The two-day programme provided an important platform for sports to share insights and best practice as they prepare side by side to face the challenge of repeating the outstanding success Team GB achieved in Beijing last year when they compete on home soil in 2012.

 

The packed schedule began with a joint presentation on ‘Mission and Objectives for 2012’ by BOA Drector of Olympic Performance Clive Woodward and UK Sport Director of Performance Peter Keen.

 

Other members of the BOA leadership team outlined plans in the areas of environment, accommodation, Olympic qualifying schedules and the Team GB preparation camp.

 

The event also included a tour of the Olympic Park in Stratford, allowing the team laders to see first-hand the vast developments being made in shaping the site of the 2012 Olympic Games.

 

They received a detailed description of plans for the Olympic Village, where Team GB’s athletes will be accommodated.

 

Finally, key members of the London 2012 Organising Committee delivered presentations on their technical preparations, including a focus on transport as well as a sport and venue overview.

 

BOA chief executive Andy Hunt underlined the importance of planning and preparation to success in 2012.

 

He said: "The British public will judge the success of London 2012 in various ways, but at the top of the list will be the achievements of Team GB.

 

"That's why the planning and preparation is already under way in earnest and it's also why it's so important that our team leaders can unite in this way so we can pool expertise, learn lessons and work together for the common good.”

 

British Swimming performance director Michael Scott said: “This has been an exciting first step in a journey that we are all going to share together.

 

"The sense of the sports coming together as a team is really developing.

 

"For me, this has been a very productive event.”
 

Andy Wood, Badminton’s Olympic team manager said: “This has been extremely useful for me.

 

"You can gain a great deal from working together with other sports.

 

"We all face different issues but there is a lot of common ground and it really opens your mind to potential advantages and pitfalls.”