SPORTING personality Sharron Davies was in Grimsby yesterday to officially open Cleethorpes Academy's new sports block.
The Olympic swimmer won silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the 400m individual medley, and two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
She is now a TV sports commentator and did the honours to launch the new facility.
She told students and staff: "You are very privileged to have such wonderful facilities to use.
"Since the Olympics last year, more and more young people are getting involved in sport and this is a wonderful opportunity for the students at Cleethorpes Academy to do so."
Sharron was also a guest at the academy's prizegiving ceremony.
Addressing students, principal Martin Brown said: "We have to prepare students for the actual future, not a future version of the best bits of the past.
"Our students have to be prepared to be employed in occupations that don't exist yet; using technologies that have not been invented, to solve problems that we don't know exist yet.
"The point is that it is a world for you and future generations to discover, all my generation can do is help to prepare you for the journey."
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