Three more stars and two clubs are set to join the city’s Sporting Hall of Fame this weekend.
Woodfield Sports & Social Club and Penn Bowling Club, both of which are being recognised for celebrating their centenary, and Wolves legend Steve Bull will be inducted into the Sporting Hall of Fame, while Greg Silvester and the late Gary Haynes will join the Olympian Way.
The Wolverhampton Sports Advisory Council launched the Sporting Hall of Fame in 1999 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of sportsmen, sportswomen and sporting clubs who have represented the city.
Chairman of Wolverhampton Sports Advisory Council, Peter Holmes MBE, said: “Wolverhampton has a very great sporting history, and the foundations of this history are the clubs and the individuals themselves. We are delighted to welcome more of them to the city’s Sporting Hall of Fame this weekend.”
Councillor Obaida Ahmed, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Community, said: “Wolverhampton has produced competitors of national and international standard in a wide variety of sports, and the Sports Advisory Council have already recognised dozens of them by inducting them in the Sporting Hall of Fame since 1999.
“It’s wonderful news that Woodfield Sports & Social Club, Penn Bowling Club, Steve Bull, Greg Silvester and Gary Haynes will shortly be joining the illustrious list of sportsmen, sportswomen, sporting clubs and school whose achievements have been celebrated in this way.”
The ceremony will take place at WV Active Aldersley on Saturday (15 November) where the Sporting Hall of Fame book and wall plaques are displayed.