Paralympics - Who's Going?

[Minnie_the_Minx]

w00t Just managed to get morning athletics on Monday too A load more tickets have just gone on sale so be quick...

Don't

I'm watching swimming and have just sussed out where we're going to be seated and am well pleased. Looks like a row of wheelchairs on its own tier so no big tall people or their heads in front of me and no children kicking the back of my seat

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

w00t Just managed to get morning athletics on Monday too A load more tickets have just gone on sale so be quick...

You should try and get some swimming.

 

[marty21]

w00t Just managed to get morning athletics on Monday too A load more tickets have just gone on sale so be quick...

I would have tried to get tickets for next week, but we're off to Dorset on Saturday for a week - still managed to get to the Olympic Park, so have experienced that - it really is a lovely experience wandering around.

 

[colacubes]

You should try and get some swimming.

Was none available when I looked just not but we've got morning and evening sessions for Monday now so it would be rude not to try and get something for the afternoon. Would love to get swimming or cycling, but if not goalball or tennis would be great

 

[colacubes]

I would have tried to get tickets for next week, but we're off to Dorset on Saturday for a week - still managed to get to the Olympic Park, so have experienced that - it really is a lovely experience wandering around.

Tbh that's what I'm really looking forward to. We went to 4 events for the Olympics but none were in the park.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Was none available when I looked just not but we've got morning and evening sessions for Monday now so it would be rude not to try and get something for the afternoon. Would love to get swimming or cycling, but if not goalball or tennis would be great

I've got goalball, but I'm going to try to get into the rugby first. I've gone for morning, afternoon and night as well as I'd like to see the park by night all lit up. I've bought another memory card and new battery for camera just to make sure I get loads of pictures.

I'm so sad

eta: There's no cycling (Velodrome) after the 4th so I'm not going to bother as I'm already going 4th, 5th and 7th. If it was on one of those days I'd definitely be getting tickets

 

[Bungle73]

I'm off to the Velodrome tomorrow

I'm off on holiday next week too; to Chester. So probably no more for me; but by next Sunday I will have been to the Olympic Park 5 times!

 

[magneze]

Just got an email saying the schedule for my athletics has been changed. Other events are affected as well.

Details here: http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/spectators/tickets/schedule-updates/

I got that too but the link contains no details.

 

[Bungle73]

I got that too but the link contains no details.

Athletics? If you download the PDF it gives all the details.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I got it as well and fucking hell, look at the amount of events that's been removed from my sister's session and her session is only 3 hours long in the first place

Men’s 1500m T54 semi-finals
Women’s 100m T11 R1
Women’s 100m T42 R1
Women’s 800m T53 R1
Women’s 4 x 100m T35-38 R1

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I got that too but the link contains no details.

That's PAT07 isn't it?

These have been added!

Men’s 800m T12 R1
Women’s 400m T12 semi-finals


The following events have been removed:
Men’s 1500m T13 R1
Men’s 100m T51 R1
Men’s 1500m T20 R1
Women’s 1500m T20 R1

oh sorry, just realised the last four have been removed

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wheelchair basketball currently on

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Was at the judo earlier. Well-attended, and a lot of very loud support for TEAM GB WOO YAY. Though possibly rivalled in effect by a big group of French teenagers squealing "allez les bleus!" a few feet from my head.

 

[Bungle73]

It's not Team GB, that was in the Olympics, it's ParalympicsGB.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Was at the judo earlier. Well-attended, and a lot of very loud support for TEAM GB WOO YAY. Though possibly rivalled in effect by a big group of French teenagers squealing "allez les blues!" a few feet from my head.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's not Team GB, that was in the Olympics, it's ParalympicGB.

Yes, but it's already been stated in a paper I read today that chanting Paralympic GB isn't as easy as TeamGB

Although why anyone hasn't thought of shortening it to ParaGB is beyond me

 

[FridgeMagnet]

They were really only chanting "GB", to be fair.

 

[magneze]

Athletics? If you download the PDF it gives all the details.

There's no pdf.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They were really only chanting "GB", to be fair.

It's not really an exciting chant is it

 

[magneze]

That's PAT07 isn't it?

These have been added!

Men’s 800m T12 R1
Women’s 400m T12 semi-finals


The following events have been removed:
Men’s 1500m T13 R1
Men’s 100m T51 R1
Men’s 1500m T20 R1
Women’s 1500m T20 R1

oh sorry, just realised the last four have been removed

We're PAT10.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's no pdf.

In your email, where it says:

"Please check the London 2012 schedule updates page for details of the changes, and check the page again the day before your event."

Click on that and it takes you to

http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/spectators/tickets/schedule-updates/

on that page is a para saying

Paralympic AthleticsThere have been changes to the competition schedule following confirmation of final athlete entries. All Athletics sessions are affected. Download a PDF showing the changes by session

Click on that

 

[Bungle73]

There's no pdf.

Yes there is. Under "Paralympic Athletes".

http://www.london2012.com/mm/Docume...aralympicAthleticsscheduleupdates_Neutral.pdf

 

[FridgeMagnet]

It's not really an exciting chant is it

"Dah dah, dah-dah dah, dah-dah dah-dah... G B!"

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

We're PAT10.

I'm Pat 10 (Wednesday night). Peacock, Pistorius, Singleton and the other South African whose name I can't remember

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

"Dah dah, dah-dah dah, dah-dah dah-dah... G B!"

 

[magneze]

I'm Pat 10 (Wednesday night). Peacock, Pistorius, Singleton and the other South African whose name I can't remember

Tuesday night!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tuesday night!

Oh, that's my sister's session.

Yep, I'm PAT 12, which is Pistorius etc.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tuesday night!

You get David Weir and Derek Derenalagi (assuming he gets into final) I think (among others)

What block and seats have you got?

 

[magneze]

Yes there is. Under "Paralympic Athletes".

http://www.london2012.com/mm/Docume...aralympicAthleticsscheduleupdates_Neutral.pdf

Think it was because I'm on a tablet. Thanks for the direct link.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Think it was because I'm on a tablet. Thanks for the direct link.

Did my link not work then?