Olympics - London 2012 - Tickets (who's going in 1st post)

[Sallydaisy]

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Buying Olympic Tickets for London 2012 - details to be added.
Contacts:-
Pearcesport
Cosport cosport.com (http://t.co/tZbnO9dr)

Forum members going to Olympics tennis

Saturday 28th July
Centre: Davech and KnightOwl, themass15
Court 1: Lizzim, RafaFan

Monday 30th July
Centre: JAMES4578

TUesday 31st July
Centre: missglitter, Scrapaddict
Court 1: JAMES4578

Wednesday 1st August
Centre: themass15, JAMES4578
Ground passes: xenon21, NikNak's mum and family

Thursday 2nd August
Centre: themass15, jaysee
Court 1: Caro

Friday 3rd August
Centre: xenon21

[Alis]

If only!

[RoastLamb]

I couldn't get any last week when this was offered in Canada altho' Fitzy was successful the following day in the US and nabbed two days and some other sports.

[Ace!]

:olympics::banghead: They need to sort out that london2012 website!!!!!!!!!

The reselling of tickets, you think you manage to find some, then click on the checkout button............. TO BE TOLD THERES NO TICKETS!!!!:furious::tennis:

[Ace!]

Now this - "We have temporarily suspended the ticketing website while Ticketmaster investigates ticket resale issues that some customers have been experiencing. This website will reopen once Ticketmaster has resolved these issues?"


What a joke they couldn't RUN A BATH!!

[Maza1987]

I hope I have not left booking a hotel too late. Need to do it asap.
Worst comes to worst, I might have to stay with relatives..

[JAMES4578]

I booked a hotel a few months ago and there was little availability then. The ticketing has been a bit chaotic to say the least!

[supergran]

I really couldn't be bothered going to all that trouble. It's not been easy for you who want to get to certain venues. I'll be content to watch from the sofa. Usually only interested in Athletics, tennis, swimming plus any sport in which GB is doing well.

[Niknak's Mum]

I feel your frustration Ace ...... I spent most of the morning putting tickets in my basket ....proceeding to checkout ... then 'no tickets available' grrrrr! Now it's suspended and there is no way of knowing when it will be open again so the chances are we will miss out anyway ....... RUBBISH!!! :confused:

[Ace!]

I feel your frustration Ace ...... I spent most of the morning putting tickets in my basket ....proceeding to checkout ... then 'no tickets available' grrrrr! Now it's suspended and there is no way of knowing when it will be open again so the chances are we will miss out anyway ....... RUBBISH!!! :confused:


Absolute disgace the people running this, why dont they just use their brains? They said they didn't expect so many to want to resell? really??, so people wouldn't want to change their mind or book a hoilday instead then!!

[JAMES4578]

Only staying a couple of nights so I'll probably crash at my sisters, which is what I'm doing for the Paralympics.

You're all set then Chris, handy your sister is in London!

[Niknak's Mum]

Absolute disgace the people running this, why dont they just use their brains? They said they didn't expect so many to want to resell? really??, so people wouldn't want to change their mind or book a hoilday instead then!!

Can't believe re-sale still not up and running ...... usually we can't even comtemplate treating ourselves as a family to something as pricey as this, now for once we can, and all we get is extreme frustration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:furious:

[pabbers]

How they can say they didn't expect so many to want to re-sell, given you were obliged to buy everything that came your way, I do not understand! It's one of the reasons I didn't apply - didn't want to apply willy nilly and then find myself with a huge bill. Although, as things panned out, it looks as if that would have been unlikely! Shambles. Will be plumping up the armchair in readiness.

[cazza99]

A friend of mine from Europe has just asked me if its still possible to get tickets for the Olympics - their main interest is beach volleyball and volleyball. Does anone know if there are any good sites still selling tickets - if so which ones?

[xenon21]

A friend of mine from Europe has just asked me if its still possible to get tickets for the Olympics - their main interest is beach volleyball and volleyball. Does anone know if there are any good sites still selling tickets - if so which ones?

There is cosport which may still have some but the ones I have =seen after very expensive ones!

[cazza99]

Thanks Xe. I found that link and I suppose the olympic site may have some tickets when they fix their computer system. There are also olympic committee sites for different countries so they can try in their own country too.

[supergran]

Matt Fitz has just sent me a message on facebook about tickets that can be purchased from German seller. If anyone is interested and is a friend of mine go to my page. Don't know how to get info on here but sure somebody does.

[JAMES4578]

Olympic Tickets (http://www.dertour.de/xchg/SID-70117E30-B54D48D1/olympia-tickets/hs.xsl/index.html?lang&veranst&ort&kat&beginn&end&minpreis&maxpreis&sort&rdeLocaleAttr#)

[rondun]

Don't see any tennis tickets?

