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BMX facility, the award completed an Olympic hat-trick for ISG, whose latest win comprises preparing, delivering and removing all temporary services at the handball arena and ten other venues, including the main Olympic stadium, the Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and Water Polo Arena. As development of an arena was taking place, preparations off


the field were under way to produce a competitive GB team in 2012. A team of British men, including a number of naturalised players from countries where the game is more popular, such as Scandinavia, were sent to be ‘hot-housed’ in Denmark. Some players subsequently spent time at foreign clubs. Seb


Bottom: First match played at London’s new handball arena Top: Internal view of the handball arena


Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg, and in July the final piece of the project was put in place when the contract for the preparation of the venue was let to ISG. Having already built out the Velodrome itself and the 2012


Prieto joined Hungarian side Kesckemet, pivot Dan McMillan moved to Danish outfit Viby IF and GB’s expected captain Ciaran Williams is hoping that his side will at least be competi- tive next year. Once the Olympics and Paralympics are over, the Mayor of


Hackney, Jules Pipe, sees the venue as offering a vital legacy. Whether the arena provides a similar legacy for British handball, remains to be seen.


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