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Extending over four floors and sporting a post office and dry cleaners to name but just two of the retail outlets, the Press Centre has opened on the Olympic Park. Many Gamesmakers will be based in the centre before and throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Mo’s celebration after winning the 5000 metres in Helsinki last night shows his love for a post race Happy Meal. Let’s hope this excellent business acumen leads to him being paid mega bucks for the advertising of one of the biggest Olympic sponsors of London2012!
We’re Luvin You Mo!
NB: Spoof!
Upset Gamesmaker heckles David Cameron about the poor in London before being escorted out of the UDAC building. Cameron retorts that politics should be ‘left out’! So why was Cameron there if it was not to gain political points for his road show?
I certainly trust the heckler will still be a Gamesmaker after today. I would not like to think that free speech suffers at the hands of LOCOG. Certainly the shocked faces of his fellow volunteers do not bode well.
McDonald’s have released their menu for their outlets on the Olympic Park. Four outlets in all apparently.
Well this Gamesmaker will not be eating any of this crap free or not! Carrying their colour red is as near I get to their ‘outlets’.
Saudi Arabia confirms women are being allowed to compete for the first time at London2012. Good news, but I bet they won’t be allowed to drive those Gamesmaker Beamers any time soon!
I know I’ve written on this before, then it is dear to my heart. Martine Wright, who lost both legs in the 7/7 London Bombings has definitely been named for the Paralympics Volley ball team for London2012. That has to be the most wonderful recovery story ever and I’m so pleased for her.
The only sad thing is that LOCOG charged the British taxpayers (via the London Mayor) who invited all victims and families of the 7/7 events to the Games for free. It now turns out LOCOG want the money to do so! Shameful stuff LOCOG. Rethink that one!
Not my words, but it so sums up the plight of our lesser known sporting heroes (or heroines if you prefer). Whatever! Anyway these girls are really dedicated to their Olympic Handball challenge.
Handball? What’s that I hear you ask. Well I knew nothing about it till recently either. Now I’m being based at the Handball Arena (more correctly: The Copper Box) as a Gamesmaker I’ m learning fast and understanding how difficult it is to get the ball rolling (pun intended). This is definitely a should read.
I for one will be cheering them on from the sidelines throughout the day. In any case I like baked beans too!
Well as a Gamesmaker I feel positively jealous! How come Team GB get rubber ducks when all I get is a pink Swatch?
Warned they will leave the ‘Kitting Out’ do with large suitcases and bags full of kit and goodies, the GB team came away with a few extras too. Turns out the duck has a message regarding doping on it. Good thing too. I still want one!
What a backdrop too! All we got was a drafty, chilly, dark and dank old warehouse in deepest West Ham.
Rant over….
This Gamesmaker is getting rather tired of hearing about country’s Olympic officials making fast bucks on the back of touting tickets around the world. This alleged one may be a set up by the Sunday Times, but it must be just a small portion of what might be going on within the Olympic organizations around the globe.
I gave up trying for tickets on the LOCOG site after the first two long and unsuccessful efforts and have simply decided to now ignore the emails from LOCOG trying to entice me to buy Games tickets that have magically appeared for sale. I’m certainly not paying £6000 for a ‘bent’ ticket that’s for sure! I’ll just work there, although with all these alleged revelations even that remains uncertain as of today.
So Jeremy Hunt the Culture Secretary tells us the Games are under budget and LOCOG are to hand back nearly £500 million pounds. It’s taxpayers’ money so that is quite right. However, since there is so much cash still in the kitty maybe a rethink on travel arrangements and/or accommodation for Gamesmakers could be re-addressed before you hand anything back. 70,000 volunteers are giving up their free time, and 70,000 of them are more than happy to do so, but there are some that are working late into the evening and the next day. There are also many that will have to get up before dawn to get to their venue in time for the start of their shifts.
So LOCOG before you hand back that money think about giving priority to these particular Gamesmakers and provide them with special transport and/or accommodation in London. It makes good sense for a smoother, better Games. After all, the vast majority of Gamesmakers are taxpayer too!