[-J-]

Steven @GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#%21/GBtennis) New Olympic tickets on CoSport.com * including tennis most days * (official EU reseller, so can be bought from the UK ) - thanks @JoshMcStay (https://twitter.com/#%21/JoshMcStay)

[doublesguru]

This post will probably be missed, but CoSport released Olympics tickets a half hour ago (would have posted earlier but was out) and there are quite a few tennis sessions available.

If an EU resident, go to europe.cosport.com, and register to see what's there. They will go fast as you can imagine!

[JAMES4578]

I've actually just purchased a few tennis tickets, did have some tickets already !:cheer::cheer: Thanks a lot Matt!

[hfwardhouse]

Anyone want a Category C ticket for Sat 28th July? There's one in a basket which could be released at the prime moment so someone in Europe can get it. You have about half an hour from now!

[hfwardhouse]

I'm also talking to Fitzy and he has several tickets available that he can't buy if someone wants them.

[hfwardhouse]

Don't see any tennis tickets?

They popped up - I had access to tickets for 28th, 3rd and 4th - they didn't stay around long tho!

[-J-]

I've actually just purchased a few tennis tickets, did have some tickets already !:cheer::cheer: Thanks a lot Matt!well done james
BTW anyone know why we have 2 X Olympic ticket threads

[AllyB]

well done james
BTW anyone know why we have 2 X Olympic ticket threads

Possibly originally intended as one tennis and one general?

[-J-]

ah you missed your calling in life

[KnightOwl]

The two Olympic ticket threads have now been merged :)

[Ace!]

Centre court only please

i dont trust that site that was named.


After April if i dont get any tickets, fron 2012 website

Would anyone sell me some tickets?

[JAMES4578]

That site is an authorised selller, however they have no tennis tickets left now anyway and indeed no athletics or swimming either.

[Ace!]

29,000 tickets have been held back!

Have a read of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17098550

[xenon21]

29,000 tickets have been held back!

Have a read of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17098550

Out of which those unsuccessful in both ballots will only have a go after the 24 hours and those who went for minority sports because they just wanted to be at the Olympic Games (hardcore fans?) will get nothing there! Pretty unfair that they didn't make it clear from the start that if you even got one pair of random sport tickets you will be barred from getting any remaining tickets apart from probably leftover football tickets

[david1610]

Out of which those unsuccessful in both ballots will only have a go after the 24 hours and those who went for minority sports because they just wanted to be at the Olympic Games (hardcore fans?) will get nothing there! Pretty unfair that they didn't make it clear from the start that if you even got one pair of random sport tickets you will be barred from getting any remaining tickets apart from probably leftover football tickets
Completely agree. I got tickets just for synchronised swimming (ask my 12 year-old daughter if any explanations required...) and so cannot apply. Ridiculous.

[Nina]

Hello everyone

Can I ask you a very strange question?
Is there any free tickets for Olympics opening or closing at Wimbley?
Or at least just to watch tennis at SW19?
please help me :)

Don't have an idea how to book the tickets. which hotel choose (cheap ones)
Just know all about air tickets :D

[Nina]

There is another thread for Olympics.
Do i have a chance to buy tickets? :(

[Hawkeye]

Your best bet would probably be through your own national Olympic Association.

[Nina]

Your best bet would probably be through your own national Olympic Association.
That's sounds very interesting.

[cazza99]

Maybe best to check the Olympics site as to where to buy tickets. Many of the tickets got sold months ago and there are restrictions on where you can buy tickets from depending what country you live in. But it is believed that there are some resale tickets to be made available some time. More info on this site.

http://www.london2012.com/

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/eligibility_p2.html

[Sallydaisy]

More Olympic tickets are being released for sale this Friday 11th May.
See BBC article here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17987673)


Some 900,000 Olympic tickets are going back on sale, starting on Friday for a group of people who were unsuccessful in the ballot and second chance sales. The 20,000 fans will have an exclusive 31-hour window from 11:00 on 11 May in which to purchase up to four tickets for a single event.

A million other unsuccessful ballot applicants can then apply for tickets from 13-17 May.
Unsold and Olympic Park tickets will then be made available to the public.

[Sallydaisy]

OLYMPIC TICKETS FOR SALE - deadline 17th May.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18045550


A million previously unsuccessful applicants have from 11:00 BST until 23:00 BST on 17 May to apply for up to four tickets for one sport. Events include beach volleyball, hockey, tennis, wrestling and football.

[KnightOwl]

Woohoo! Dave managed to get tennis tickets! Centre Court on the first day of play...!

[Linda]

Well done! :clap: :clap: Have a great time :)

[JAMES4578]

Woohoo! Dave managed to get tennis tickets! Centre Court on the first day of play...!

