Screens across the UK

There are 18 big screens already operating at locations across the UK.

Working with the BBC and local authorities these Live Sites bring the latest news from London 2012. Each screen is programmed to feature a broad range of UK-wide and local content, events and partnerships with community, arts and media organisations.

The screens are erected and run in partnership between the London 2012 Organising Committee, the BBC and the various cities, in association with London 2012 partners BT and Lloyds TSB, supported by Cisco and the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor.

Locations

• Birmingham, Victoria Square, B1 1BB
• Bradford - Centenary Square, BD1 1SD
• Bristol - Millennium Square, Waterfront, BS1 5DB
• Cardiff - The Hayes, CF10 2DP
• Derby - Market Place, DE1 3AE
• Dover - Market Square, CT16 1NX
• Edinburgh - Festival Square, EH3 9SR
• Leeds - Millennium Square, LS1 3DP
• Leicester - Humberstone Gate, LE1 1WA
• Manchester - Exchange Square, M4 3TR
• Middlesbrough - Centre Square, TS1 2QQ
• Norwich - Chapelfield Shopping Centre, NR1 3SH
• Plymouth - Armada Way, PL1 1DY
• Portsmouth - Guildhall Square, PO1 2AD
• Swansea - Castle Square, SA1 1JF
• Swindon - Wharf Green, SN1 5AH
• Waltham Forest - Town Square, Walthamstow, E17 7JN
• Woolwich - General Gordon Place, SE18 6EU

The London Olympic 2012 Sports

As we close in on the 27th July the UK will start to focus on the Olympic Games. The Olympic bid was launched online in November 2002 with the websitewww.LondonOlympics2012.com

The website supported the bid and has been the primary source of all news for the last 9 years. Over the next 12 months I will post lots of information about the games.

If you want to know more about all the sports which are included in the games please click on the links below:

The London 2012 Olympic Games will feature 26 sports. Please check below to discover more about each sport taking part in the London Olympics 2012:

Archery: The Olympic Archery competition will includes both individual and team events for men and women

Athletics: Athletics features running, jumping, throwing and combination events

Badminton: Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net.

Basketball: The basketball competitions will feature men's and women's events, teams will have pre-qualified and will comprise 12 teams

Beach Volleyball: Beach Volleyball is one of two disciplines in the sport of Volleyball

Boxing: At the London 2012 Games, Boxing will include women's events

Canoe Slalom: Canoe Slalom is one of the first of two disciplines of the sport of Canoeing

Canoe Sprint: Canoe Sprint is the second of the two disciplines of the sport of Canoeing

Cycling/BMX: Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) is one of the four disciplines of the Olympic sport of Cycling

Cycling/Mountain Bike: Mountain Bike is the second of the four disciplines of the Olympic sport of Cycling

Cycling/Road: Road Cycling is the third of four disciplines in the Olympic sport of Cycling

Cycling/Track: Track Cycling is the fourth of the disciplines of the Olympic sport of Cycling

Diving: Diving is the first of four disciplines of the Olympic sport of Aquatics

Equestrian/Dressage: Dressage is one of the first of three disciplines of the Olympic sport of Equestrian

Equestrian/Eventing: Eventing is the second of the three disciplines of the Olympic sport of Equestrian

Equestrian/Jumping: Jumping is one of the third of the disciplines of the Olympic sport of Equestrian

Fencing: Fencing is one of just four sports to have the honour of being featured at every modern Olympic Games

Football: At the London 2012 Games, Football will be taking place at grounds across the UK including Old Trafford with the final being held at Wembley

Gymnastics/Artistic: Artistic Gymnastics is the first of the three disciplines of the sport of Gymnastics at the Olympic Games

Gymnastics/Rhythmic: Rhythmic Gymnastics is the second of the three disciplines of the Olympic sport of Gymnastics

Gymnastics/Trampoline: Trampoline is the third of the three disciplines of the Olympic sport of Gymnastics

Handball: Is one of th traditional sports with a long history in the modern Olympics

Hockey: The Hockey competition will both a men's and women's competition

Judo: Judo has a long tradition in the modern olympics

Modern Pentathlon: The sport of modern pentathlon consists of five elements: fencing, swimming, riding and combined running and shooting

Rowing: There are two types of Rowing at the London Olympic Games: Sweep Rowing and Sculling

Sailing: The sport of Sailing will feature 10 different classes at the London games of 2012

Shooting: The sport of Shooting will feature three disciplines: Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun at the London games of 2012

