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Archers to take aim at Lord's during 2012 Games
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September 8, 2010, Wednesday
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CRICKET will make way for archery at the historic Lord's ground in two years' time after London 2012 organizers got the go-ahead for their plans on Monday.
Lord's, the spiritual home of world cricket, will be temporarily transformed into an Olympic archery venue with 5,000 seats installed on the lush green outfield.
"I'm delighted that we have obtained permission to stage the Olympic archery at Lord's in 2012," London organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said after Westminster City council approved the 2012 makeover for the north London ground.
"Lord's will be a spectacular venue for hosting the Games in 2010 and the Olympic archery will be an exciting competition for both spectators and athletes."
Cricket season
The archery is provisionally scheduled to run from July 27 to August 3, in the middle of the English cricket season, but Lord's executives believe disruption to the calendar will be minimal.
Keith Bradshaw, chief executive of the Marylebone Cricket Club which is based at Lord's, said this year that he hoped two cricket tests would be staged on the ground in 2012.
South Africa is due to tour and currently there is one test match and three ODIs planned for Lord's.
Archers will fire their arrows from in front of the Lord's pavilion towards the space-age media centre that is one of London's most recognizable structures.
Lords's is one of several iconic venues that will stage 2012 events. The All England Club will host tennis, Greenwich Park the equestrian events and beach volleyball will take place on Horse Guard's Parade.
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