2012 ... the farce goes on

[joggerjayne]

Bisley.

We have Europe's premier shooting school here in the South of England.

But, for the 2012 Games, the Shooting has been awarded, not to Bisley, but ...

... wait for it ...

... to London !!!!!!

Well, hey ho ... what a fcuking surprise.

Oooh ... London ... !!!!

What sort of lame brained, corrupt, bribe taking @rseholes made that decision?

It's a bizarre, ridiculous, farce.

Come 2012, we are going to be the laughing stock of the whole World.

[Panic Button]

On the day it was awarded I was praying it would go to Paris, as I could see what was coming.

I watched all the Brit bid team jumping up and down for joy, and my heart sank.

Even government ministers admit now that they wish we hadn't won it.

[beejay1124]

and i was just saying to stompe on the Why ? thread i have never seen JJ annoyed.........
JJ -similar when a sportsman (eg ) from here does well -he is referred to as British (as opposed to being Northern Irish)-but if it that sportsman were from England -he wouldnt be British ,he would be English
--- listen to the english press the next time rory mcilroy has a good golf tourney

[joggerjayne]

Panic ...

We don't have the money, or the will, to do it properly.

As for the "London" obsession ... weird.

We have world class Velodromes in the provinces ...

No, let's try to build one in London.

We have Europe's top shooting school in Surrey.

No, let's hold it in London.

It's going to be cringe-makingly horrid.

[joggerjayne]

LOL

beejay ...

I rarely get annoyed with anyone on AB ...

But I love sports, and the Beijing Games were so wonderful, and it irritates me that we are making such a complete b@lls up it.

[joggerjayne]

"of it"

[Octavius]

The IOC urged the committee to provide a more 'compact' games as transporting competitiors to venues 50 miles away and providing them accommodation would be more expensive in the long run - and would be less carbon friendly.

It is the London 2012, not Woking 2012 after all.

[Rosetta]

Unfortunately to" the powers that be " are unable to think outside the London box. Perhaps because they want tickets themselves

[beejay1124]

are any of the games bases due to be in scotland - wales - or norn iron--
dunno ,just curious

[Panic Button]

Hopefully the games will be successful - it's the cost that bothers me.

Luckily I am not a London council tax payer.

I would point out one thing about your complaint though - they are the LONDON Olympics.

[joggerjayne]

Octavius ...

That's not much of an argument. It's just down the road.

If they were truly concerned about economy of resources, they would use existing facilities, instead of spending �m's building duplicate facilities in ... yes ... London.

If they landed at Gatwick, they could almost walk to Bisley, instead of being transported to a venue 50 miles away, like London.

[troutater]

Octavius you avin a laff carbon friendly


So they want to help the planet ? Man U v Everton, semi final , make em play it in London

Last year Man U v Chelsea 80,000 plus fly to russia


Carbon Friendly my ar$e

[Rosetta]

Uk is a small country what harm is there in dispersing the sports a bit. We are not talking vast distances herew

I bet not all events were in the centre of Sydney, Beijing or Athens. CIties arent built that way in this day and age

[tamborine]

Windsor/Eton has the rowing in specially dug estuary that diverts river & floods villages further down.

Useless engineers!

[joggerjayne]

London is the base, yes.

But no other Olympic cities have felt the need to hog ALL the events within the one city that has put it's name to the games.

How will the 100km cycle race work? 50 laps of Hyde Park?

I'm getting this one off my chest, guys.

[tamborine]

and instead of the hideous Myra we will close with Bronson....all in the name of fekin art!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVMuEqaMZI

[joggerjayne]

lol x