Who will use pre-Olympic training camps around Britain in 2012?
Charlotte White, H&H deputy news editor 14 March, 2008 Check out the latest H&H subscription offers >> Sixty equestrian venues across the UK have been chosen as potential training camps for overseas teams ahead of the 2012 Olympics. The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) revealed the names on Monday, 3 March along with a £25,000 award for each national organising committee that chooses to base itself in the UK in the run-up to the games. But will the listed centres benefit, and will there be a demand for pre-Olympic training centres prior to London 2012 — especially for those in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales? If not, what do “pre-Olympic centres” hope to gain by being on the list? Only around 200 horses and 20 national teams contend Olympic show jumping, dressage, paralympic dressage and eventing, according to International Equestrian Federation (FEI) figures. European nations dominate equestrian competitions and will not need a lengthy accl
