Olympics - London 2012
When: 27th July - 12th August 2012 (Paralympic Games 29th August - 9th September 2012)
Where: London, United Kingdom
Link: www.london2012.com/en
Events
Beach Volleyball in 2012 will take place at Horse Guards Parade, a venue that has been at the heart of London's ceremonial life for hundreds of years. Two temporary stadia would provide seating for 15,000 spectactors to enjoy Beach Volleyball in this truly memorable setting.
Partnership
British Volleyball and Land Securities Group PLC have announced their partnership as part of the FTSE-British Olympic Association Initiative. Land Securities will partner British Volleyball to help identify the planning, resources and structures necessary to enable Britain to compete with credibility by 2009, and to compete with success at the 2012 Olympics. The partnership is expected to continue beyond the London Olympics in 2012.
Land Securities will be using their Shopping Centres and established links with schools to help give volleyball the attention and support it deserves. They will also be encouraging our own employees and suppliers to help in this venture.
" We want to help improve the prospects of British success in volleyball at the 2012 Olympics."
Coaches
(19th December 2006) Two coaches appointed
Jörg Ahmann, an Olympic medallist in Beach Volleyball for Germany and a top coach helping player’s break into the international scene, will be leading the programme here in the UK at Bath University where two indoor and outdoor Beach Volleyball Courts will be erected.
Assisting Jörg will be Jeff Alzina, an experienced coach from the US, who has coached numerous Olympians, fine tuning their game skills, will be coaching the top pairings over in the states at Hermosa Beach.
“The players will be training over in Hermosa Beach, the starting place of Beach Volleyball. There they will be training six days a week, high intensity with the US national squads where some NBA and AVP players train, in both group and individual training” said Jeff.
With the founder of Volleyball in England Dr Don Anthony opening the address, members of the British Volleyball Federation along with Volleyball England celebrated the appointment of Jörg and Jeff and looked forward to the development of the GB Beach Programme.
Richard Callicott, President of British Volleyball, said “Our dreams for Volleyball are becoming a reality, it is extremely exciting and we look at Horse Guards Parade with anticipation”.
