London Olympics 2012 test event tickets available now

THE LONDON Olympic games organisers have announced the sale of tickets for the public of its four test events, which are going to be held from July 31 to August 21. The London Olympics games organisers LOCOG has branded the test events as "London Prepares" series. Four LOCOG ticketed test events include Mountain Bike, Beach Volleyball, Basketball and BMX. The Mountain Bike event will be held on July 31 at Hadleigh Farm, Essex, and some of the world’s best men and women’s mountain bikers will be participating in the event. Beach Volleyball will be taking place at Horse Guards Parade from August 9-14, and a total of 54 matches will be played. The basketball test events will be taking place at Basketball Arena, Olympic Park from August 16-21. In this event six top men’s teams from around...

Read more »

Posted in: London Olympic 2012,London Olympic Games,London Olympics,London Olympics 2011 Volunteer,London Olympics 2012,London Olympics 2012 Tickets,london olympics travel,london olympics travel package

First images of London 2012 Shooting venue unveiled as construction starts at Royal Artillery Barracks

New images of the London 2012 Shooting venue – located in the grounds of Woolwich’s historic Royal Artillery Barracks - were today released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). The temporary venue in south-east London will host the Shooting and Paralympic Shooting competitions, in addition to Paralympic Archery. The contractor for the three enclosed ranges and three open-air ranges is Hertfordshire-based John Sisk & Sons, with the venue set to be completed ahead of international shooting test events next spring. Spectators will enter the venue with views of the world-famous military base - the longest continuous Georgian building facade in the UK - before taking their seats to watch the sporting action. ODA Project Sponsor for the Shooting venue Richard Arnold said: 'The...

Read more »

Tours for the 2012 Olympics Games

Tours in the area of the games London's professional BLUE BADGE GUIDES can take you on a tour of the sites of the games to chart the progress of the regeneration of parts of east London and the creation of the new Olympic area and corresponding locations. Below you will find descriptions of different tours you can take with our guides, whether you are arriving on foot, by rail or in a coach. This walk begins by following the former industrial Lower Lea valley, past old mills and along a tow path, whilst discovering why this area was chosen for the Olympic Park. We finish on a footpath from where there are excellent views of the 2012 Olympic Park construction site. Your guide will tell you the latest news on the venues, athletes and what...

Read more »

Posted in: London Olympic 2012,London Olympic Games,London Olympics 2011 Volunteer,London Olympics 2012,London Olympics 2012 Tickets,london olympics packages,london olympics travel,london olympics travel package

London 2012 Olympics: Locog needs to come clean on Games tickets

Anyone else on the Olympic ticket emotional rollercoaster? One day I was overwhelmed with buyer remorse, panicking that my order was rather over-ambitious and over-extended. The next day I was feeling all smug – safe in the knowledge that I did  the right thing by picking out cycling, swimming, the men’s 100m final – for they are the truly must have tickets. The day of reckoning is nigh for all of us. In the next few days the London 2012 Olympic Games organisers will be either ripping money out of my account or leaving it alone. Either way I win. It’s tickets or a non-overdrawn account. On the upside I can see where Locog has tried to be fair – offering a ballot system for the oversubscribed sessions, rather than favouring the...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Coins,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics,London 2012 Olympics Online,London 2012 Olympics Tickets

1.8 million apply tickets to see 100m final

Short battle between Tyson Gay Usain Bolt, is the most requested event upcoming Olympics, more than opening and closing ceremonies. Ticket price – £ 2012 Organizing Committee of Olympic Games, has the biggest demand for tickets for the event, recorded in the athletic stadium attractive competition, more than the opening ceremony, final and swimming competitions....

