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| London 2012 - General Discussion | |||
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Olympic News News and items of interest directly relating to the Olympic Games |
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General Discussion |
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Financing the Olympics What started as a £2B Budget has now quadrupled to £10B. You can be sure that this is not the final sum and you can be also sure that a lot of the cost will be squirrelled away under other budgets. Let us know your thought |
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Tickets Ticket information as and when we hear about it |
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Accommodation Use this Forum to discuss general accommodation issues, area suggestions and advice. Do not use this to look for accommodation or advertise it - that place is here |
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Cultural Olympiad As well as sporting competitions, there is a big cultural movement leading up to and during the Olympics & Paralympics from art to music |
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| Disciplines | |||
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General Discussion Discussion area for specific sports - categorised by a number of disciplines. This is very subjective, so if you think that a sport is in the wrong discipline let us know. Discuss the sports, hopefuls (especially British hopefuls!) both for London 2012 and Beijing 2008 |
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Ball sports Badminton (yes...we know), Basketball, Boccia, Football, Goalball, Handball, Hockey, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball |
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Floor Disciplines Gymnastics (Artistic and Rhythmic), Trampolining |
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Track and Field Archery, Athletics, Cycling, Shooting |
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Water sports Aquatics, Canoe and Kayak, Rowing, Sailing |
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1: 1 Competitive Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Taekwondo, Wrestling |
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Miscellaneous Anything that doesn't fit neatly into the above - Equestrianism, Modern Pentathlon, Paralympic Powerlifting, Triathlon, Weightlifting |
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| Venues - London Olympic Zone | |||
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General Discussion This is the main, specially-built Olympic Park at Stratford, London. It is home to the Aquatics Centre, the Basketball fencing, Volleyball and Handball Arenas, the Olympic Stadium, the Velopark, Eton Manor and the Press & Broadcast Centre |
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| Venues - London Central Zone | |||
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General Discussion This encompasses existing venues in Central and West London - namely Wembley Stadium, Lord's Cricket Ground, Wimbledon, Regent's park, Horse Guard's Parade, Earl's Court and Hyde Park |
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| Venues - London River Zone | |||
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General Discussion This encompasses five venues in the Thames Gateway area - the ExCel Centre, North Greenwich Arena,Greenwich Park, Greenwich Arena and the Royal Artillery Barracks |
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| Venues - Outside London | |||
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Broxbourne Broxbourne is currently earmarked to Host the Canoeing and Kayaking Events |
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Dorney Rowing Lake Dorney Lake, owned by Eton College is the venue for the Rowing Championships |
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Football Stadia The Football heats will be played at venues across the UK, namely Hampden Park, Glasgow Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Old Trafford, Manchester St James' Park, Newcastle Villa Park, Birmingham and, for the final, of course, Wembley Stadium, London |
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Weymouth and Portland Harbour Weymouth and Portland Harbour will be the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing competitions. |
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| London 2012 - Business | |||
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London 2012 - Construction work Not just the big Firms. A lot of work will be subcontracted, so get the lowdown here |
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London 2012 - Marketing and PR work We don't need to market the Games, but there will be plenty of Marketing work available. Read about it here |
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London 2012 - Casual staff & volunteering Waiting, Security, Ticket Sales, Stewarding... There will be a lot of personnel required in the lead up to, during and after the Games. In addition, a raft of volunteers will be wanted for a swathe of activities |
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London 2012 - Security Security issues, employment and so on.... |
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Private Enterprise The obvious way to benefit is to let your Property out on a Short Let. We therefore have a specific section for that here Any other ideas that you may have can be aired or shared here. Don't forget, it must be legal and above board - and no advertising on the Forum. Thank you |
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| 2016 and beyond | |||
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General Discussion |
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| News from around the Country | |||
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General discussion Peripheral 2012 News and events discussion. Not specifically the Games but regional endeavours to celebrate 2012. Let us know if you want a topic created for a specific place. Use this Forum for discussing and planning, not for plugging events - use the calendar for that! |
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Surrey 2012 News, views and chat for Surrey in 2012 |
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Bath 2012 News, views and chat for Bath in 2012 |
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Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Whilst the London Olympics will dominate 2012, it is also the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations |
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| Admin section | |||
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Improve the Website and Forum We are always open to suggestions for the website or Forum - improvements, corrections, additions. Let us know here what you think |
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