A Government commissioned report by KPMG is expected soon to endorse the decision to hold the equestrian events at Greenwich Park and the shooting at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

 

That is despite calls from Park supporters calling for the equestrian events, including the eventing, being moved to Windsor Great Park and for shooting enthusiasts leading a campaign for their sport to be held at the National Shooting Centre in Bisley.

 

Hadaway tried to show those who attended, including the Friends of Greenwich Park, the Blackheath Society, the Greenwich Society, the Westcombe Soceity, the Royal Parks and local MP Nick Raynsford, during his presentation that Greenwich Park would not be permanently damaged by staging the event and also that disruption would be kept to a minimum by installing portable jumps that could be constructed off-site.

 

He called upon evidence from Hong Kong, which staged the equestrian events during the Beijing Olympics, and where he worked as a consultant.

 

Hadaway claimed that work on preparing the cross-country event there, held on a golf course, did not begin until June and that part of the course remained open to players until three weeks before the event and that a number of the holes were back in use just five days after the course had been finished being used.

 

Jackie Brock-Doyle, the London 2012 Director of Communications and Public Affairs, said: "This was a very positive meeting and we look forward to working with the Societies, and with Greenwich Council in the future.

 

"We want to share our plans with as many people as possible in the Borough as they develop."