Olympics organisers will give British troops 10,000 free tickets to London 2012

PanARMENIAN.Net - Olympics organisers announced they would give British troops 10,000 free tickets to London 2012.

Members of the Army, Royal Navy and RAF can register with Tickets for Troops for the chance to get tickets for themselves and their families.

The giveaway is being funded by London 2012’s Ticketshare scheme, where proceeds from expensive VIP seats are being used to provide tickets to worthy causes.

Seb Coe, London 2012 chairman, said: “Through the sale of our Prestige tickets we are enabling the donation of tickets to a number of deserving causes - it would be unimaginable that we wouldn’t include our armed service personnel.”

All serving members of the Armed Forces and those medically discharged since the start of military action in Afghanistan in 2001 are eligible to register for tickets.

As well as the 10,000 tickets allocated to Tickets For Troops, the Ticketshare scheme will see 125,000 tickets donated to London schoolchildren.

A further 50,000 will be distributed to schools across the rest of the UK and the British Olympic Association, British Paralympic Association and Sport England will receive 5,000 tickets each, mirror.co.uk reported.