COACHING FOR BRITAIN 'S ATHLETES Over 200 athletes , coaches , officials and observers gathered together at Butlin ' s Holiday Camp at Clacton on Sea for the first pre Olympic " Get Together " in British History . This enabled our Olympic hopefuls to get to know each other , thereby improving the eventual team spirit and comradeship of the British Team Photo shows from left to right ; Irene Royse , British 60 meter champion and Jean Oldfield , 100 meters North Counties Junior champion , being coached by W Rangeley , former Olympic 200 metre champion . 19th April 1948