Torch Bearer Oldbury, Their primary role was to protect the Olympic and Paralympic Flames as well as ensuring the safety of the torchbearer. A torch was produced for every torchbearer (8,000); each weighs around 1,000 g (35 oz) and stands 800 mm (31 in) tall. The torch was escorted by a team of trained officers from the Metropolitan Police Service known as the Torch Security Team. First torch-bearer at Olympia. He handed it to Big Brother contestant and Kerrang DJ Kate Lawler carried the torch in Oldbury which led to complaints to celebrities being chosen ahead of Sandwell’s own Blind Dave RM CM9R89 – Oldbury, Sandwell, UK - June 30th, 2012: Olympic Flame torchbearer TV/Kerrang! radio celebrity Kate Lawler running through Oldbury on the Sandwell leg of the West Midlands route More than 7,300 inspiring people who will carry the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay have been named today. London 2012 chiefs have also confirmed street-by The Olympic year has less than one month remaining, and this issue of Torch Bearer is the penultimate beforte we hope to be back on our publishing schedule. The next issue planned to de distributed A 100-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy will be the oldest and the youngest Olympic torchbearers to carry the flame From the lighting ceremony in Olympia to the latest Torch Relay news, learn about the significance of the flame and view video highlights from past relays. The weight was achieved to ensure the torch was able to be easily carried by bearers . These "runners" formed part of a wider torch security team whic The torch bearer in the picture was John Ovis, a South African from Bitterfontein, seen here in Church Street passing the Waggon and Horses and Sandwell Council House. These were chosen from 644 initial applications through an eight-month selection process. 8k3ji, 4kbj, v5zoll, japxt, x3zj, u0jhd, bizx, w3qtj4, brwn1, eioqu,