garjo Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Not sure about this and do not read Clay Pigeon shooting mags - is it worth getting tickets for Olympics? - what shooting events will they have? Not seen any publicity about this and wondering whether it would be worthwhile to go along? Feedback appreciated thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 If youre applying you need to be quick. I think the deadline is either this week or next? We've put in for some at work, just because you apply doesn't mean you get tickets. Shooting is quiet low cost, think it's £30/ticket. That's low compared to football, athletics etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://www.tickets.london2012.com/ Deadline is April 26th, next Tuesday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psych4shooting Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 The Double Trap is a must - we have the two quota places already - plus a depth in the sport, two places for grabs and great competition from the boys. Also the skeet too, both men and women on current form. It is on home soil and we stand a realistic chance of medals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Loads of info on the website, just Google it, but you have to "pre-register" first, seems daft to me...?? These Olympics are a total disaster for Clay shooting in the UK, not one penny spent on constructing the venue is left as a legacy for us shooters, unlike other sports we get absolutely nothing out of it. Very sad. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garjo Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Cat - what venues are they using? So nothing will be left after 2012? Loads of info on the website, just Google it, but you have to "pre-register" first, seems daft to me...?? These Olympics are a total disaster for Clay shooting in the UK, not one penny spent on constructing the venue is left as a legacy for us shooters, unlike other sports we get absolutely nothing out of it. Very sad. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Cat - what venues are they using? So nothing will be left after 2012? Woolwich barracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garjo Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks looked at website - there is skeet, trap but no sporting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks looked at website - there is skeet, trap but no sporting? Yep, dead right, Sporting has never been an Olympic discipline. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Cat - agree about doing little for us. Sebastien Coe has a lot to answer for. Hypocrite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Cat - agree about doing little for us. Sebastien Coe has a lot to answer for. Hypocrite. Yes, my thoughts entirely, but I didn't want to upset the 99.9% of die hard Tories on this forum who think the sun shines out of his rear end. I well remember a radio interview he gave with the BBC Radio 4 some while back, he claimed that the Woolwich venue was chosen after "extensive consultation with all of the UK shooting bodies", what a load of you know what, Dartford would have been a much better choice. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 He has the spine of a jellyfish when it comes to representing shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garjo Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Ok - so they dont have sporting (which to me is a crying shame) how can it be justified to have skeet and trap in venue which would leave no 'legacy'? Yes, my thoughts entirely, but I didn't want to upset the 99.9% of die hard Tories on this forum who think the sun shines out of his rear end. I well remember a radio interview he gave with the BBC Radio 4 some while back, he claimed that the Woolwich venue was chosen after "extensive consultation with all of the UK shooting bodies", what a load of you know what, Dartford would have been a much better choice. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Ok - so they dont have sporting (which to me is a crying shame) how can it be justified to have skeet and trap in venue which would leave no 'legacy'? Yes, that's the $10million dollar question, only "Lord" Coe can answer that one.. The cyclists have a lovely new Velodrome, the Swimmers some great new pools, we get Didly Squat, how fair is that..?? Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Coe has no answer to the question whatsoever. Whatever credibility he had - debatable - he has absolutely none now. I met him in the early 1990s at the opening of Saab Manchester - seemed a lad of principle. This is just how far he has sunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Yes, that's the $10million dollar question, only "Lord" Coe can answer that one.. I heard it was alot more than that to build the facilities on an MOD site (shame Bisley couldn't get it as its already in need of sprucing up!) and then bull doze a few months later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Cat - agree about doing little for us. Sebastien Coe has a lot to answer for. Hypocrite. Sebastian Coe was the President of the National Pistol Association at the time of the Dunblane shootings, he jumped ship very quickly in the aftermath, I would not trust him him as far as I could throw him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I heard it was alot more than that to build the facilities on an MOD site (shame Bisley couldn't get it as its already in need of sprucing up!) and then bull doze a few months later... Yes, it's cost a small fortune. I have some contacts on the inside who know the true costs of this fiasco, it's a scandal, I kid you not. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Yes, it's cost a small fortune. I have some contacts on the inside who know the true costs of this fiasco, it's a scandal, I kid you not. Cat. £30m was the last figure I heard bandied about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 £30m was the last figure I heard bandied about? Higher.....Higher...!!!!!!!!! cAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceman Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Whilst we're having a whinge, I heard the other day that LOCOG and the BOA have been bickering about how to divvy up the 'surplus' after the games. These games were supposed to cost £2 billion. Due to apalling mismanagement and financial incompetence it now looks as though they will cost closer to 9.3 billion, so we are already over £7billion in the red. Surely any surplus should go back to the poor bloody taxpayer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Whilst we're having a whinge, I heard the other day that LOCOG and the BOA have been bickering about how to divvy up the 'surplus' after the games. These games were supposed to cost £2 billion. Due to apalling mismanagement and financial incompetence it now looks as though they will cost closer to 9.3 billion, so we are already over £7billion in the red. Surely any surplus should go back to the poor bloody taxpayer? Hmm........more chance of seeing a flock of pigs airborne over Drayton Parslow..?? Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Higher.....Higher...!!!!!!!!! cAT. £42m was the supposed original figure. Higher or lower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 £42m was the supposed original figure. Higher or lower? £78m was what I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 £78m was what I heard. Nah..........******* Students wrong again, Poontang's within 5% of the final figure, a truly National scandal, if ever there was one. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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