This weekend was the UCI World Cup Track Cycling at the Olympic Velodrome, the latest in the series of test events. Now I like to ride my bike - a road bike to be sure. There's nothing quite like coming down a decent hill, the wind ripping away at your face, senses...
The seconds part of the gymnastics the rhythmic gym tool place this week at London's Excel Centre, following on from the traditional artistic gymnastics. This sport is the exclusive domain of the girls consisting the four discipllnes of ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs....
We finally have to stop calling it next year's Olympic Games, it's now this year's Games and we are getting closer to delivering one of the best Olympics ever. The test events have started up again the same day I arrived back from spending Christmas and new year at...
Well, I am back in Canada after a somewhat protracted trip home due to an aircraft failure at Heathrow.This meant a night in a hotel in Chicago and not arriving back on Gabriola Island until 6.00 pm on Monday, having left for Heathrow Airport at 9.00am on Sunday. The...
The next of the Olympic Test Event series is now well underway. The past week has seen the boxing, fencing and table-tennis events running in London's Excel Centre, their home next year when the Games start. The Table Tennis test was performed us part of the ITTF...
Although some might describe both of these sports as 'extreme' it would be for vastly different reasons! I guess that for some the mode of dress of the competitors in the Beach Volleyball might well be considered extreme. That's not the only thing these sports have in...
This week the shuttlecocks are flying in Wembley Arena at the World Badminton Championships which is serving as an unofficial test event for next years Olympic event. This is not an easy event to photograph as the lighting is somewhat patchy and with black backgrounds...
This week it's the turn of the sailors to run their Olympic Test Event at Weymouth in Dorset, on England's South Coast. Discounting the odd football game taking place in Scotland and the North of England this is the most remote of all the Olympic Venues being some two...
Last week saw two more test events running, the White Water canoeing from Lee Valley White Water Centre and the Mountain Biking from Hadleigh Farm in Essex. Once again both events were a roaring success with things shaping up nicely for next year's Summer Games. Both...
The first two events in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics have already taken place. The equestrian event in historic Greenwich Park, was a great success, with really positive feedback from all the press. A couple of fences on the cross country course offer stunning...