House
1998 IPC World Bowls Championships - Johannesburg,
South Africa
Dear Rosa
Many congratulations as you have been selected
to represent Great Britain in the above tournament.
An official document received today by this office
confirms your place in the squad. Copies of the
full programme and other details are enclosed
for your attention. Please note the deadline for
your deposit which must be forwarded directly
to Mr B Cox as soon as possible.
As in previous communications which have been
very scarce and of nofault of this Association
or British Blind Sports, the total bill for each
individual should be in the region of about £1500.00
for this trip.
We do appreciate this is a very late hour for
players and coaches to start fund-raising and
seeking sponsorship, but we do wish you every
success.
Once again congratulations on your achievement
and success of being selected to represent Great
Britain. We wish you good luck and hope you return
with a medal.
Yours Sincerely
K E Brenton
Secretary - WAVHB
Dear Rosa,
Congratulations on being one of our representatives
for Wales playing at the next IBBA World bowls
Championships in Girvan, Scotland on 4th -~ 18th
August 2001.
At the last WAVHB Committee meeting it was accepted
that the team should meet with their team Manager,
Mr Frank Brenton at regular intervals for discussions
and information up-dates leading up to the Championships.
Our first meeting will be held on Thursday 14
December 2000 at 1.45pm at the Brynterion Club
in Bridgend. It would be appreciated if you and
your coach could make every effort to attend.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you.
Best Regards
Frank
Dear Rosa
On behalf of the Association and myself thank
you for all your achievements, help, support and
effort in Glasgow at the UK Indoor Singles. Congratulations
on retaining your Trophy and winning the Gold
Medal again.
Please find enclosed a complete copy of the results.
I hope you enjoyed the experience and made many
new friends.
Yours in Sport
Ron Whitehead
W. A. V. I. B. Secretary
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