Fabulous well done! I do have a few tennis tickets myself.

[Niknak's Mum]

Just tried for 3 hours to get tennis tickets, tried every possible combination for every possible day and court .... only ground passes available now it seems! Does anyone think ground passes will be worth the journey? My brain is now frazzled from 3 hours of putting things on and off the shopping list and re-selecting. aaaaaagh!!

[Sallydaisy]

Ground passes could be very good - probably better earlier in the week.
Means you can watch play on all the outer courts (first come first served for the seating but up close to the players) and you get into the grounds so can sit on Henman Hill to watch on the big screen. Bear in mind there will be a lot going on with Mens and Ladies singles, Mens and Ladies doubles and Mixed Doubles too.
I'd go for it .......
;)

[Lizzim]

Woohoo! Dave managed to get tennis tickets! Centre Court on the first day of play...!

Might see you there! We got court 1 tickets for the same day :)

[Niknak's Mum]

Thanks Sally. Decided to go for it, then found 1st 3 days had gone ... so had to go for Wed 1st August and finally ..... IT'S DONE!!!!!!! All 4 of us at Wimbly for the day! :yahoo:

[cazza99]

Well done guys :)

[JAMES4578]

Should still be good with a ground pass, well done Niknak's Mum too!

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18045550) - New Olympic ticket sales include athletics


Locog has said it is releasing new tickets for sale from 29 May, to "help more people get to the Games". These tickets are:

Cycling Road Race at Box Hill, Surrey
Cycling Individual Time Trial at Hampton Court Palace
There will also be tickets available for Wimbledon which will provide access to The Hill and the big screen only
The Orbit - for those who already have access to the Olympic Park on the day they wish to visit the Orbit

[RoastLamb]

Is anyone from here going to this? I know Fitzy is.

[davech]

Is anyone from here going to this? I know Fitzy is.

We're going on the first day of play - should be fun. :)

[RoastLamb]

Good stuff! I really hope someone writes a blog about the entire experience. I really want to know how different it is from Wimbly.

[davech]

Good stuff! I really hope someone writes a blog about the entire experience. I really want to know how different it is from Wimbly.

As long as you can wait until Christmas, that shouldn't be a problem. ;)

[Sallydaisy]

Which Christmas? 2013?
:getcoat:

[davech]

Which Christmas? 2013?

I wouldn't like to commit to a specific one... :big grin:

[RoastLamb]

:lol: That's why I said "someone" instead of being specific.

[Lizzim]

Is anyone from here going to this? I know Fitzy is.

We have Court 1 tickets for day 1 :cheer:

[RoastLamb]

Lucky Lizzi! I'm going to live my dream through others. So looking forward to it.

[davech]

We have Court 1 tickets for day 1 :cheer:

Yay! Maybe we'll see you there...

[Lizzim]

Lucky Lizzi! I'm going to live my dream through others. So looking forward to it.

We finally managed to get tickets the other day. Am bringing Rob and his mum and hopefully Jennifer as well :)

Am also going to my first ever football match at the millennium stadium in Cardiff :)

[jaysee]

Surprise, surprise - no tennis tickets available in the general sale today. I wonder if any unwanted corporate tickets will appear between now & the games?

[Sallydaisy]

I've read somewhere that a few companies are worried they've not managed to sell their 'packages' to events like the Olympics tennis so I wouldn't be surprised if more tickets trickled onto the market.

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18158379)- London 2012: Remaining Olympic tickets released for general sale

[RafaFan]

Hello everyone!
After an hour and a half on the Olympics tix website last week, I managed to get ONE ticket (Category A) for Court 1 for the first round on Saturday 28th of July. From my understanding the first day will be the Men's singles first round. Anyone know when the final draw and schedule might be out? I'm keen to see Rafa play, so just wondering if anyone might want to do a seat "swap" on the day ie if Rafa plays on Centre Court and if Andy plays on Court 1?

[Sallydaisy]

London 2012: Many tickets for Olympics remain unsold ...

The BBC has learned that nearly a third of the Olympics tickets which went on sale earlier this month remain unsold.

The London 2012 organisers had expected that the 928,000 tickets would all be snapped up quickly by eager buyers, but that has not proved to be the case.
There are still more than 20 sessions with availability for sports like boxing, basketball, beach volleyball and weightlifting.

Report here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18209178)from the BBC website.

[Sallydaisy]

Hello everyone!
After an hour and a half on the Olympics tix website last week, I managed to get ONE ticket (Category A) for Court 1 for the first round on Saturday 28th of July. From my understanding the first day will be the Men's singles first round. Anyone know when the final draw and schedule might be out? I'm keen to see Rafa play, so just wondering if anyone might want to do a seat "swap" on the day ie if Rafa plays on Centre Court and if Andy plays on Court 1?

