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Designs for 2012 Olympic handball arena revealed

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  DESIGNS were unveiled today for, what the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed, was a “simple, efficient and flexible” London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy.

will cater for a wide-range of indoor sports including basketball, handball, badminton, netball and volleyball

metre field of play hosting a number of sports including five-a-side football, netball, basketball, volleyball

be adapted to host hockey, martial arts, kabaddi, dodgeball, wheelchair basketball, fencing, sitting volleyball


Designs for 2012 Olympic handball arena revealed

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  DESIGNS were unveiled today for, what the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed, was a “simple, efficient and flexible” London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy.

will cater for a wide-range of indoor sports including basketball, handball, badminton, netball and volleyball

metre field of play hosting a number of sports including five-a-side football, netball, basketball, volleyball

be adapted to host hockey, martial arts, kabaddi, dodgeball, wheelchair basketball, fencing, sitting volleyball


UK School Games feted at House of Commons

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 MAY 13 - RICHARD CABORN, the former Sports Minister, tonight hosted a reception for the UK School Games at the House of Commons.

Alongside the new sport of hockey, competition will take place in badminton, judo, volleyball, athletics

Tennis: Jack Pegram (England South East)  2007 UK School Games mixed wheelchair gold medallist   ·  Volleyball


EXCLUSIVE: UK School Games should be London 2012 test event

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 MAY 14 - FORMER Sports Minister Richard Caborn has told insidethegames that he believes the UK School Games in 2012 should be held in the facilities built for the Olympics as a test event.

They are athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball



Volleyball complete appointments for 2012

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  COACHES for the men's and women's British Volleyball programmes for the build-up to London 2012 have

been unveiled today by the British Volleyball Federation.

Harry Brokking, the former Dutch national team coach, has been unveiled as the man to take the British Volleyball

“This is an exciting time for British Volleyball and I’m glad to be part of it and look forward to a

Richard Callicott, the president of the British Volleyball Federation said: “We’re delighted that Harry


Volleyball complete appointments for 2012

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  COACHES for the men's and women's British Volleyball programmes for the build-up to London 2012 have

been unveiled today by the British Volleyball Federation.

Harry Brokking, the former Dutch national team coach, has been unveiled as the man to take the British Volleyball

“This is an exciting time for British Volleyball and I’m glad to be part of it and look forward to a

Richard Callicott, the president of the British Volleyball Federation said: “We’re delighted that Harry


Moynihan blasts NAO report

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  COLIN MOYNIHAN (pictured), chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has today said that the minor sports should not suffer in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics if the Government fails to raise £100 million worth of funding.

did not raise the extra cash it promised it would in 2005 then the minor sports, like handball and volleyball

committed to this aspiration which would see British athletes competing in sports such as basketball and volleyball


Shooting lagging behind in preparations for 2012

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  SHOOTING is causing the greatest concern among British officials of the 26 sports preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, a report published today revealed.

Amber - Basketball, Hockey, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting.


Shooting lagging behind in preparations for 2012

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  SHOOTING is causing the greatest concern among British officials of the 26 sports preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, a report published today revealed.

Amber - Basketball, Hockey, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting.


EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis teams up with equestrian

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  ANOTHER British retailer, The John Lewis Partnership, is teaming up with an Olympic sport in the build-up to the 2012 London Games, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

Group 4 Securicor – judo, Home Retail Group – badminton, John Lewis – equestrianism, Land Securities – volleyball


Former Olympic champion to head regional group

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  FORMER Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse (pictured) is to spearhead efforts to get an overseas team to base themselves in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire during the 2012 Olympics.

cycling and BMX while Radcliffe Leisure Complex has been chosen for basketball, fencing and indoor volleyball


Sainsbury's link up with table tennis for 2012

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  SAINSBURY'S are the latest major British company to align themselves with an Olympic sport in the build-up to the 2012 London Games.

Two executives from property company Land Securities have joined the main board of British Volleyball

in an arrangement that has also seen beach volleyball showcased at Birmingham’s Bullring centre. 


Hosts for UK School Games announced

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  THE West of England, Wales, Tyne and Wear and Sheffield are to host the prestigious UK School Games in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, the Government announced today.

gymnastics and fencing alongside pupils from Grey Coat School while some of the country's top young volleyball

For the 2007 UK School Games, three new sports - badminton, judo and volleyball - have been added to


Training facilities delighted to have been chosen

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  TRAINING FACILITIES chosen by London 2012 to be part of its pre-Games training guide for overseas teams have reacted with delight at being included.

being promoted for football, with the College listed as a place to train in basketball, judo, indoor volleyball

attract teams for badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, table tennis, indoor volleyball