Beste fans,
Beste atleten,
Chers athlètes,

We are 15! days away from our departure to the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore… For us, the Olympic adventure will start already within 3 days. Everyone gets excited; the BOIC YOG TEAM is ready!!!

On Sunday evening the BOIC YOG TEAM will do the installation @t the Sports Hotel in Ghent and on Monday Morning we’ll expect the Belgian Junior Olympic Team for our short -but intensively- training camp. Besides the training schedules of all athletes, we’ll have especially attention for getting to know each other, teambuilding activities, hydratation, … , and we’ll give last important information about Singapore.

But this is not only the adventure of the Olympic Team but also of ALL BELGIAN & INTERNATIONAL FANS!!! Let’s hear yourself, sheer our team, spread the news,…! Go to our website or Facebook “Fanpage”: “Belgian Junior Olympic Team” and find all fun stuff & news around our team. We’ll do our best to give as much as information as we can (if internet is with us in Singapore;-) ).

During our training camp I’ll give already some information & share pictures with you!!!

X Julie

Together for min. 1000 fans of "Belgian Junior Olympic Team"

Hello iedereen,

21 juli, Nationale Feestdag. Bijna alle atleten hebben de nodige medische onderzoeken op het BOIC achter de rug, de laatste competities voor de start van de stage en de Jeugd Olympische Spelen worden afgewerkt...de laatste rechte lijn naar de JOS toe wordt ingezet!

Op het BOIC rest ons voor het YOG TEAM nog één week om alles op punt te stellen. Maandag zullen wij nog een grote zending voorbereiden met alle laatste documenten (gedragscode / aanwezigheid ouders tijdens JOS /...) dat éénieder van de delegatie dient te ondertekenen. Atleten en ouders, hou jullie dus gereed ;-) Daarnaast vertrekt volgende week de vracht met al het materiaal, de vlaggen, de IT-ondersteuning,..., richting Singapore. De laatste hand wordt eveneens gelegd aan het programma van de stage in Gent evenals alle publicaties (TV-spot / artikels pers / Radio MNM / ...) dat het BOIC ism de media zal uitbrengen. Ook enkele TOP-atleten hebben zich achter het Belgian Junior Olympic Team geschaard...de namen verklap ik nog niet...maar weet dat het Belgian Olympic Team massaal achter onze jongeren staat en hen alvast heel veel succes wensen!!! Leuk om zo'n eendracht onder de atleten te zien!!!

Pendant le stage à Gand, notre équipe fera tout pourque les athlètes forment une belle équipe. Je suis convaincu que ce ne sera pas un problème et que -à côté des entraînments- les athlètes auront la possibilité de faire connaissance avec tout le monde. On organisera également une conférence de presse afin de présenter le Belgian Junior Olympic Team à la presse!

Demain, vous aurez le "scoop" du spot télé sur Facebook! A tout le monde (les fans) de promouvoir le spot via Facebook, You Tube, votre propre site web,...

Ensemble, on veut atteindre au minimum 1000 fans du Belgian Junior Olympic Team!

Samen gaan we voor minimum 1000 fans van het Belgian Junior Olympic Team!

Together for minimum 1000 fans of the Belgian Junior Olympic Team!

x Julie

Hey everyone,

Have you ever been breaking a World Record by watching a tennis match in a football stadion? Well, now I can say “I DID”! Last week, I went to the Exhibition match of Kim Clijsters vs Serena Williams. Kim Clijsters beats Serena Williams in exhibition before a record crowd of 35,681. We passed the previous record of 30,472 in 1973 in the match where Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs! Belgium, small country…but great sports people!!!

Yesterday morning I had a meeting with my Chef de Mission, Gert, en my colleague, Loubna … before the meeting started he noticed that -within a month- the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games would already be finished… We were immediately awake…and ready for the final preparations!! What will I do from now on till the start of the Games:

• MNM –national radio station- will be promoting the Youth Olympic Games during the first week of the YOG and this in prime-time!!! I’m selecting today 5 famous Belgian Olympians who will be interviewed by a Young Reporter. Every morning, people will hear stories about “the way to the top” & the fact that the Belgian Olympic Team is supporting the Belgian Junior Olympic Team.




• The TV-commercial which will be launched soon will be finalized today! I’ve already seen the images & the sound and it looks GREAT! This is the moment for our Belgian Junior Olympic Team to be in the spotlights!




• During the Youth Olympic Games, I will –as Young Ambassador- send over pictures & my stories to the editors of “De Zondag – Le Dimanche”. Every week-end (3 times) you will be able to follow my impressions around the Youth Olympic Games & the Cultural & Education Program




• Besides the media-activation around the YOG, I’ve spoken with a commercial enterprise who will also set up an action around me as “Young Ambassador”.
  As you see, many ways to follow us during the Youth Olympic Games!!!

We are also delighted to have the visit of Prince Philippe who will be joining us in the Youth Olympic Village.
Tomorrow I’ll prepare the freight to be sure that our Chef de Mission doesn’t forget anything ;-)
This is my story for today…many things to face with! HEHE…but it’s FUN!!!

I’m looking forward to meet everyone again in Singapore: the Young Ambassadors, the IOC, the CEP Champions,…, and I wish everybody lots of success in the final preparations!

X Julie

Dear athletes & friends,

We are exactly 40 days away from the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games and I've the feeling that everyone gets more & more excited!

The BOIC-YOG TEAM is READY, that's for sure!!! What have we done in het last couple of days and what are our plans for this week? Well, last Tuesday we had the pleasure to meet all athletes & family members of the Belgian Junior Olympic Team by giving a first presentation to present Singapore, the Youth Olympic Games & the Culture & Education Program in the belgian Planetarium. I've been able to talk to almost everyone and I'm -now more than ever- convinced that we have a strong group of marvelous athletes, our athletes of the future!!! Everybody also got the equipments of Adidas (thank you Adidas ;-)...Now we are all together in the starting blocks!

Besides the administrative paperworks, we are planifying the program of the Training Camp in Ghent. We've got the good news that our Volleyball team will have the opportunity to train with the Polish team. We'll also organise a barbeque in attendance of famous Olympic Athletes ... & some other activities (which are secret for this moment) are planified!

I'm greatful that our Belgian Junior Olympic Team is promoting our & the IOC Facebook Fanpage. Everyday our team has more & more FANS! The media (in general) is doing his best efforts to make promotion. In the following weeks you'll see:

• TV-spots (VRT & RTBF) of the BOIC / BE GOLD
  
• Internet-campaign
  
• Advertising campaign of Unilever (Knack - Le Vif - Sportmagazine) with input of me as Young Ambassador


• Articles in De Zondag / 7 Demanche during our 3 weeks (every sunday) in Singapore


• Radio-action (witch will be defined almost)


• ...

Of course everyone can still follow us on Facebook! Everyday, you'll get the opportunity to meet a BJOT-ATLETE! Don't forget to send me over your results / pictures / movies / comments /... We -all together- have to promote the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games!

x Julie