SAPCA UPDATE
Hession and Page elected at SAPCA AGM
D
uring SAPCA’s 12th AGM in May,
Tony Hession from Blakedown
Sport and Play was elected as
the association’s new chair and Court-
shall Services’ Eric Page as the new vice-
chair, for two-year terms of office.
Having served as vice-chair for the
previous four years, Hession has led key
working groups on the enhancement of
SAPCA’s regulatory role and the delivery
of higher standards for synthetic turf
pitches. Commenting on his new role,
Hession said: “We must recognise the
current difficulties facing the industry
during the recession and provide the
best support to our members.”
Left to right: Tony Hession, retiring chair Tim Freeman and Eric Page at SAPCA’s AGM
Ricoh arena event review
S
APCA’s Sports Facility Construction on the Building Schools for the Future pro-
event, held at the Ricoh Arena in gramme and highlighted the important work
Coventry, attracted more than 250 being undertaken to ensure the delivery of
delegates. The seminar programme focused high-quality sports facilities in the second
on the provision of sports facilities in the stage of the project. Steve Kibble of AfPE
educational sector, with keynote presenta- (pictured right) delivered a vision of spaces
tions by Partnerships for Schools (PfS) and for PE and sport in a 21st century school.
the Association for Physical Education (AfPE). SAPCA’s next Sports Facility Construction
Mark Perkins, PE and sport advisor at PfS, event will take place at Twickenham Sta-
provided a comprehensive progress report dium in London on Tuesday 24 November.
SAPCA in Pictures
Promoting the industry both home and abroad
A
s well as presenting its own
events, SAPCA is also actively
supporting several key exhibi-
tions – both in the UK and in Europe
– during the next few months. These
events include IOG SALTEX at Windsor
Racecourse; the Sports Show at LIW, in
As part of its support for ParalympicsGB,
Birmingham’s NEC; and FSB/IAKS Con-
Team SAPCA is pictured above after com-
gress in Cologne, Germany, (see diary
pleting this year’s British 10K London Run
dates page at the back of this magazine).
The SAPCA pavilion at FSB 2007
SAPCA CEO Chris
In addition to its participation in each Trickey (centre)
exhibition, SAPCA is also contributing to on innovation in sports facility develop-
presents golfing
the events’ educational programmes. ment and during the co-located IAKS
honours to Lee
At IOG SALTEX, the association will Congress at FSB it will present details of
Gladwell and Alex
Stead of Desso
lead a forum on the design, construction its educational programme for the UK
Sports Systems
and maintenance of synthetic pitches. sports facility construction industry.
after this year’s
Within the National Sports Conference Details of all events are available at
SAPCA Open
at the Sports Show it will host the session SAPCA’s website
www.sapca.org.uk
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