While some Brockton and area residents have applied as individuals to carry the Olympic torch when it passes through Walkerton on Monday, Dec. 28, local youth groups have yet to register.


RBC is running a Carry the Torch contest, which
is open to teachers, coaches and school
leaders who, with their students, are being asked
to submit a team pledge through the Canadian Olympic School Program (COSP).

Team pledges should chronicle how each group is going to
improve its community, be more environmentally-friendly, or live healthier lifestyles.


Sixteen teams of 20 students, ages 13 and over, and their teachers will be named Olympic torch bearers. Each team will collectively carry the Olympic flame for one kilometre during a local leg of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.


As of last week, local RBC manager Christine Maxwell said teams from the Brockton area have yet to apply.


Teachers and school leaders can log on to www.olympicschool.ca/torchrelay to learn more about the program. The COSP contest runs until May 12, with winners being announced the week of June 22.


The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will begin its journey to Vancouver on Oct. 30, when the flame arrives in Victoria, BC following the traditional lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The flame will then travel from coast to coast to coast through every province and territory in Canada - spanning 45,000 kilometres and 1,020 communities over 106 days. It will end up back in Victoria on Feb. 12, 2010, with the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, signalling the start of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.