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Press Releases and Articles CCPR ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP CCPR ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP FOR EXCITING TIMES AHEAD The Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) announced today the appointment of its new Chairman and new Chief Executive. Brigid Simmonds succeeds Howard Wells as Chairman. The new Chief Executive Officer will be Tim Lamb, who was previously Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board. The CCPR also announced that Di Ellis CBE has been appointed Deputy Chairman and Nic Coward is confirmed as Treasurer. Announcing the appointments Brigid Simmonds said “I am delighted to be taking over from Howard Wells, and am looking to build on the changes he made to ensure that the CCPR really is the voice of sport and recreation. Howard led the CCPR for four years with real distinction, including driving the successful campaign to create Community Amateur Sports Clubs with both rate relief and tax advantages.” “I am particularly delighted that Tim Lamb is joining the CCPR in September. One of our key objectives was to create a leadership team to push on the CCPR’s work, and in Tim we have someone with a proven record as an elite performer and Chief Executive of a governing body of sport. Our role is to make the case for sport and recreation in the UK, and to represent all of our 270 members in the challenges they face. With the fantastic opportunity of London 2012, there is much to be done. It is essential that not only Olympic sports, but all our members are part of the drive to increase participation in its many forms, raise standards at the world class level of sport, and support the voluntary sector. Tim Lamb said “It is a privilege to have been invited to become the new Chief Executive of the CCPR. The organisation has achieved an enormous amount over the past few years and I am looking forward to leading it into the next phase of its development. I shall be working hard to serve the interests of the CCPR’s many and varied member organisations and also to ensure that sport, recreation and the needs of the voluntary sector remain as high as possible on the political agenda.” “This is a massively important and exciting time for sport in the UK, particularly now that London has been chosen to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. The CCPR has already said it stands ready to help in any way it can over the next seven years to ensure that the London Games are a great success both for the city and for the whole country. I am personally keen also to ensure that the CCPR and all its members act as a catalyst in motivating people up and down the nation to connect with the spirit of the Olympics in a committed and enduring way.” ENDS Note to Editors 1 The CCPR is the voice for voluntary sector sport and recreation in the UK. It represents 270 organisations, including 170 UK and English national governing bodies of sport.
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