Missed out on tickets for the equestrian sessions at London 2012?
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A further 900,000 tickets for London 2012 Olympic events are to be released over the next week including tickets to some equestrian sessions. They will be sold on a first come, first served basis exclusively to the one million people who applied in previous rounds of Olympic ticket sales and were not successful in securing a ticket. First priority will be given to the 20,000 people who were unsuccessful, first in the initial Olympic ballot application and then again when they applied in the second chance sales due to the high demand. These people will be given the opportunity to purchase tickets for over thirty different sports, including dressage, eventing and jumping sessions, from 11am on Friday 11 May to 6pm the following day. One million people who applied in the initial ballot but were unsuccessful will then be eligible to purchase the remaining tickets from next Sunday, May 13. The tickets for all equestrian will be released on May 15th All customers will be limited to applying for one session only and a maximum of four tickets. Unsold tickets on each day will be carried forward to the next day's sales. Those eligible will be contacted directly via email by London 2012 later today. Any tickets unsold during this period will go back on general sale from May 23 at 11am. Remaining tickets for the Paralympic Games will go on sale from 21 May 2012 More information at: www.tickets.london2012.com |
Talking of tickets and London, have you booked your ticket for the Leaping to London Fundraiser?
If you can't make it to London (or even if you are), a great way to support the Australian eventers is at the Leaping to London Fundraiser. A wonderful night out for equestrian enthusiasts will provide a great opportunity to support Australia’s eventing riders heading to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
On Friday 29 June at the Crowne Plaza Norwest, Sydney a fundraising dinner will be held to support Australian riders selected to compete at the Olympics in July. Get into your dancing shoes and join the excitement at this fabulous send off for our Australian team.
The funds raised from the evening will be donated to the Australian team riders and who are selected to represent Australia in London. Some of the riders currently in contention include Australian based Sonja Johnson, Craig Barrett, Stuart Tinney, Natalie Blundell, Emma Mason plus overseas based riders Clayton Fredericks, Chris Burton, Sam Griffith, Paul Tapner and Bill Levett.
The Australian based riders hope that you will join them for a great night out of good food, good company and lots of fun at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Norwest.
Ticket is $140 per person which includes dancing, 3 course meal and beverages. For ticket information or bookings for tables of 10, please contact Cheryl Sing 0414 375 903 or email [email protected] .
You can also share the excitement of Leaping to London on face book. www.facebook.com/LeapingtoLondon.
Various levels of sponsorship opportunities for the evening are available; to discuss options for your support please contact Karen Tinney 0407 293930 or [email protected]