Hi Rafafan.
The draws will be done a couple of days ahead of play starting so it's impossible, before then, to get an idea about who'll play when. We'll post more information as soon as it is available.

[super8]

Has anyone here managed to get tickets for the tennis?

i am assuming that there is a viagogo-style ticket exchange. I had wondered if anyone has had any luck with that?

[Lizzim]

Has anyone here managed to get tickets for the tennis?

i am assuming that there is a viagogo-style ticket exchange. I had wondered if anyone has had any luck with that?

We got tickets for the first day on court 1. Not sure that there is any ticket exchange set up :confused:

[themass15]

I've got tickets for the Centre Court on 2nd August. Who else is lucky enough to be going?

[-J-]

I've got tickets for the Centre Court on 2nd August. Who else is lucky enough to be going?we have a london 2012 sub forum here http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?32-Olympics-London-2012

[doublesguru]

Hope some of ya'll see this... know there is a big match going on. :)

German ATR Dertour has released tickets without notice. Tennis & athletics available among others. Act fast!

http://bit.ly/lx2Ul5

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks doublesguru!!!
:thumbup:

[davech]

Hope some of ya'll see this... know there is a big match going on. :)

German ATR Dertour has released tickets without notice. Tennis & athletics available among others. Act fast!

http://bit.ly/lx2Ul5

Just thought I'd have a go at buying some athletics tickets. Unfortunately, once I got to the credit card payment bit, it said that the tickets weren't available after all. Oh well. Thanks for letting us know anyway, doublesguru.

[KnightOwl]

Boooo!

[xenon21]

Just thought I'd have a go at buying some athletics tickets. Unfortunately, once I got to the credit card payment bit, it said that the tickets weren't available after all. Oh well. Thanks for letting us know anyway, doublesguru.

:(

[doublesguru]

Unfortunately, those are what you'd call 'ghost tickets' - a lot of these ticket sites seem to have glitches in updating their inventory. It's a testament to how poor the process has been. There should be some more sales from other European ATRs over the next four weeks though, so keep the faith! :)

[JAMES4578]

Personally I can't buy any more tickets, but certainly hope more folk are successful!

[doublesguru]

CoSport EU released tickets in flash sale about 20 minutes ago. Most sports available... a bit pricey but if you want to go to Tennis, get on there now before they all go.

https://europe.cosport.com/

[davech]

A bit pricey for me, I'm afraid. Thanks for the heads up, though. :)

[Sallydaisy]

CoSport EU released tickets in flash sale about 20 minutes ago. Most sports available... a bit pricey but if you want to go to Tennis, get on there now before they all go.

https://europe.cosport.com/

Many thanks!
:thumbup:

[KnightOwl]

More than a bit, unfortunately, but thanks for letting us know :thumbup:

[Caro]

I've got tickets for the Centre Court on 2nd August. Who else is lucky enough to be going?

Me and a friend have got no 1 court on the same day.

[jaysee]

Managed to get a £50 athletics ticket this morning:)

Still no sign of any tennis tickets coming available though:grrr:

[Sallydaisy]

Hi Jaysee - not sure if this will help. It's an update from the PR peeps at Locog.


LOCOG Commercial Director Chris Townsend said, ‘With 50 days to go there are still plenty of ways to join in and be part of London 2012. We are at advance stages of venue planning and these represent the final release of Ceremonies and other sport tickets tickets.

'Over the next few weeks we will release further tickets for other Olympic sports and keep people informed when tickets are available. We are delighted with ticket sales to date, and have sold another one million tickets in the last four weeks, prioritising people who were unsuccessful last time around.'

http://www.london2012.com/news/artic...e-1256760.html (http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/additional-london-2012-ceremonies-and-sport-tickets-sale-1256760.html)

[davech]

Wish I'd spotted this earlier today! There are a few athletics tickets left, but not for the dates we can go. Ah well. I hear it's on the telly anyway...

[Sallydaisy]

Sounds as though they'll be releasing more tickets though over the next few weeks so you might get lucky?

[xenon21]

Hey guys
There are loads of tickets including tennis ones available (at decent prices) in the resale
Hurry up and snap them up

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/browse?form=search&tab=oly&sport=8229&event=&venue=&fromDate=&toDate=&morning=1&afternoon=1&evening=1&show_available_events=1

I got myself some fencing and Footie tickets through it

[cazza99]

There has just been another announcement of more tickets available including tennis

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/

[jaysee]

Some tennis tickets have appeared on the website! I've just got a centre court ticket on QF day! :yahoo:

[themass15]

So looking forward to the Olympics now. Got two more Centre Court tickets for the first day and 1st August. So hope Andy can pick himself up as it will be hard walking out on Centre Court again.

