Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler and medallist, along with British High Commissioner, , and head of the Barbados Olympic Association, Steve Stoute, initiated a Facebook competition for Barbadians and residents of the OECS to get a chance for some prizes in observation of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Wearing an Olympic cap and posing for photos with cuddly toys Wenlock and Mandeville, the Olympic mascots, he said how excited he was about the prospect of the London Olympics next year.

High Commissioner Paul Brummell commented that the would be the greenest Games ever. These Olympic Games will leave a legacy for the East End of London, a deprived area which will now have Europe’s largest new park for over 100 years, new housing, transport links and outstanding sporting venues.

The occasion was the launch of the to celebrate One Year to Go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games. The competition is open to Facebook users in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines). Competition entrants need to answer three questions correctly, and two lucky winners will get the chance to attend a party, where they will receive their prizes. One of the two winners will be chosen from the Eastern Caribbean, and will win a ticket to Barbados to come to the party.