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
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