The Olympic Flame has been lit in Greece and is making its way to the UK.  It will arrive in Belfast on June 3rd and in Dublin three days later.  Today, Friday May 11th, provides a more technical challenge for the organisers when the restaged resale of Olympic tickets gets under way.  This had to be abandoned due to technical failures when it was initially tried in March.
Tickets will first be offered on a first come first served basis to a group of 20,000 that were unsuccesful twice, then to a larger group of one million people who failed in the initial ballot for tickets.
Those who qualify for access to this pre-sale period of exclusivity should have been notified by email.  Tickets are available for most sports and most sessions and will go on sale in batches of sports over a five day period
13 May 2012 – Beach Volleyball, Football, Hockey, Tennis and Wrestling
14 May 2012 – Athletics, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Shooting, Swimming, Track Cycling, Volleyball and Weightlifting
15 May 2012 – Diving, Equestrian, Handball, Swimming (Marathon), Synchronised Swimming, Table Tennis and Water Polo
16 May 2012 – Badminton, Basketball (North Greenwich Arena sessions), Boxing, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Sailing and Taekwondo
17 May 2012 – Archery, Basketball (Basketball Arena sessions), BMX, Modern Pentathlon, Mountain Bike, Road Cycling, Rowing, Triathlon and Olympic Park tickets
All tickets will be available from 11am on the London 2012 ticketing website
Customers will be limited to applying for one session and a maximum of four tickets.  By purchasing tickets on any of these days, customers will not be eligible to purchase any more tickets in the sales period. Unsold tickets on each day will be carried forward to the next day’s sales. Any tickets unsold during this period will go on general sale from 23 May at 11am.
Big screen tickets from £10 will also be on sale while another batch of new  tickets including for the Cycling Road Race at Box Hill, in Surrey; the Cycling Individual Time Trial at Hampton Court Palace; and for Wimbledon Tennis, albeit just on big screens, will be on sale on May 29th.
Remaining tickets for the Paralympic Games will go on sale on May 21st.
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