{"id":9091,"date":"2016-07-21T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9091"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:00:39","slug":"team-gb-downie-sisters-on-road-to-rio-in-a-vw-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9091","title":{"rendered":"Team GB Downie sisters on road to Rio in a VW van!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the recent news that Becky (24) and Ellie (16) Downie will be the first\u00a0British gymnastic sisters to compete together in an Olympic Games,\u00a0the sisters were\u00a0pleased to receive an\u00a0offer of help\u00a0on the transport front.<\/p>\n

While air travel may be laid on the for the Olympic team, the athletes still need to make their own way to the airport!\u00a0To help them get their journey off to a good start, Volkswagen Van Centre Nottingham has offered to provide a Transporter Kombi van to hold their kit and support crew.<\/p>\n

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Ellie and Becky Downie (l-r) at Nottingham VW Van Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

As Becky explains:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might not be completely obvious by our sporting discipline but we have a lot of equipment and a dedicated support team so getting everything to the airport was becoming a logistical nightmare.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Starr, head of business at Volkswagen Van Centre Nottingham, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted and proud to support Nottingham\u2019s gymnastic stars. The five seat Transporter Kombi will have plenty of space for passengers and equipment and we feel sure it will be a comfortable drive for them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Becky is currently the 2016 European bars champion and competed in the Beijing Games. Younger sister Ellie is the 2016 vault and floor European silver medallist and the BBC Young Sportsperson of the Year. Rio 2016 will be Ellie’s first Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Becky said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so pleased to be selected for the team again.\u00a0 It was a big decision to carry on for this Olympic cycle but I knew I had more to give and having my sister there will make it even more special.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We wish both sisters and all of Team GB all the best in Rio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Becky and Ellie Downing are the first British sisters to take part in an Olympic Games gymnastics competition. They’ll be chauffeured to the airport in style in a VW Transport Kombi, courtesy of Nottingham VW Van Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[2026],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9095,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9091\/revisions\/9095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}