Working with its partners, Cardiff has delivered a one
stop shop for sport – combining facilities for international
events, accommodation and a university teaching hospital
The International Pool was followed cricketing success and the event as Cardiff City Football Stadium
in May 2008 with the opening of the creating a legacy for the future. complements the ISV canoe course,
new SWALEC Stadium at Glamorgan Part of this legacy includes the swimming pool and the SWALEC
County Cricket Club (GCCC) built on tremendous partnership work being
the site of the existing Sophia Gardens carried out by the club and council healthy living and community facili-
ground, adjacent to the Welsh Institute in both local schools and communities ties, successfully delivering the major
for Sport. This facility was the vision of to support healthy living, team elements of the UK School Games last
Paul Russell, chair of GCCC who entered building and the physical and social month. The European Conference for
into a partnership with the council and infrastructure of the city. Sport Management is being held in
WAG to deliver the stadium for the pre- Early 2009 saw the opening of the Cardiff this autumn.
mier tournament of Test Match Cricket International Athletics Stadium at Leck- Working with its partners, Cardiff has
with the Ashes in 2009. with to the west of the city. Delivered delivered a ‘one stop shop for sport’,
Located in the city centre, this facility as part of the foundation works for combining facilities for international
has held several one day internationals the new Cardiff City Football Club events and games with disability sport,
and the first Ashes Test match in June Stadium, it replaced the old Leckwith safe and secure accommodation with a
of this year. After much negative Athletics Stadium. university teaching hospital, with world
media before the Ashes Test match, class sporting universities offering tech-
it was widely heralded as a triumph by One-stop Sports Shop nical and support services such as sports
the media, with the press during and Cardiff became the UK’s European City conditioning and nutrition.
after the First Test, proclaiming both the of Sport 2009, combining both the This multi-agency support of profes-
ground and Cardiff as an international centres of sporting excellence with the sionals, academics, health and social
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