IOC Postgraduate Research Programme 2010 Academic research scholarships

n the framework of its Postgraduate Research Grant - Toby Rider (University of Western Ontario, Canada IProgramme, the IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) / Great Britain: The Use of Exiled Athletes by the United has chosen seven research projects for their academic States Government at the . excellence and for their potential for developing the Olympic Movement. - Donna Shy Yun Wong (University of Central Lancashire, Great Britain / ): Creating a Youth The 2010 winners Olympic Legacy - A Case Study of Singapore 2010 The authors of these projects will benefit from a schol­ . arship which will allow them to consult the OSC’s col­ lections (unique collections of more than one million 37 files from 21 countries archived documents, publications, official reports, photos The winners were selected by a committee comprising and films). The results of their research should be pub­ experts renowned for the quality of their research linked lished at the end of the year. The seven candidates selected to and/or for their involvement in Olympic and their chosen projects are: studies. This year, 37 candidature files were submitted from 21 countries, addressing a variety of themes such - Andrew Denning (University of California, USA): as Olympism and Peace, Youth Games, Doping and The Cultural Meanings and Environmental Effects of Olympic Movement, the different aspects of the Games’ Skiing in Alpine Europe Before 1945. legacy or Olympic History.

- Russell Field (University of Manitoba, Canada): Who chooses ? The Olympic Movement’s Response to the Challenge The selection committee for the 2010 edition of the pro­ of Emerging Nationalism in Sport: An Historical gramme comprised the following members: Gudrun Reconsideration of Games of the New Emerging Forces Doll-Tepper (Freie Universitât Berlin, Germany), (GANEFO). Beatriz Garcia (University of Liverpool, Great Britain), Bruce Kidd (University of Toronto, Canada), Françoise - Kyriaki Kaplanidou (University of Florida, USA): Papa (Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, France), Alberto Examining the Importance of Olympic Games Legacy Reppold (Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul, Aspects Among Host City Residents: A Temporal Brazil), Kristine Toohey (Griffith University Gold Coast, Approach. Australia), Stephan Wassong (German Sport University, Cologne, Germany) as well as Philippe Blanchard (IOC - Philany Nongogo (University of Pretoria, South Information Management Director), Nuria Puig (Head of Africa): The Sports-Boycott and Anti-Apartheid University Relations - OSC), and OSC representatives. Movement and their Effect on Social Change in South Africa, 1955-2005.

- Ilaria Pappalepore (University of Westminster, Great Britain / Italy): The Olympic Cultural Programme and its Role in Fostering Local Creativity.

Cadet Potter and the Goblet of Fire! he 1948 Olympic Torch Relay has provided a had to overcome considerable bureaucracy to make this Tmystery that remains unsolved. An young Australian a reality.The HMS Whitesand Bay received the flame in Air Force Cadet “H Potter” brought the torch ashore at Corfu and took it to Bari in Italy. the Italian port of Bari. Little is known about him, even Newspaper accounts say it was there that Potter the surviving crew members do not remember him. carried the flame briefly, before handing it to an Italian The 1948 relay was longer than the journey to Berlin Cadet Mario di Cesari. We know that Di Cesari carried in 1936, and for the first time, the torch had travelled the flame wearing a military union and ran through the over the sea. The organisation was undertaken by a streets of Bari, but of Potter we know little . He was retired Royal Navy officer, Commander Francis William described as an athlete, but he did not represent Australia Collins, the Admiralty. Eventually it was agreed that if at the Olympics. Even so he holds a unique place in his a ship was available in the Mediterranean fleet, it might country’s Olympic history as the first Australian to carry be able to assist with transporting the flame but Collins the Olympic torch. His surviving ship mates from the Royal Navy Ship “The ship was given two torches and they were put HMS Whitesand Bay do not recall him. Lieutenant at the bottom o f the gangway, so wherever we went Commander Bob Read (Retired) joined the ship in early in the world after that, the Olympic torches lit the 1948. He believes that Potter might even have met the way aboard, ” said McCabe. ship at Bari. He does however offer a first hand account of how the flame was transported. The men of the Whitesand Bay said farewell to the flame in Bari but the after the journey across Europe, another “We anchored off Corfu and the Flame was trans­ Royal Navy Ship HMS Bicester was charged with carry­ ported by our motor-boat from a Greek vessel to ing the flame across the Channel to Dover. The flame “IVB”. We had shutdown one boiler and used the travelled through the night to London and arrived on Flame to flash it up again to ensure that, if the one time at Wembley where identity of the final runner was rigged up on the upper deck extinguished, we had a revealed. Cambridge Athlete John Mark. standby to light up a torch on arrival at Bari. As it But the mystery still surrounds Cadet Potter, the happened, the one on deck remained alight during Australian who carried the flame in the Mediterranean. Is our overnight passage to the extent our sailors uti­ there someone somewhere who can tell us more? lised it to heat-up their midnight snack of bangers (sausagesj bacon and mash (mashedpotatoes) !” Grateful thanks to Brian McCabe, Michael Wynne Powell he said.1 And Lt Cdr Bob Read RN Retired.

Another crew member Brian McCabe recalled his Philip Barker memories. Notes and References “We were very concerned about keeping the flame alight — we had three flames and lit a cauldron, 1 Lt Cdr Bob Read in correspondence with the author 2009 we lit our number one boiler with it and lit a 2 Author’s interview with Brian McCabe 2009 lantern. ”2

1. BRITISH SHIP CARRIES TORCH TO BARI As H.M. frigate Whitesand Bay ties up at Bari Harbour, Italy. Air Cadet H. Potter, Australian athlete, carries the Olynr ic Flame down the gangway on its first short relay over Italian territory.

Left: 1948 Press cutting with Cadet Potter, right: in Bari

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