Masonic Forum Home Search Members Calendar Who's On Welcome Guest ( Login | Register ) Recent PostsRecent Posts Popular TopicsPopular Topics Home » General » Knobs & Excrescences » Summer Olympic games Summer Olympic games Rate Topic Display Mode Topic Options Author Message Tom CherupTom Cherup Posted 19/02/2010 20:27 Past Master Group: Moderators Last Login: Today @ 00:44 Posts: 1,011, Visits: 2,841 I under stand the London is next to host the summer Olympics. A host country is given the options to offer a new sport, Candia - Hockey, US Baseball, Basketball, Football. Is London to offer Rugby? Tom Cherup Olive Branch Lodge #542 Dearborn, Michigan Olive Branch's web site Detroit Masonic Temple Post #18682 chestnutchestnut Posted 22/02/2010 11:27 Master Group: Forum Members Last Login: Yesterday @ 18:10 Posts: 659, Visits: 2,147 Bar Billiards David Post #18784 bodbod Posted 22/02/2010 15:15 Fellow Group: Forum Members Last Login: 2 days ago @ 23:20 Posts: 324, Visits: 604 I wasn't able to find out which new sports would definitely be added, however, I did find out that softball and baseball have been droppedThis from wikipedaSportsSee also: Category:2012 Summer Olympics eventsThe 2012 Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 38 disciplines. The 2012 Paralympic Games programme has 20 sports and 21 disciplines. London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city. The IOC reinforced its decision to drop both sports during the Turin Games after they lost votes for reconsideration. They will remain Olympic sports, despite being scheduled for the last time at Beijing in 2008.[57] Following the decision to drop the two sports, the IOC held a vote on whether or not to replace them. The sports considered were karate, squash, golf, roller sports, and rugby sevens. Karate and squash were the two final nominees, but neither received enough votes to reach the required two-thirds majority.[58] The IOC has given the approval for the addition of golf and rugby sevens for the 2016 games.[59][60]The International Olympic Committee executive board met on 13 August 2009 and approved the addition of women's boxing to the programme. The International Boxing Federation has proposed that 40 athletes compete in five different weight classes.[61]Murad Qureshi, a member of the London Assembly, is pushing for a Twenty20 cricket showcase tournament to be included in London.[62] Twenty20 cricket did originally bid for inclusion in 2012, but was not one of the finalist sports.[63] Netball is being drafted as a possible demonstration sport at the 2012 games. This idea was backed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, suggesting that it would encourage more girls and young women to play sports.[64] The IOC eliminated demonstration sports following the 1992 Summer Olympics.[65] However, special tournaments have been run for non-Olympic sports during the games, such as the Wushu tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[62] There has been speculation that the London Sevens tournament held at Twickenham as part of the IRB Sevens World Series could be put back to coincide with the Olympics.[66] Post #18792 DHSDHS Posted 22/02/2010 16:35 Journeyman Group: Forum Members Last Login: 02/09/2010 08:11 Posts: 157, Visits: 842 My vote would go to Elephant Polo, with both Scotland and England having been World Champions in recent years we could surely pull together a fabulous GB Team: http://www.elephantpolo.com/ Post #18796 Stu ThorpeStu Thorpe Posted 23/02/2010 08:58 Forum Moderator Group: Moderators Last Login: Yesterday @ 12:05 Posts: 256, Visits: 696 Tom Cherup (19/02/2010)I under stand the London is next to host the summer Olympics. A host country is given the options to offer a new sport, Candia - Hockey, US Baseball, Basketball, Football. Is London to offer Rugby? Rugby Sevens will debut at the 2016 Olympics http://ur7s.com/olympic-rugby Stuart Thorpe Forum Moderator Forest of Arden Lodge No 3826 MEZ Shenstonian Chapter No 5544 Shenstonian Lodge No 5544 Post #18816 « Prev Topic | Next Topic » Reading This Topic Active Users: 0 (0 guests, 0 members, 0 anonymous members) Forum Moderators: Mike Martin, Stu Thorpe, Tom Cherup Forum Jump... ---------------- Forum Home Search Members List Calendar Who's Online ---------------- Site Announcements |-- Announcements General |-- Greetings to our New Forumites |-- General Masonic Discussion |-- Masonic History (Legend -V- Fact) |-- Ritual - Esoteric & Symbols |-- Travellers' Diary & Dates |-- The Reading/Watching Room |-- The Appendant Degrees and Orders |-- Feminine & Co-Masonry |-- Knobs & Excrescences All times are GMT, Time now is 1:30am Powered By InstantForum.NET v4.1.4 © 2010 Execution: 0.102. 7 queries. Compression Disabled.
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The 2012 Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 38 disciplines. The 2012 Paralympic Games programme has 20 sports and 21 disciplines. London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city. The IOC reinforced its decision to drop both sports during the Turin Games after they lost votes for reconsideration. They will remain Olympic sports, despite being scheduled for the last time at Beijing in 2008.[57] Following the decision to drop the two sports, the IOC held a vote on whether or not to replace them. The sports considered were karate, squash, golf, roller sports, and rugby sevens. Karate and squash were the two final nominees, but neither received enough votes to reach the required two-thirds majority.[58] The IOC has given the approval for the addition of golf and rugby sevens for the 2016 games.[59][60]
The International Olympic Committee executive board met on 13 August 2009 and approved the addition of women's boxing to the programme. The International Boxing Federation has proposed that 40 athletes compete in five different weight classes.[61]
Murad Qureshi, a member of the London Assembly, is pushing for a Twenty20 cricket showcase tournament to be included in London.[62] Twenty20 cricket did originally bid for inclusion in 2012, but was not one of the finalist sports.[63] Netball is being drafted as a possible demonstration sport at the 2012 games. This idea was backed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, suggesting that it would encourage more girls and young women to play sports.[64] The IOC eliminated demonstration sports following the 1992 Summer Olympics.[65] However, special tournaments have been run for non-Olympic sports during the games, such as the Wushu tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[62] There has been speculation that the London Sevens tournament held at Twickenham as part of the IRB Sevens World Series could be put back to coincide with the Olympics.[66]
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