Read more »

Posted in: London Olympic 2012,London Olympics 2012,London Olympics 2012 Tickets,London Olympics Tickets,london olympics travel,london olympics travel package

London 2012 Olympics online training for police

An online awareness training package to help the police and emergency services prepare for the London 2012 Games has been launched. The aim is to increase understanding of the Games among the 250,000 police officers and staff plus 50,000 fire and ambulance personnel across Britain, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) said. Key safety and security issues plus the demands on the emergency services are among the topics discussed in the first 30-minute package along with information about venues, the torch relay and cultural celebrations. There will be three packages. The second, launched in September, will have more detail about operational planning, command and control structures, operating procedures and logistical arrangements. The final instalment, in March 2012, will provide...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012,London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympics Online

Vijay Kumar seventh Indian shooter to qualify for London Olympics

Source: The Hindu Vijay Kumar was at his firing best at the crunch as he clinched the silver medal and the Olympic quota place in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event in the shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, US, on Saturday. The 25-year-old Himachal lad, a Subedar with the army, lost the final shoot-off 1-4 in a dramatic anti-climax to Christian Reitz of Germany, after having caught up with him with a perfect round in the last series. With the new format for the rapid fire event, nullifying the qualification scores for the six shooters, Vijay Kumar with 584 was on par with Olympic bronze medallist Ding Feng of China who had topped with a score of 589. Nerve-wracking performance After the bottom three shooters were eliminated after the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of 4-second series,...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012 Tickets,London 2012 Volunteer,London Olympics,Rapid Fire Pistol

London 2012 announces Paralympic Games ticket prices

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today published its prices for Paralympic Games tickets, with more than half of the two million tickets available priced at £10 or less. More than 95 per cent of the tickets will be priced at £50 or less, with 75 per cent at £20 or less. Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies start at £20.12, with a top price of £500 for the Opening Ceremony. The Paralympic Games takes place between 29 August and 9 September 2012, with 20 sports taking place at 19 venues. Tickets go on sale on the London 2012 ticketing website from 9 September 2011, with applications accepted until 30 September. Ticketing initiatives A number of ticketing initiatives have been designed to make the Games as accessible as possible for all spectators. 'Group Organiser'...

Read more »

Posted in: 2012 London Olympic,2012 London Olympics,2012 olympics travel packages,London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics Tickets,London 2012 Ticket Sales,London 2012 Tickets

One in eight London schoolchildren to get free Games tickets

London 2012 Chair Seb Coe and Mayor of London Boris Johnson have sent out a rallying cry to schools to ensure they do not miss out on tickets to London 2012. LOCOG Chair Seb Coe and Mayor of London Boris Johnson meet pupils from The Compton School in Barnet to promote the Ticketshare scheme. A total of 125,000 tickets are available to London schoolchildren through the Ticketshare scheme, which means one in eight will receive tickets to the Olympic or Paralympic Games. A further 50,000 tickets will be distributed to schools across the UK, while 25,000 tickets will also be distributed by the British Olympic Association, British Paralympic Association, Sport England and Tickets for Troops. The Ticketshare initiative is part of the London...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012 Tickets,London Olympic 2012,London Olympic Games,London Olympics,London Olympics 2011 Volunteer,London Olympics 2012,London Olympics 2012 Tickets

London 2012 volunteer selection programme arrives in the North East

Selection for London 2012 volunteers started in the North East today as the sixth regional Games Maker selection event opened its doors. London 2012 Board Member Jonathan Edwards and former GB Swimmer Chris Cook join Games Maker applicants at the launch of the selection event The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle will welcome an estimated 3,000 applicants between now and 3 June. They will be able to explore an exhibition about the Games and meet LOCOG staff before a 30-minute interview. The interviews are the second stage in the process to be a London 2012 volunteer. In September 2010 the public were invited to apply to become part of the London 2012 Games Maker programme, with over 250,000 people signing up. London...

Read more »

Posted in: 2012 London Olympics,London 2012 Volunteer,London 2012 Volunteer Selection Programme

London 2012 announces Brands Hatch as Paralympic Road Cycling venue

Brands Hatch, near Sevenoaks in Kent, will host the Paralympic Road Cycling events, incorporating the Road Race and Time Trial, from 5-8 September 2012. LOCOG Chair Seb Coe, Paralympic gold medallist Rachel Morris and Jonathan Palmer, Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision, celebrate the announcement at Brands Hatch The riders will race round a course that passes through the county of Kent and the district of Sevenoaks in Kent. The former F1 Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch will be the base for approximately half of the course including the start and finish. The remaining race will take place on local roads nearby. This announcement marks the final venue to be confirmed for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and pays homage to Brands...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012,London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics Tickets,Paralympic 2012,Paralympic Olympics,Paralympic Tickets