[Lizzim]

Finally got my tickets today! :cheer:

[RoastLamb]

Finally got my tickets today! :cheer:

I'm already looking forward to your blog!

[Lizzim]

I'm already looking forward to your blog!

Did you read my Andy related accounting blog?

[RoastLamb]

Did you read my Andy related accounting blog?

I don't think so. Did you tweet about it? I don't recall.

[Lizzim]

No tweet - posted on the match thread....link below for you :)

http://community.cimaglobal.com/blogs/lizzi-martins-blog/andy-murray-wimbledon-finalist-2012-%E2%80%93-what-inspiration

[Sallydaisy]

Finally got my tickets today! :cheer:

Oh that's good news. I've seen a few people on twitter getting stressed up at not getting theirs.

[Lizzim]

Oh that's good news. I've seen a few people on twitter getting stressed up at not getting theirs.

I thought mine would never arrive.....they actually tried to deliver them yesterday but I was at work so collected them this morning...! Yay! Am hoping to see the torch on Thursday before work too :)

[themass15]

I've got mine now for the 28th, 1st and 2nd August so do hope to see Andy at least once! Plus Rafa too of course.

[davech]

We got our tickets yesterday! Now we really need to get on and book our train, or they might all fill up.

I spent a while working out what you can/can't take to Olympic events. They're quite restrictive on drinks, favouring the air travel limit of 100ml (no alcohol allowed at all), and bag size is limited to 25 litres, but they appear to be quite relaxed on the camera front - my understanding is that, as long as none of your equipment is longer than 30cm, you're good to go...

[jaysee]

I think I read on one of the many pages that if you empty your water bottle before going through security, there will then be places in most of the venues where you can refill it, rather than having to pay for expensive drinks. e.g. we know that there are water fountains underneath centre court and no 1 court at Wimbledon.

Edit: confirmed in the e-mail that's just arrived: You can bring food, provided it fits in your bag, and an empty plastic water bottle to fill up inside the venue. You cannot bring in liquids over 100ml.

[missglitter]

woop just bought 2 centre court tickets for 31st July, taking my mum as she couldn't deal with camping with me for Wimbledon but loves tennis and Murray just as much as me

[Sallydaisy]

woop just bought 2 centre court tickets for 31st July, taking my mum as she couldn't deal with camping with me for Wimbledon but loves tennis and Murray just as much as me

Wow! Lucky you.
You got to Wimbledon then?

[missglitter]

A friend posted on facebook that she had just made a rash decision and bought tennis tickets so I went and checked the site and the first week was available ..seems to have all gone now, managed to get a couple of the £65 ones the rest were £85 from the third round onwards

Yep SallyDaisy got to the quarterfinals and enjoyed every minute except for the torrential rain at 5am on the morning of the tennis trying to put the tent away

[Niknak's Mum]

I'm fretting about 'not excessive amounts of food' .... how do you measure that? Both my boys are coming and have severe food allergies, so I have to plan as if they can't eat anything from the venue .... 2 growing lads - that's excessive amounts of food!!! ;)

[Sallydaisy]

I'm fretting about 'not excessive amounts of food' .... how do you measure that? Both my boys are coming and have severe food allergies, so I have to plan as if they can't eat anything from the venue .... 2 growing lads - that's excessive amounts of food!!! ;)
Normal Wimbledon allows you to take in food if you have a dietary allergy.
Not sure about the Olympics but I'd have thought it reasonable to allow the same.
I guess you'll all have to take a full rucksack!!!

[cazza99]

I'm fretting about 'not excessive amounts of food' .... how do you measure that? Both my boys are coming and have severe food allergies, so I have to plan as if they can't eat anything from the venue .... 2 growing lads - that's excessive amounts of food!!! ;)

That is a pain. Can you carry a letter or something to say they have allergies. Mind you, maybe you could spread the load between the three of you rather than you carrying it all.

I wonder what happens to those who cannot tolerate tap water or mineral water in plastic bottles. I doubt there would be mineral water in glass bottles on site.

[Niknak's Mum]

That is a pain. Can you carry a letter or something to say they have allergies. Mind you, maybe you could spread the load between the three of you rather than you carrying it all.

I wonder what happens to those who cannot tolerate tap water or mineral water in plastic bottles. I doubt there would be mineral water in glass bottles on site.