Swimming: The swimming competition is one of the four disciplines of the Olympic sport of Aquatics

Synchronised Swimming: Synchronised Swimming is the third of the four disciplines of the sport of Aquatics

Table Tennis: The London 2012 Games will feature women's singles, men's singles, women's team and men's team events

Taekwondo: The sport of Taekwondo is another sport has it's origins in the east. In the London games it will have four weight divisions

Tennis: This sport was first played at the modern Olympics in Athens,1896

Triathlon: The Olympic sport of Triathlon in London will consists of swimming, cycling and running

Volleyball: The Olympic sport of Volleyball is played indoors unlike beach volleyball

Water Polo: The fourth discipline of Aquatics is Water Polo

Weightlifting:The Olympic sport of Weightlifting is the oldest and most basic form of physical competition

Wrestling: The Olympic sport of Wrestling dates back to the orignal games and includes Freestyle and Greco-Roman

Hugh Darrington: My Olympic Story

In 1948 my brother law (who as 18 at the time) went up to the Olympic games every day to watch something.

The only sport I ever like to watch is the Olympic Games and I was really thrilled when I heard it was going to be staged in London again.  I was really looking forward to going to the Olympic Stadium and sharing in the experience with the nation from the ringside.

It never occurred to me that I would not be able to get a ticket.   I was disappointed not to get a ticket in the first round and when the website opened yesterday I did everything right.  I got up early and when six o'clock came I applied for a single session at the athletics.  I don't want to watch horse riding, archery, shooting or football.

When I completed my application  the website said it couldn't process it and I should try later.  I tried every two minutes for about an hour and when I got back on all seats were sold.

As my wife and I are in our 70s, this is our only chance to go to the games.  We can't afford huge prices either. I can't understand why such a ridiculous system was set up to sell tickets. LOCOG must have been aware that by inviting everyone to buy at once the system would crash. We wanted to go the stadium which we have watched being built and we wanted to be there just once to see and share it in action.

I just can't tell you how disappointed I am.  Now I have got to watch the Olympic Games being thrust down my throat every day for the next year knowing that I am an outsider and can't share in it.

I wish we had never won it.

Hugh Darrington 


Email enquiries@londonolympics2012.com if you want to contact Hugh Darington

London Olympic Tickets: One Fan's Message to LOCOG

Your records will show as soon as the offer to register for Olympic Tickets was announced I registered my interest and therefore received information as it was released.

For personal reasons I was unable to actually submit an application for the Tickets I wanted until the last day though I tried to purchase tickets on 4 occasions on the deadline date and got through as far as the credit card details being accepted but then the final payment was unsuccessful and on all 4 occasions I was advised to try again! 

I did so up until the time deadline for such applications, but did not try thereafter. I was SO DISAPPOINTED that there was no indication that the time limit for the ticket application/financial transaction had been extended to 1am because of the credit card system being unable to cope! 

There should have been a notice on the Ticket website about the extension, the fact there was not reveals a flawed system and has led to unfairness to those not informed of the extension for applications.

The fact that a reported 60% of the public applications were not successful provides further evidence of a disproportionate small ticket allocation to the general public who are the main funders of the event whilst the relatively small contribution by the so-called Sponsors have been given a high proportion of the tickets! 

All the early rhetoric by Lord Coe & Co that this will be the public's games is meaningless! 

I just hope that our country's Sportsmen & Sportswomen of whom I was one in my younger day actually do get a look in and have they had a chance to book tickets through their sports associations or will our country's allocation be filled with Fat Cats and the hoy paloy who don't invest either their personal time in supporting Britain's sport talent and only their money if there's a big pay back via advertising or promoting their products!

In my view the London Olympics Committee has badly let down the Sport-loving public of our country and all Lord Coe's patronizing 'I understand' just won't wash!

If the actual organisation of the Games is the same shambles, we shall all despair, but will certainly hold those to account who are being paid huge sums of money in these hard times - for Lord Coe and his crew the jury's out!      

London 2012

I guess you must of heard by now that the Olympics will take place in London next year starting on the 27^th July 2012. They will run for until the 12^th August and will be followed by the Paralympics which start on August 29^th until the 9^th September.

This will be the third time London has hosted the Olympic Games having originally hosted them in 1908 and for a second time in 1948, following the second world war.

The 2012 Olympics will take place in a host of new venues and a number of traditional venues which have real historical value.

Many of the new venues will be re-used by the general public leaving a lasting legacy for the UK especially for the residents of Stratford and Lower Lea Valley in East London.

