•It is a very good outcome for London. 96 facilities in the Greater London area are included in the guide, providing training venues for 28 out of 36 different Olympic sporting disciplines. 15% of the facilities in the Guide are in London, with a good spread of boroughs from east to west.

•Facilities were put forward for consideration from 30 Boroughs; only 2 (Lambeth and Havering) were unsuccessful with any of their facilities. No facilities applied from 3 boroughs (Westminster, Camden and Barking and Dagenham). Although the formal process is now complete as new facilities are completed they will still be able to apply to be in the guide – so in due course there may be facilities in the guide from boroughs who currently do not have a preparation camp.

•It is a tribute to Sport England that the Guide highlights so many sports facilities available to the community which have investment through Lottery and Community Club Development Programme funding. We are delighted to have created a backbone of world standard sports venues throughout the capital.

•London has a large consortia as does the West London Alliance, which includes Brunel University, a well known multi-sport facility, suitable for larger teams as it can host a wide range of sports including archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, beach volleyball and wrestling.

•Another consortia is the South West London Cluster featuring the Malden Bowmen and Twickenham Stadium for archery, the Royal Canoe Club in Teddington, Surbiton Hockey Club and the Racket and Fitness Club for tennis, and the Busen Anglo-Japanese Club in Richmond. St Mary’s University College, which can host athletics, badminton, basketball, fencing, handball, indoor volleyball and weightlifting, is also included in this consortia.

•Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in the South East London Cluster can host archery, boxing, fencing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, beach volleyball and wrestling.

•Other facility examples include the Score in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, which can host handball, judo, indoor volleyball and wrestling, Whitechapel Sports Centre which can host basketball and fencing and the recently reopened Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney which can cater for basketball, boxing, fencing, judo, indoor volleyball and wrestling.

•National Governing Bodies have also expanded their facilities by linking up with other sports eg archery encouraging cricket grounds to host archery, following the pattern of Lord’s being the Olympic venue for Archery and Redbridge Judo Club which can host wrestling as well as judo.

•Sport England had representation on all national and regional steering groups across England and assisted in the structuring of a robust selection process. This included the formulation of a range of criteria set out in LOCOG’s Pre-Games Training Camps Guidelines.

•Sport England promoted the concept of the Guide to potential applicants and then received all applications from venues located in England for an initial assessment. Sport England continued to be in consultation with LOCOG until the final selection was made.

•Having the potential opportunity to play host to Olympic athletes will raise the profile of facilities such as East Ham Leisure Centre in Newham, Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney, Redbridge Judo Club and St Mary’s University College in Richmond. It’s a great opportunity to showcase elite athletes training side by side with the community.

•Appearing in the Guide in Beijing is an ideal opportunity to showcase the facility to a global audience and show we are capable of providing sports facilities at international level. It also highlights the wide provision of quality facilities across the capital and the Olympic sports that the local community has access to.