Prepare to Win in Kent
National sports teams will find excellent facilities and a very warm welcome if they train in Kent in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Kent borders London and is a great place for athletes to stay, with wonderful countryside and attractions.
Pre Games Training Camp Venues
Kent is said to have more sports facilities able to host international athletes leading up to the London 2012 Games than any other area in the UK. 36 Olympic venues have the official sanction of the London 2012 Organising Committee. Kent also has eight venues which have been selected by London 2012 for their official brochure promoting facilities available for disabled athletes.
As a County we have already agreed to host pre-Games training camps with international sports teams from various disciplines. The Ukraine and Belarus judo squads will train at Tonbridge School and the Barbados Paralympic team will train in Medway. More nations are expected to announce their plans to train in Kent in 2011. You can find out further information regarding the excellent training facilities available by following the links below. We would warmly welcome any further international enquiries, to info@kentsport.org, or by telephoning +44 1622 605 051.
Kent is also keen to attract major sports events to the County, and is keen to work with international sports federations to facilitate this. We have already had some notable successes in this ambition, including the Tour de France, World Series Hand Crank Cycling and World Cup Archery events in 2007. In 2010, Kent will hold more exciting events including the international P1 Disability Cycling event at Fowlmead and international Sitting Volleyball tournament at the University of Kent. 2011 saw the Open Golf Championships come to Kent.
For further information please contact us on info@kentsport.org, or by telephoning +44 1622 605 051
Paralympic Training Camp venues
Kent:
- has superb quality sports facilities
- has a range of accommodation
- is within easy reach of the Olympic and Paralympic facilities
- can provide sport science and medical services
- has good local transport systems, enabling teams to travel easily
- has fantastic cultural and entertainment opportunities
- has wonderful countryside
- has a team of people keen to work with national teams to make the visit to Kent a pleasurable experience for elite performers and their coaches
We would welcome international teams who would be interested in visiting the County in the run up to 2012, to sample some of our sporting facilities and leisure and tourism attractions, and to explore our superb connectivity with London, and the Olympic Park itself (It will take less than ten minutes to travel by train from Ebbsfleet in north Kent, to the heart of the Olympic Park in London)
Please contact us to find out more:
Kent Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service +44 1622 605 054 / info@kentsport.org
For more detail on leisure and accommodation in Kent please visit www.visitkent.co.uk
Kent's Pre Games Training Camp Venues
The Kent venues included within the Guide issued by LOCOG to international Olympic Committees worldwide in Bejing in Summer 2008 are:
Ashford
- Chilham Park (Equestrian)
- Great Chart Golf Course (Beach Volleyball)
- Julie Rose Stadium (Athletics)
- Stour Centre (Badminton, Basketball, Fencing, Handball)
Canterbury
- Canterbury Christ Church University (Badminton, Basketball, Fencing)
- Canterbury Rhythmic Gymnastics Club (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
- Polo Farm Hockey Club (Hockey)
- St Lawrence Cricket Club (Archery)
- Canterbury High School (Athletics, Basketball, Fencing, Beach Volleyball)
- University of Kent at Canterbury (Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Fencing, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Modern Pentathlon, Table Tennis, Indoor Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Weightlifting)
Dartford
- Arrow Riding Centre (Equestrian)
- Dartford Judo Centre (Judo, Wrestling)
- Princes Park Stadium (Archery, Football)
Gravesham
- Meapa Gymnastics Club (Artistic Gymnastics)
- Nurstead Court Equestrian Centre (Equestrian)
Sevenoaks
- Brands Hatch (Road Cycling)
- Penshurst Off Road Circuit (Mountain Bike)
- Sevenoaks School (Archery, Athletics, Basketball, Fencing)
Swale
- Eyehorne Farm, Sittingbourne (Eventing/Cross Country)
Tonbridge and Malling
- Angel Centre (Fencing)
- Tonbridge School (Archery, Athletics, Fencing, Hockey, Modern Pentathlon)
- Hadlow College (Equestrian)
Thanet
- Margate Beach (Beach Volleyball)
- Marlowe Academy (Athletics)
Maidstone
- Maidstone Leisure Centre (Beach Volleyball)
- Pegasus Gymnastics Centre (Artistic Gymnastics)
- Sutton Valence School (Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Fencing)
Tunbridge Wells
- Bedgebury Pinetum (Road Cycling, Mountain Bike)
- Bewl Water (Canoe/Kayak Flatwater)
- Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre (Fencing, Modern Pentathlon)
Dover
- Deal Gymnastics Centre (Artistic Gymnastics)
- Fowlmead Country Park (Road Cycling, Mountain Bike)
Medway
- Gillingham FC (Archery, Football)
- Howard Table Tennis Centre (Table Tennis)
- Jumpers Rebound Centre (Gymnastics: Trampoline)
- Castlemaine Badminton Centre (Badminton)
- Medway Park (Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, Gymnastics: Artistic, Gymnastics: Rhythmic, Gymnastics: Trampoline, Modern Pentathlon, Taekwondo, Volleyball: Indoor, Wrestling)
