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Saints confirm stadium revamp plans
in Brief
£6m scheme to increase capacity of Northampton venue from 13,500 to 17,000
Bristol South pool
receives funding
By Pete Hayman Bristol City Council has
earmarked funding worth
Northampton Saints Rugby £200,000 to improve the
Football Club (NSRFC) has facilities at the Grade II-listed
confirmed plans for a £6m Bristol South Pool. The funding
redevelopment of the Franklin's is the first phase of a planned
Gardens stadium as part of a £7m redevelopment of the
deal with supermarket ASDA. ageing pool, with the first phase
The club plans to increase the set to include new changing
venue's capacity to 17,000 facilities, internal repairs and
spectators after it admitted general refurbishment works.
earlier this year that the last Deep cleaning and redecoration
few years had seen the stadium will also be carried out, as well
operate at 98 per cent of its A new stand will replace the venue's existing Sturtridge Pavilion as improvements to disabled
current 13,500 capacity. access. Work will get underway
Proposals include replacing tickets for our Heineken Cup matches have to be played in a in December, with the pool set
the Sturtridge Pavilion with a match against Munster more stadium with a minimum to close for three months.
new stand as part of the than a month ahead of capacity of 15,000, which is
scheme, which will be funded schedule and we have also seen more than the current capacity.
Banchory leisure
through the sale of a long-term season ticket sales increase for "We don't want to find
facilities approved
lease on the Edgar Mobbs Way two straight years. ourselves in the situation Aberdeenshire Council has
car park (Car Park D) to ASDA. "Furthermore, European where we are facing the approved plans for a new leisure
Keith Barwell, chair of NSRFC, Rugby Cup (ERC) is now prospect of taking big games centre to be built at the Hill of
said: "We have sold out of stipulating that knockout away from Northampton." Banchory. The complex will
comprise a swimming pool, two
£7.6m boost for
sports halls, squash courts, a
cycling network
Plans for Eirias Park announced
climbing wall, an aerobics studio,
a health & fitness gym, changing
The Welsh Assembly rooms and a spa, as well as a
Government has announced café, a conference hall and a
a £7.6m funding boost crèche. Built on land owned by
towards the completion of developer North Banchory, the
a major new cycling and facility will be leased to the
walking network in the council for 25 years at £1 per
South Wales valleys. year. It will be operated by a
It will be used to create private investor with a council
100 miles (161km) of new contribution towards the
routes as part of the facilities and the running costs.
Valleys Cycle Network, The venue will become the home ground of Rygbi Gogledd Cymru
which will follow former
Buckinghamshire
tramways, towpaths and By Helen Patenall Facilities at Eirias Park will
pool to be revamped
railway lines. also include a weights room Middleton Pool in Newport
The new network will Conwy County Borough Council and additional car parking. Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, is
complement more than (CCBC) has unveiled its plans Bethan Jones, deputy chief undergoing a £250,000
250 miles (402km) of for the redevelopment of the executive at CCBC, said: redevelopment. Funded by
existing routes and will Eirias Park facility in Colwyn "Creating a centre of sporting Newport Pagnell Town Council
improve walking and Bay, North Wales. excellence at Parc Eirias is just and a grant from the
cycling opportunities for The new stadium, which is set one element in our vision. government’s free swimming
residents of Merthyr to feature a rugby training "We believe these proposals, initiative, the revamp will
Tydfil, Pontypridd, pitch, a 2,000-seat grandstand along with others outlined in include the creation of new
Llantrisant and Pontypool, and team changing areas, will the Bay Life Development Plan, training and function rooms as
while also linking up with become the home ground of can stimulate investment, well as the introduction of a
routes in the valleys. Rygbi Gogledd Cymru on its support business stability and number of energy-saving
completion in December 2010. result in new employment." methods at the centre.
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