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International Training Camps, Events & Projects

Preparing for any major sports event can be an arduous and costly task and takes a large amount of preparation. NOC’s, Professional Teams and athletes all recognise the benefits of the highest quality preparation camps for major events or the season ahead.

The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games plus related international sports events being hosted in the UK, Britain becomes a great place to train and prepare over the next five years.

As many of the worlds sporting elite will be focussing on where to prepare to ensure the very best for their athletes and success on the ground expertise can assist performance directors in finding and providing the best service possible within the resources they have.

Montgomery Leisure Services Limited (MLS) is one of the UK’s largest Sports Events & Project Managers headquartered in the centre of the UK in the City of Sport in Sheffield. Its’ staff are situated throughout the UK and regularly deliver events and sports projects throughout the country.

MLS are in prime position to provide a “one stop shop” for all elite athletes needs with the knowledge and networks to provide the very best training and holding camp experience. MLS has helped several regions in the UK with LOCOG submissions and have already delivered training camps for a range of Olympic and Paralympic sports.

Leon Taylor, GB Olympic Diving Silver Medallist has worked with MLS over a number of years. “MLS is very well placed to provide an excellent service for visiting athletes and their support teams. They understand the holistic needs of elite performers and are experienced in delivering with an important attention to details.”

MLS also owns and operates one of the UK’s top men’s professional basketball teams, which has helped develop internal knowledge and skills through the regular contact of working with professional athletes.

GB Men’s Olympic Basketball Coach, Chris Finch and Head Coach for Mons in Belgium recommend MLS.
“They understand the need for careful logistical preparation for all visitors and training squads including travel, accommodation, meals, medical, social and tailor-made competition.
They are professional, reliable and discrete and have experience in handling the media and sponsors if this is part of any brief.”

John Timms, MLS’ Events and Operations Director, added;
“We pride ourselves on our personal approach and know how important it is to develop a relationship of trust to ensure performance directors, coaches and athletes have confidence in our abilities to prepare for teams arriving from the other side of the world.
Within the company we have staff that have been pivotal to organising the sporting events and programmes in the World University Games, the Commonwealth Games, European Swimming Championships, and the European Hockey Championships.
As a result, they will now have an involvement with the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”

“ Whilst we have worked with the NBA in the UK in delivering sponsor and promotional programmes, our interests and expertise also continues to athletes and people with disabilities. Our company is a world leader in developing access for disabled people into fitness gyms and providing the opportunities for the next wave of Paralympian and international competitors,” continued John Timms.

The company has also worked with numerous GB national performance squads including GB Volleyball Men and Women and the Amateur Boxing Association for whom the company has helped staged international training camps ahead of the Beijing Olympics and European Championships.