AQW 701/11-15


Mr Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party
North Antrim


Tabled Date: 09/06/2011
Answered On Date: 22/06/2011
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure which sporting venues are being promoted as potential venues for pre-Olympic training camps.


Answer:
Twenty-six facilities have been approved by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) as Olympic standard training facilities. They are included in the London 2012 official Pre Games Training Camp (PGTC) Guide which includes all sporting venues across the UK.
SportNI has promoted the 26 approved venues since the Handover in Beijing in 2008, and continues to promote them at every opportunity. However, facilities at Bangor Castle Leisure Centre are no longer being promoted as the 50 metre pool will not be completed in time.
SportNI has promotional materials available, including a brochure on Pre Games Training in Northern Ireland and a DVD.
The twenty six LOCOG approved venues in Northern Ireland are:
Andersonstown Leisure Centre and Holy Trinity Amateur Boxing Club
Antrim Forum and Antrim Stadium
Ballyholme Yacht Club
Banbridge Amateur Boxing Club (in conjunction with Banbridge Leisure Centre)
Bangor Castle Leisure Centre
Bangor Sportsplex
The Boy’s Brigade Training Camp at Ganaway
Carrickfergus Sailing Club
Carlingford Lough Yacht Club
Glengormley Amateur Boxing Club
Glentoran Football Club, The Oval, in partnership with Ashfield Boys School and Avoniel Leisure Centre
Grosvenor Grammar School
Grove Wellbeing Centre
Lisnagarvey Hockey Club
Mary Peters Track
Mid Ulster Sports Arena
Monkstown Boxing and Community Sports Association
National Badminton Centre (Lisburn Racquets)
North West Regional Sports Campus
NI Civil Service Sports Association
Olympia Leisure Centre and Windsor Park
Portmore International Equestrian Centre
Queen’s University Belfast
Salto Gymnastics Centre
Ulster Lakeland Equestrian Park at Necarne
University of Ulster