Pre-Games Training Camps
In the weeks and months leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, athletes from around the world will be training and preparing for the competition.
Some will choose to do this in their home countries, but some will use facilities known as 'Pre-Games Training Camps' in and around the UK.
The London 2012 Organising Committee is required to provide a 'Pre Games Training Camp Guide' to aid National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) in the process of identifying suitable facilities and sites for their Training Camps.
Our intention is to provide a service to ensure that teams competing in London 2012 at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games have the best opportunity to train, prepare and experience what we can offer here in the UK prior to their competition.
The final Guide will be available to NOCs and NPCs in August 2008.
Latest progress
Facilities across the UK were invited to apply for inclusion in the Guide through an open application process which ran from 24 July 2006 to 31 January 2007.
In response to this application process, LOCOG received over 1,000 submissions from facilities across the whole of the UK. All applications have now been assessed against a
standard set of criteria for Olympic sports (PDF, 32kB) and a
standard set of criteria for Paralympic Sports (PDF, 53kB), which included consideration of
sport-specific requirements (PDF, 362kB). Final decisions were announced in March 2008 for Olympic sports and May 2008 for Paralympic sports.
LOCOG was assisted in assessing submissions by the various National Governing Bodies (NGBs), which have provided sport-specific feedback, and national and regional sports councils, which have conducted additional site visits as required.
The whole process was overseen by a steering group, comprising the British Olympic Association, the English Institute of Sport and the Sports Councils of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
