Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart to carry Olympic Torch through Croydon
Actor Patrick Stewart will carry the Olympic Torch in the final frontier of its journey through Croydon.
The Star Trek legend, 72, will bring the flame into St Andrew's School, in Warrington Road, at around 12.50pm on Monday.
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TORCHBEARER: Patrick Stewart in his Star Trek heyday
St Andrew's headteacher David Matthews said: "The students were already excited at the prospect of hosting the Olympic flame and now they are even more thrilled that such an illustrious celebrity will be bringing it to their school."
The Torch is due to enter the borough in Upper Norwood at approximately 11.20am.
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It will be carried through South Norwood, Thornton Heath, West Croydon and the town centre, before arriving at St Andrew's in the hands of the acclaimed actor, who played Captain Jean Luc Picard in the cult sci-fi series.
The trip to St Andrew's is especially poignant, as the song Carry the Torch - played at the start of the flame's journey in Land's End - was composed by Ian Rae, a music teacher at the school.
Pupils will celebrate the Torch's arrival with an Olympic-themed sports day, before Mr Stewart and dignitaries enjoy lunch.
Comments
by CuppaTeaPlz
Monday, July 23 2012, 10:55AM
“Exactly my point.”
by The3rd
Monday, July 23 2012, 10:33AM
“Phantomsteve - Most of the torch bearers are not locals.”
by Ivor_Shed
Sunday, July 22 2012, 4:47PM
“What distance is he carrying it and will he be running (and I don't mean like Captain Kirk was running in his last Star Trek Film)?
What is an Olympic Themed Sports day? synchronised swimming, sailing, volleyball, equestrian?
or will it be the running, jumping and throwing things that I did more than 50 years ago (in school sports not in the Olympics)? and of course eating burgers and drinking Coke.”
by Phantomsteve
Sunday, July 22 2012, 1:54PM
“@Krystal333 - if you look at the list of people carrying the torch in the Borough, there are 25 other people carrying it... I've looked through the names, and Stewart is the only one I recognise, so I'm guessing most of the rest are "worthy locals"! That means 96% of the bearers are not celebs!
Realistically, every locality is going to try to get at least one celeb to carry it, so that they are more likely to get more media coverage...”
by Krystal333
Friday, July 20 2012, 11:05PM
“Much as he may be a 'celebrity', do we not have enough worthy locals to carry the torch the whole way through?”
by DREGstudios
Friday, July 20 2012, 10:40PM
“The long-enduring debate of which Enterprise Captain would win in every fan's epic showdown has spilled over with guts and gore. See the battle of the Zombie Captains as Kirk and Picard go head to head on the Zombie Walk of Fame at http://tinyurl.com/7bjzut4”