SIX MONTHS TO GO: ENGLAND PREPARES TO HOST SAILING, ROWING, ATHLETICS AND… BLACK PUDDING THROWING IN 2012
Today, 27 January, marks six months to go until the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and host venues across the country are preparing to welcome athletes across a whole range of sporting disciplines. Worldwide, Olympic spectators are anticipated to be inspired to take up a new sport themselves in what is being called ‘the Olympics effect’. But for those that don’t own any sports equipment, don’t have the skill or aren’t ready to commit to the training required to succeed in Olympic disciplines, England has plenty of less conventional competitive activities on offer.