The Grand Plan

The one question that I’ve been asked more than any other in recent weeks (other than the inevitable questions about baldness), is “for which events do you hold tickets?”  I know I haven’t fully answered that question to anyone – so, at the end of this post, is my full inventory of tickets.

I’ll also point out that, yes, I do work for one of the sponsors of the Games, but no, none of my tickets are corporate/sponsor tickets.  Every one of my tickets was obtained as a member of the public, from one of the fully authorised & readily accessible European Union ticket websites, and with my own money. Indeed, my employers have not given corporate tickets to any staff, but have instead given them to families of competing athletes, as well as to competition-winners - rightly so, in my opinion.

My sincere thanks for making all of this possible go to 3 people called John W, Alex K & Kevin P – they know who they are...

Anyway, here goes:

Friday 27th July:  Opening Ceremony

Saturday 28th July:  No purchased tickets, but the Men’s Cycling Road Race rides past my apartment

Sunday 29th July: Same as the previous day, this time with the Women’s Cycling Road Race

Monday 30th July: Men’s Synchronised Highboard Diving Final (including Tom Daley), followed by evening Swimming Finals

Tuesday 31st July: Men’s Handball – 4 games, GBR vs Sweden, Serbia vs Croatia, Denmark vs Spain & France vs Argentina

Wednesday 1st August: Morning Rowing Finals at Eton Dorney, followed by Football at Wembley – South Korea vs Gabon

Thursday 2nd August: Men’s Table Tennis Semi-finals & Final, followed by evening Swimming Finals (including Michael Phelps)

Friday 3rd August: Afternoon Cycling Finals, followed by evening Swimming Finals (including Rebecca Adlington)

Saturday 4th August: Evening Athletics Finals (including Mo Farah & Jessica Ennis)

Sunday 5th August: [This is my one day-off, so I’ll relax by watching the Men’s 100m Final on TV !!]

Monday 6th August: Women’s Hockey – 6 games, Germany vs New Zealand, USA vs South Africa, China vs Japan, South Korea vs Belgium, GBR vs Netherlands & Australia vs Argentina

Tuesday 7th August: Afternoon Cycling Finals (including Chris Hoy), followed by evening Athletics Finals (including the Men’s 1500m)

Wednesday 8th August: Men’s Indoor Volleyball Quarter-finals, followed by Women’s Beach Volleyball Final (tickets bought solely due to appreciation of the skill of the sport, of course......)

Thursday 9th August: Women’s Open Water Swimming, followed by evening Athletics Finals (including the Men’s 200m)

Friday 10th August: Taekwondo Quarter-finals, Semi-finals & Final

Saturday 11th August: Women’s Handball Final & Bronze Final

Sunday 12th August: Women’s Modern Pentathlon – all disciplines

So, all in all, I've got a busy few weeks ahead of me! 

Heather Small - Proud