Cool Runnings Coming to Middlesbrough
Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, Captain of the original Jamaican Bobsleigh Winter Olympics team is in the process of setting up an Olympic base in Middlesbrough to train athletes, and encourage fitness routines within local communities, businesses, and schools.
many and with a massive fan base, the team’s trainer was played by Hollywood actor John Candy.
Captain of the original Jamaican Bobsleigh Winter Olympics team, Tal is a hugely motivating individual, and founding member of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Team, on which the hit Disney film ‘Cool Runnings’ was based.
Moreover, Tal continues to maintain the same optimum mental health and physical health because he believes they are closely linked. Full of inspiring mantras, the one he feels most strongly about is, ‘good physical health leads to good mental health’.
The team’s story featuring Tal as the principal character was immortalised in the film ‘Cool Runnings’. Considered an iconic film by
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A four-time Olympian, Tal went from what many regarded as a chancer to contender in only six years.
Tal is now a performance Coach and works with members of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Team on how to achieve and maintain the peak performance state when needed
regardless of external environment. He wants to set up a base in Middlesbrough to continue work with Jamaica Bobsleigh athletes based in GB and to encourage fitness, offer inspiration and motivation within the community. Tal comments: “I regularly stay with former world bobsleigh champion Nicola Minichiello and her partner, fellow bobsleigh coach, Jo Manning. “I work with them extremely well, and we have come up with an idea to support aspiring athletes, and people who are looking to take that next big step into the world of Athletics.
