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Hugh Robertson visits elite athletes in training

National training facilities support British success

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and The Rt Hon Hugh Robertson
Published
28 January 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Sports and Olympics Minister, Hugh Robertson, yesterday聽visited the England men鈥檚 hockey team training at Aldershot ahead of the .

The team were putting in their final preparations before heading over to Poland for the tournament next month. This will be the first time that England men have competed in the event and have been drawn in the same pool as Austria, Russia, Czech Republic, USA and Iran.

Cornerstones of Team GB鈥檚 success

Mr Robertson also visited - one of four national sports centres - where he watched players from the tennis academy being put through their paces and spoke to the GB female rowing and canoeing team who were also training.

Bisham Abbey provides training and competition facilities to a range of national governing sports bodies with leading sport science and medical support provided by the . It was one of the cornerstones of Team GB鈥檚 record success in Beijing, with 24 Olympian and 8 Paralympian medalists training at Bisham.

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Published 28 January 2011