Moorhouse, the 1988 Olympic 100 metres breaststroke champion, is head of the Bucks and Milton Keynes Olympic Co-Ordinating Group (BMKOCG) which was set up to ensure the local community benefits as much as possible from the 2012 Olympics.

 

Seven venues across the city have been listed as potential training centres in the pre-Games training camp guide launched by London 2012 last but they still have to persuade competitors that the facilities are ideal for them.

 

Moorhouse said: "It's important that the community starts to network and thinking about how we might attract people rather than just hoping we're picked from the guide.

 

"We're not going to get the likes of the Americans because they'll probably go to the bigger cities such as Manchester or Birmingham but what we may attract are medium sized countries."

Milton Keynes Sports Club has been selected for archery and hockey, MK Centre of Cycling Excellence for road cycling and BMX while Radcliffe Leisure Complex has been chosen for basketball, fencing and indoor volleyball.

Woughton on the Green and Tattenhoe Pavillion have both been selected for hockey, Stantonbury Campus Athletics Stadium for athletics and stadiummk for basketball and football.

Having spent time in training camps in the 1980s Moorehouse believes he knows what will be the selling point.

He said: "As an athlete the key attraction would be access.

 

"It's basically a case of handing over a facility to an Olympic training squad.

"As a former-swimmer I wouldn't like my training to be interrupted half-way through by a mother and baby session.

"It sounds selfish but pre-Olympics I think athletes have to be.

"The relationship and welcome people give you is also vital.

 

"Are you wanted?

 

"Are you welcome?

 

"Is it exciting for the community to see you walking around in your tracksuits?"

 

Moorhouse is also the founder and managing director at Lane4, a leading global performance development consultancy that has been voted the best small company to work for in Britain.