We do have a doctor's letter for Nick's Epipens, which we have to have for flying, so I guess that should help and as you say there are actually 4 of us so we'll have to spread the load! ;)

[Sallydaisy]

More tickets going on sale ........... BBC report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18869911)

[scrapaddict]

I am going on 31st July - centre court and can't wait as I've never been to Wimbledon before - hope to see one match with Brits in - have my flag ready

[xenon21]

Hey guys. Fitzy from the old forum wanted to let you know that he has extra tickets to low profile events and if anyone wants he is willing to sell them under face value. He is overbooked. They are

fencing 31st july, beach volleyball 3rd august. women's hockey 4th august, table tennis men's bronze match 8th august and taekwondo 9th aug

If anyone is interested, please tweet him at @tennisfitz :)

[xenon21]

Hey guys. Am compiling a list of those who have been successful in getting tennis tickets and what days so those going on the same day can look out for each other.

If you got some tennis tickets, please post here your date and if centre, court 1 or grounds and I will update in first post :)

[Sallydaisy]

I think most people have already posted if they got tickets and on which day so you could go through and make a list by day at least already?

[xenon21]

I think most people have already posted if they got tickets and on which day so you could go through and make a list by day at least already?

done but there are a few who have either mentioned they're going or have not specified the exact day or court. I think James and jaysee (which day of QF)

Oooh, going on the same day as Niknak's family. May bump into them

[JAMES4578]

I'll be there Monday-Wednesday. It's court 1 on the Tuesday and centre the other days.

[jaysee]

I'm centre court Thursday (I think all the QFs are that day - Wednesday is 3rd round according to the schedule (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/event-schedule.aspx))

[Kittn]

Ah, I should have posted here... I'm going to the Mens Doubles and Womens Singles Gold Medal matches on 4th August. I was so lucky to get tickets - it's a real dilemma deciding who I'm going to take! Are any of you lot going to be there? I've never managed to get to Wimbledon before :)

[Steven]

I've got Centre Court tickets on Sunday, though I think Xenon knows that aleady.

Also, I have a ticket to next Wednesday's rowing finals at Eton Dorney going free if anyone is interested - it has become spare this late because the person originally going with me now has a Games Maker shift that clashes and another family member who was going to take it has injured their leg and doesn't want to risk making the trip.

It's Cat A (face value £ 150) so not too far from the finish and just 16 rows back. We could meet on the day for a ticket handover, but it would probably be better if I sent the ticket by special delivery on Saturday or Monday, since then we could then both get there at our own pace and not have to hunt for each other in the queue to get in.

The session code is RO005 - full details of the events in that session are at http://bit.ly/MK898h - it includes:

- the women's pair Final, where Helen Glover & Heather Stanning are the favourites for the gold medal and 10th in the list of top 20 GB gold medal hopes in the Times this week
- the women's quad sculls Final, an outside chance of a medal in quite an open race from what I can gather
- the always exciting men's eight, in which the GB crew (including 40-year-old Greg Searle, who first won a gold medal in Barcelona 20 years ago!) also has medal hopes, though would require a big upset to beat the Germans for gold
- various semis with British interest and classification races

If you are interested, the quickest way to get in touch is to DM me on Twitter (either @gbtennis or @botb1) if we follow each other, @ message me on Twitter(again, either account is ok) or if you are not on Twitter, just pm me here.

[Sallydaisy]

I hope everyone going to the Olympic events - tennis or otherwise - has a fantastic time.
The Olympic flame burns bright in London.
:olympics:

[Sallydaisy]

Ah, I should have posted here... I'm going to the Mens Doubles and Womens Singles Gold Medal matches on 4th August. I was so lucky to get tickets - it's a real dilemma deciding who I'm going to take! Are any of you lot going to be there? I've never managed to get to Wimbledon before :)
Welcome to the forum Kittn!
:welcome:

There's a list of who is going from the forum in the first post.

[cazza99]

Barry Flatman ‏@Barry_FlatmanST

Word has it LOCOG are releasing more Olympic tickets for the tennis. No1 Court so sparsely populated despite Djokovic in action

[Jan]

I'm off to the badminton for the evening session tomorrow. :OGwave:

[Sallydaisy]

More Olympic tickets being released .... but read the full article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19048918) before getting too excited.

More Olympic tickets will go on sale after the row over empty seats, organisers Locog have said. It said an initial 3,000 tickets - including 600 gymnastics tickets - were "put back into the pot" and sold on the London 2012 website on Sunday night.

More tickets returned by sports federations would be released the night before events, Locog added.

[Niknak's Mum]

Don't know if this is the right thread for this, but does anyone know how early we need to arrive at Wimbledon if we have ground passes for tomorrow? Has anyone else experienced times needed to get in and find a seat? .... I am guessing we would be best to head for Court 2 depending on tomorrows schedule of course.

