Venues in Lichfield and Burntwood should apply to become official training venues for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the area’s MP has said.

Planning is well underway for the international sporting event, with the search now on for locations to host athletes during their preparations for the games.

Facilities need to be within a 30 minute drive of campuses in Birmingham or Warwick, with Conservative MP Michael Fabricant suggesting Lichfield and Burntwood could provide ideal locations.

Michael Fabricant
Michael Fabricant

“The Commonwealth Games are looking for training venues for ten of the 19 sports on the Birmingham 2022 programme, providing essential facilities for thousands of athletes leading up to and during the games.

“The sports requiring training venues are athletics, boxing, women’s T20 cricket, hockey, netball, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby sevens, swimming and triathlon.”

Michael Fabricant MP

Suitable venues will be needed from 18th July until 10th August 2022.

The organisers of the event say they hope to “spread the economic benefits across the region”.

Mr Fabricant added:

“Lichfield and Burntwood are about 30 minutes’ drive from the University of Birmingham – when the traffic is light!

“If any sports facilities think they can help, they can find out more about the criteria required to become a training venue on the Commonwealth Games website.”

Michael Fabricant MP

Founder of Lichfield Live and editor of the site.

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Michel Souris
3 years ago

Well, we are not really interested in your view Michael because, on past performance, you will change your mind in a couple of days time.

Anyway, what is your view on whether The Education Secretary should resign?

Darryl
3 years ago

You can tell he’s never driven to Birmingham from Lichfield, 30 minutes?!

Mike
3 years ago

I think Mr Fabricant must be breaking the speed limit to get from Lichfield to Birmingham university unless he is doing it at 3 in the morning and arranged for every traffic light to be on green. It is not possible

John Griffin
3 years ago

The man who can’t be bothered to sort out problems in Burntwood, never does anything useful, and only jumps ond bandwagons jumps on another bandwagon.

Steve
3 years ago

Fab should coach the England hammer team. The speed he spins round, they would be able to throw the hammer for miles.

Michael Fabricant
3 years ago

Do Michel, John, and Steve (and other regulars) actually think they are persuading anyone by their unpleasant comments? It just reflects badly on them if current local polling (and actual results) are anything to go by……..
Michael

Burntwood 224
3 years ago

This MP will jump on any bandwagon going he should spend more
time sorting out his constituents problems.

Michel Souris
3 years ago

Michael

Ooh, we are getting sensitive! What about your comments about a 16yo constituent, Sadiq Khan & a cartoon and Yasmin Alibai- Brown? We have long memories.

I think you will find that our comments are based on your limited knowledge of the issues within the constituency and your blind following of government ‘advice’. You seem to ignore the fact that this government regularly changes its mind on matters. The government cannot base its decision over exam results on ‘the science’, it plainly got it wrong and tens of thousands of young people have been affected by that mis-calculation. Are you apologising for your party’s failure to get it right?
Anyway, you have not answered my question about the Education Secretary or are you following government diktat? How will you comment when the current incumbent is demoted in the next cabinet reshuffle?