London Olympics 2012 will feature 26 different sports and in each category there will many different disciplines. A comprehensive list of all the sports are available at  http://www.londonolympics2012.com/sports .

Following on from the games London will be hosting the Paralympics which has 20 sports, you can check a full listing of all the Paralympic sports at http://www.londonolympics2012.com/paralympic

The Olympics is not only about sport and the games it will also showcase a whole range of the UK’s outstanding heritage:

Cultural Olympiad

The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Art

The 'Art' strand of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad features a range of projects and programmes, from large commissions such as Artists Taking the Lead to events within the Inspire programme.

Film and digital

The 'Film and digital' strand of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad features everything from a short film competition for young people to individual projects in the Inspire programme.

Literature and libraries

The 'Literature and libraries' strand of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad features a number of Inspire mark projects. More programmes will come on board as we get ever nearer to the Games.

Museums and galleries

The 'Museums and galleries' strand of the Cultural Olympiad features UK-wide projects such as 'Stories of the World', alongside local programmes awarded the coveted 'Inspire mark'.

Music

The 'music' strand of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad includes a wide range of projects and programmes - from large-scale commissions to local activities run through the Inspire programme.

Outdoors and events

The 'outdoor and events' strand of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad features a wide range of projects, from'Discovering Places' to the Inspire programme

Theatre, dance and comedy

The World Shakespeare Festival, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, will run from 23 April to 9 September 2012, celebrating how the world performs, teaches and engages with Shakespeare. It will form part of the London 2012 Festival.

A series of major commissions, Unlimited is the UK's largest programme celebrating arts, culture and sport by disabled and deaf people.

London 2012 Festival

Leading artists from all over the world will come together in the UK's biggest ever festival - a chance for everyone to celebrate London 2012 through dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film and digital innovation and leave a lasting legacy for the arts in the UK.

Join the Cultural Olympiad

The website www.LondonOlympics2012.com was launched in 2002 by Hugh O’Brien a local businessman.  He launched the website to support a UK bid having seen earlier Manchester bids fail.

No one thought London had a chance but as the years rolled on the country got fully behind the bid and on the 6^th July 2005 London won the race to host the games.

www.LondonOlympics2012.com is getting close to the million mark on visitors to its website and has nearly 9000 followers on http://twitter.com/#!/LO2012

We want to support all local activities in Stockport and Greater Manchester . We want your Olympic story and welcome contributions which we will publish online. Since 2002 we have released over 2750 stories and you can be next. Just contact Hugh@londonolympics2012.com

If you are planning to go to the games and want help with accommodation please check our support page at http://www.londonolympics2012.com/london-accommodation

London Olympics 2012 - Group Support - Hotels & Accommodation

It is time to organise your London Olympic trip and you need accommodation but don’t want the hassle or don’t know where to start!

We aim to save you or your team the time and inevitable expense of finding the right hotels at the best prices and sorting through the whole booking process.

LO2012 are delighted to offer you a complete accommodation reservation service ABSOLUTELY FREE.

Our comprehensive service can support all your requirements whether large or small and there is no need to 'open an account' or be cautious of any 'small print' catches.

Fast, Efficient & Free

We have major partners in the hotel industry allowing us to offer support to the London Olympics and any major event throughout the UK. Over the years we have built strong relationships with hotels both in the UK and worldwide which has enabled us to negotiate the best rates with the highest level of service for our clients. We can be as flexible as you need us to be offering a range of options for each new enquiry to suit every pocket.

We will ensure the highest possible service as our team will:

• Listen to you to understand you and your guest's needs
• Source a selection of hotels to suit the location and a range of budgets
• Negotiate the best possible rates for the stay
• Produce a comprehensive ratecard giving details of both the accommodation and pricing
• Agree the layout and contents of the ratecard with you
• Provide hard copies for distribution via post/email/ fax to the organiser
• Take and manage allocations of rooms to avoid disappointment
• Take booking enquiries via email, fax, post and telephone and send out confirmations
• Liaise with the hotels on rooming lists and last minute changes
• Provision of management information for the event organisers
• On-site support for the Olympics and all major events, to deal with any last minute queries

We provide a full hotel booking service for anyone wanting to make 'ad hoc' bookings. This service is provided free of charge, and all bookings will be confirmed back to both client and hotel with comprehensive details relating to the reservation and the hotel booked.

mailto:enquiries@londonolympics2012.com

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