A group of Special Olympics Suffolk athletes enjoyed a great day recently, on a visit to the BBC Radio Suffolk studios in Ipswich. The visit was arranged as part of the Athlete Leadership Programme that some of our athletes are working towards. The group were hosted for the afternoon by BBC Sports Editor and Presenter, Graeme McLoughlin.

The athletes enjoyed a tour of the studios, recording an interview with Graeme about their Special Olympics exploits, and had first-hand experience of seeing Graeme prepare and introduce that afternoon’s ‘Matchday’ programme, as it went live on-air.

“I had the best day at the radio station, finding out how everything worked and I liked being interviewed and talking into the microphone“, said Alfie, one of the group members.

Another visit to the studios is being planned for a second group of our athletes, many of whom were involved (as athletes or volunteers), with the Special Olympics World Games, held in Berlin, earlier this year.