The second cup, estimated at $6,500, was awarded at the Shrewsbury Show. A pair of silver winner’s cups associated with the Shropshire Olympian Games of the early 1860s highlight the 787-lot mail bid auction, which closes March 10.īoth cups are for "Tilting at the Ring on Horses." The first, with an estimate of $8,500, was given in Wenlock, the inspiration behind the name of the London Olympic mascot. With the London Olympics on the horizon, Ingrid O’Neil’s 68th mail bid auction features two historic items from a British precursor to the Olympic Games.
A decision on whether the country will bid for the 2028 Games will not be made until 2019. IOC member the Prince of Orange also spoke about his country's ambition to stage the 2028 Olympics, which would mark the 100th anniversary of the Amsterdam Games.Īlso at the Olympic Flame Annual Conference held in Arnhem, the city that is home to the Dutch Olympic Committee, were sports stars such as Richard Krajicek and representatives from the NOC, government and business.Ī Dutch NOC spokesman told Around the Rings that a decision on the country's candidate city for a possible bid is expected later this year. The mayors of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Eberhard van der Laan and Ahmed Aboutaleb, explained why they wanted to bring the Olympics to the Netherlands and emphasized the social and economic legacies of staging the Games.
"The IGF is pleased with the selection of Hanse Golf Course Design and believe they will provide an outstanding Olympic venue as well as a golf course that will serve as a lasting legacy to the Olympic Games 2016 through the development and nurturing of golfers long after the Games," says Scanlon.Īround 650 delegates attended a conference in the Netherlands on Thursday that was dedicated to exploring the possibilities of a bid for the 2028 Olympics. Wednesday’s announcement followed presentations heard last month by a jury composed of Peter Dawson, IGF president Carlos Nuzman, Rio 2016 president Augusto Ivan, assessor of the Municipal Olympic Company and Arminio Fraga of the Rio 2016 Golf Advisory Committee. Hanse, who will team with LPGA great Amy Alcott, beat out teams that paired Jack Nicklaus with Annika Sorenstam and Greg Norman with Lorena Ochoa, among others. We were particularly impressed with his ideas on design characteristics and hands-on creativity, and consideration for the facility’s legacy of promoting and developing golf in Brazil and globally." "But through final evaluations, the overriding belief was that Hanse Golf Course Design overall did the best job of addressing the broad range of the criteria that were set forth from the outset of the Request for Proposals.
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"All eight candidates gave exceptional presentations, and the Jury Panel was very much impressed with each one," Scanlon tells ATR from the World Golf Championships in Doral, Florida, where members of the Rio 2016 team are joining the IGF this week as part of an education program to familiarize them with how to run an international professional golf event.
architect Gil Hanse to design the first Olympic links since 1904 was unanimous. International Golf Federation executive director Antony Scanlon tells Around the Rings that Wednesday’s selection of U.S.
Rio Course Decision Unanimous, Reveals IGF