[Lizzim]

Don't know if this is the right thread for this, but does anyone know how early we need to arrive at Wimbledon if we have ground passes for tomorrow? Has anyone else experienced times needed to get in and find a seat? .... I am guessing we would be best to head for Court 2 depending on tomorrows schedule of course.

We arrived at the courts about 11.15 on Saturday and were seated on court 2 just after 11.30 (we had court 1 tickets for the day). Security was fast and very similar to airport security, if you minimise what you take as much as possible you should be fine :)

[Sallydaisy]

Don't know if this is the right thread for this, but does anyone know how early we need to arrive at Wimbledon if we have ground passes for tomorrow? Has anyone else experienced times needed to get in and find a seat? .... I am guessing we would be best to head for Court 2 depending on tomorrows schedule of course.

I think most forum members who've been so far had tickets for Centre or One.
Word is that it isn't as busy as Wimbledon.

Someone I know on twitter went on Saturday with a ground pass - can ask her if you like?

[Sallydaisy]

Incredible how empty the courts are - it's only just gone 7.30pm.

Centre Court probably has only 15/20% of the seats occupied for Ferrer v Kavcic.
I know it was an extra match so some people might have left thinking play was over for the day but at the moment they could get everyone with a ground pass into the stadium and with room to spare!!!

Court 1 still not full for Heather's match either.

[Linda]

I was also watching Ferru v Kavcic, and also watching Feli v Pico on another stream. There seemed to be hardly anyone watching either match.

[millypops]

Well I think heads must roll, about the seats shambles, I have just watched Heather playing in Court One so many empty seats if that had been Wimbledon proper the stands would have been full, I am so frustrated as a true tennis fan, get those bums on setas

[KnightOwl]

Well I think heads must roll, about the seats shambles, I have just watched Heather playing in Court One so many empty seats if that had been Wimbledon proper the stands would have been full, I am so frustrated as a true tennis fan, get those bums on setas

One of the problems is that they're not operating a "returns" policy as they do at Wimbledon proper, so if people leave early, their tickets go to waste. Also, being the Olympics, there are more people there from other nations than normal, and they may be watching their own stars on outside courts, leaving their Centre or Court One seats temporarily empty.

I know when Dave & I were there on Saturday, we did watch a couple of matches on Centre, but then went over to Court 2 to wait for Andy/Jamie - so from that point our Centre Court seats were technically empty...

[Lizzim]

What I don't understand is why they didn't sell tickets to court 2 as they do normally :confused: As much as I liked being able to go there and watch Andy at the weekend it would have been much less empty all day had they sold tickets for the early stage of the tournament.

[Niknak's Mum]

Thanks for all your advice everyone. It sounds like we don't need to worry too much about being there really early after a gruelling day today at Chessington World of Adventures!

[Sallydaisy]

Xenon21 went to Wimbledon today with a ground ticket and after an hour in the Resales queue (she was first in line for Centre tix) she's just got onto Centre Court (row ZC). Apparently there were a few Court 1 tickets being resold to those who queued.

‏@xenon21 (https://twitter.com/xenon21) I am número uno in the ticket resale queue IF any centre court tickets came my way http://lockerz.com/s/230154540 (http://t.co/0oO3k1Kz)
57mins ago



I have received tickets! On the back row but still I will be there.
3mins ago


go very early! Some returned tickets released at 10-10:30
And more people giving court 1 tickets! This is so annoying! Someone come with centre

[cazza99]

Lia Hervey ‏@SkyNewsOlympic

Locog say more athletics tickets released for sale in next 48 hrs.

[cazza99]

I think they are giving too few ground tickets out too. It looks like there is plenty more space for peeps to sit on the hill looking at the big screen - assuming they are showing matches on the big screen that is.

[Caro]

Gill and I are going tomorrow. We've got no 1 court but obviously want to see Andy (please let him win today). We were planning to sit on the hill assuming there's a big screen?!

EDIT: Just seen Cazza's post. They had better show the tennis on the big screen!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Gill and I are going tomorrow. We've got no 1 court but obviously want to see Andy (please let him win today). We were planning to sit on the hill assuming there's a big screen?!
Sounds as though watching from the Resale queue might be a good move - you might actually get onto Centre Court and there's picnic benches up on that top level too.

Hope you 2 have a fab time especially since you didn't get there for Wimbledon!
:thumbup:

[jaysee]

Looking at the QF lineups, I think Caro might be lucky - it could be Andy's turn for Court 1 tomorrow! (I hope not, since I've got centre court....)

[Sallydaisy]

OLYMPIC TENNIS - TICKET RESALES AT WIMBLEDON

Those with ground passes (or who want to get onto a different showcourt) can queue for Showcourt resale tickets as normal at Wimbledon. Xenon waited an hour this morning but got the first ticket available for Centre.