Wimbledon Way project launched for Olympics 2012 tennis

A project to turn the route from Wimbledon station to the All England Club into a walking tourist attraction would bring the community together and give the borough a lasting Olympic legacy, it has been claimed. The chief executive of Merton Chamber of Commerce, (MCoC) Diana Sterck, made the comments as she launched the Wimbledon Way proposal at the home the All England Club, but warned there was “only a year to do it”. She said visitors would be guided along a marked route – which goes from the station to Wimbledon High Street and in to Church Lane – with “interpretation boards” along the way providing them with history, news and other information as they walk through three different zones. Ms Sterck said the project – part of which must be completed in time for next year’s Olympics...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012,London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Coins,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics,London 2012 Olympics Tickets,London 2012 Ticket Sales,Olympic 2012,Olympic Ticket,Olympics,Olympics 2012 Tennis,Wimbledon

39 Olympic Logos From 1924 to 2012

Living in Vancouver, Canada, I’ve been seeing the logo of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games more and more around the city as the date draws closer. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the design trends in Olympic logos have evolved over the years. Noticeably, the logos seem to have changed from a monochromatic trend to a more multicolor approach in recent years. Logo design seems to have been streamlined to simpler and cleaner shapes. This article features every logo from the summer and winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2012. Paris – Summer 1924 Lake Placid – Winter 1932 Los Angeles – Summer 1932 Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Winter 1936 Berlin – Summer 1936 St. Moritz – Winter 1948 London – Summer...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2011,London 2012,London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics,London 2012 Olympics Tickets,London 2012 Stadium

London 2012: Paralympic prices to be revealed

The prices for next year's London 2012 Paralympic tickets are due to be announced later. Two million tickets for 20 sports will go on sale from 9 to 30 September. More than 4,200 athletes from about 150 countries are expected to participate at the Games from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The announcement follows Olympic ticket sales, which saw about 1.8 million people apply for 6.6 million tickets. Those tickets were hugely over-subscribed, organisers said, with the total demand topping 20 million tickets. Adult prices for the Olympics ranged from £20 to £2,012 for the best ticket for the opening ceremony, with some concessions available. The Paralympic games will be staged in many of the Olympic venues, including the Olympic...

Read more »

Posted in: 2012 Paralympic,Paralympic 2012,Paralympic Olympics,Paralympic Tickets

London 2012 Olympics: football should follow IOC example to tackle corruption

Thus, Lord Triesman said FIFA are corrupt elements. What's New? Claims against the majority of the members of FIFA have been released for over a decade. Certainly, England 2018 bidders that have been well aware of the bar to talk about who is sensitive to some interesting proposals, whether women or cash, or in the case of a member, according to Lord Triesman, a gentleman of honor the queen. However, England went ahead in 2018 and participated in the bidding process in any way. Several million pounds have been allocated under the pretext of winning more than a dozen members to vote - for good, because - according to application managers in England. But now with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport committee reviews what happened...

Read more »

Posted in: London 2012 Olympic,London 2012 Olympic Games,London 2012 Olympics,London 2012 Olympics Tickets,London 2012 Stadium,London 2012 Ticket Sales

Olympics 2012: Network Rail deal with union prompts calls for tube pact

Boris Johnson is facing calls to sign an agreement not to strike with the union RMT for the 2012 Olympics, after Network Rail has signed an agreement that reduces the threat of a strike next summer. News of the agreement came as the London Underground said that two weeks of work stoppages in the pipe that motorists begins next Monday, was canceled. The RMT has rejected the request. Network Rail and the RMT has agreed that any labor dispute during the games will be directed to the conciliation service ACA, without work stoppages that occur during these discussions. Network Rail said: "In case of conflict, or time limit existing or new during the Olympics automatically referred to ACAS to decide, and industrial activities may take place...

Read more »

Posted in: Olympic 2012,Olympic Games Tickets,Olympic Ticket,Olympics 2012,Olympics in 2012,Olympics Tickets for London 2012