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| Aldershot to host GB Olympic team | |
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| Aldershot Army base in Hampshire has been chosen as the official training camp for the British Olympic team ahead of the 2012 Games in London. | |
| Aldershot has battled with universities in Bath and Loughborough, in Leics, to be chosen as the base for Team GB. | Aldershot has battled with universities in Bath and Loughborough, in Leics, to be chosen as the base for Team GB. |
| They will be housed at the Army barracks, where traditionally new recruits are put through their paces. | They will be housed at the Army barracks, where traditionally new recruits are put through their paces. |
| It is thought the site's proximity to London and secure location prevailed over the two university campus sites. | It is thought the site's proximity to London and secure location prevailed over the two university campus sites. |
| Centre of excellence | Centre of excellence |
| Aldershot entered the bidding late, but crucially had the support of the head of the British Olympic Association (BOA), Simon Clegg, who served as a major at Aldershot, and the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt. | Aldershot entered the bidding late, but crucially had the support of the head of the British Olympic Association (BOA), Simon Clegg, who served as a major at Aldershot, and the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt. |
| The Army's Centre of Sporting Excellence has many of the facilities in place for the 750-strong team who will descend on Aldershot. | The Army's Centre of Sporting Excellence has many of the facilities in place for the 750-strong team who will descend on Aldershot. |
| Its new Olympic-sized 50-metre pool is already home to the British synchronised swimming team. | Its new Olympic-sized 50-metre pool is already home to the British synchronised swimming team. |
| A 400-metre running track and two indoor sports arenas mean it is flexible enough to host training for many of the Olympic disciplines. | |
| The defeated universities describe themselves as having world-beating sporting facilities. | The defeated universities describe themselves as having world-beating sporting facilities. |
| Together, they say they have received recent investment for sports training worth some £70m. | Together, they say they have received recent investment for sports training worth some £70m. |
| Revitalised fortunes | Revitalised fortunes |
| Ties between the armed forces and the BOA have been strong in the past. | Ties between the armed forces and the BOA have been strong in the past. |
| Mr Clegg served as a major at Aldershot and 2004 double-Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes was a physical trainer in the adjutant general's corps. | Mr Clegg served as a major at Aldershot and 2004 double-Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes was a physical trainer in the adjutant general's corps. |
| The Army first set up a permanent camp in Aldershot in 1854, and the population boomed so much that the town became known as the home of the British army. | The Army first set up a permanent camp in Aldershot in 1854, and the population boomed so much that the town became known as the home of the British army. |
| It hosted a military tattoo for Queen Victoria in 1894 that continues to this day as an annual army show. | It hosted a military tattoo for Queen Victoria in 1894 that continues to this day as an annual army show. |
| Aldershot is currently receiving £12bn as part of a huge regeneration project and last month was named one of UK's most popular places to live. |