I understand that Niknak, his Mum and others also got onto Centre in good time to watch Andy's match.

[KnightOwl]

That's good news - they certainly weren't doing that on Saturday - or at least, if they were, they hadn't advertised the fact, as there was no-one queuing in the resale area...

[Sallydaisy]

Gill and I are going tomorrow. We've got no 1 court but obviously want to see Andy (please let him win today). We were planning to sit on the hill assuming there's a big screen?!
You've struck lucky Caro! There's a great line-up on there tomorrow and you'll see Andy twice!

[Sallydaisy]

75, 000 more tickets for Olympic events available.
Daily Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9444917/75000-more-Olympic-tickets-to-go-on-sale-including-1600-coveted-athletics-seats.html)

Locog, the company running the Games, said that the final conversion of the stadium after last week’s opening ceremony had opened up several spaces in which seats can now be placed. The 75,000 extra tickets do not include football games, for which around 200,000 seats are still unsold.

Up to 1,600 coveted Olympic athletics tickets are to be released at the last minute.

Paul Deighton, Locog’s chief executive, said that a significant number of the new tickets will be for the Olympic athletics, which starts on Saturday.

Mr Deighton said: “You can expect to see quite a few athletics tickets shortly because e we converted the stadium from the green and pleasant land that we had on Friday night into an athletic stadium.

[xenon21]

Just a bit of information about the ticket resales

Today they had a bunch of return tickets at the resale desk (same place as usual at the top of Henman hill near court 18) first thing in the morning. If you are early enough, maybe 10 a.m or earlier and you head straight to the resale queue you may be lucky with one of those tickets. If not it may be a matter of waiting for court 1 or centre court tickets. While I was waiting some court 1 tickets did come back but I was holding out for centre. The usual time some may be returned is about 2 apparently. There possibly aren't as many returns as at the usual Wimbledon championships purely got the fact that people may not know that there is a resale policy and they can get their tickets scanned

Just to let you know that te resale policy is only available to those who have ground passes! If you have centre or court 1 they encourage you to try and find someone to swap with. Once in a blue moon they may help you with it. I guess they do it this way to try and ensure as many people as possible can access show courts

I was lucky enough to be first in the queue and got a centre court ticket after about an hour. It was for row ZC tickets but I was there for Novak and Andy match. And for Andy's match I spotted a few seats in row S so moved down :)

Was lucky that though it didn't usually happen Andy came down the media centre to sign for fans below. Apparently the players don't usually do that so lovely of him!

Also is lovely to be able to see players practise up so close and just randomly pass by you :)

[supergran]

Gill and I are going tomorrow. We've got no 1 court but obviously want to see Andy (please let him win today). We were planning to sit on the hill assuming there's a big screen?!

EDIT: Just seen Cazza's post. They had better show the tennis on the big screen!!! You will see him won't you? Obviously meant to be!:clap: Fantastic. Have a great day!!:OGwave::GBflag:

[Niknak's Mum]

Note to those with Ground Passes - it's worth noting that on Court 18 they were operating a very strict policy of keeping all seats full and saying that even if you went out to the loo you would have to rejoin the queue outside. We managed to get out a couple of times always taking one or other of the kids with us to use as emotional blackmail to get back in or sending the 2 of them together hoping they wouldn't make them wait outside alone! It worked but we were only brave enough to do it during rain breaks. We got on to 18 about 10.30am easily but it filled up pretty quickly from that time.

The Hill seemed not to be very crowded at any point during the day.

Re-sale - We came out of 18 after the Tsonga/Lopez match just as Andy and Baggy were starting and were planning to sit on the Hill when we noticed only a very short queue at the re-sale booth. After approx 5 mins we were at the front and had 4 Centre Court tickets (Adults £5, kids £1) for £12, right at the bottom level, row D, to the left of the umpire! There are a lot less people than during The Championships and the re-sale was not advertised in anyway so my impression is that not many people realised it was an option ..... I guess as the days go by and the word gets out this may not remain the case.

We felt incredibly lucky and thrilled that we could share this as a whole family.:flowers:

[xenon21]

Wow! That is amazing that you got such great seats! So glad you all got seats! I got a ticket at the start at the back but did wonder if perhaps I should have waited for better seats but I did move down a bit

[KnightOwl]

Wow Lizzi - that's great!

We were thinking of trying to do that, for exactly the same reason, but we're still half hoping we might get actual Olympic athletic tickets! We're off to the Olympic Park tomorrow, to watch hockey, but we won't see the inside of the stadium, and I would love to do that at some point!

[Sallydaisy]

Todays full schedule of Olympic events can be found here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/20120803) on the BBC website.

Hope all those going to events today have a fantastic time!
:OGwave: