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Blues chief executive Simon Clegg has been named the official Olympic attaché for the Pacific island of Guam, who are sending six athletes to this summer’s Games in London. Clegg, who prior to joining the Blues in 2009 had spent 20 years and 12 summer and winter Games with the BOA as deputy general secretary and then chief executive, says he’s looking forward to enjoying this Olympics without the responsibilities that were his at previous Games.

Town are looking for locally-based charities to become one of their nominated charities for the 2012/13 season. Each year, the Blues select two local charities to support in addition to their partner charity, the ITFC Charitable Trust.

Exiting Blues skipper Luke Chambers says his time at Town has been a fantastic journey and one that he’s proud of but admits that it's still to fully sink in that he's moving on and wasn't expecting to leave this summer.

Chief executive Simon Clegg has wished departing duo Gareth McAuley and David Norris well for the future and says he doesn’t regret the club not offering them new terms last summer. On Monday the pair told manager Paul Jewell that they will be leaving Town with their current deals up at the end of the season.

It’s not often you get to write about a match that is a game of three thirds, but that pretty much sums up Tuesday’s Portman Cup clash played on the main pitch between two sides made up of fans desperately trying to emulate their heroes. Amongst them, playing in an unfamiliar left-back role, was TWTD’s Phil Ham.