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Football centre
plans unveiled
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lans for the development of a
new National Football Centre
(NFC) on a 330-acre (133.5-hect-
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Staffordshire, have been unveiled by the
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Football Association (FA). H
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Kit supplier and national team spon- A V
sor Umbro is working alongside the
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national governing body on the venture,
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which will see the new facility named
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St George’s Park in a bid to reflect the
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national identity of the site.
The centre will be used by the FA for all national team training
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It is anticipated that the new St
George’s Park centre will enable the England’s 22 FA-supported football hotel are also planned as part of the
FA to deliver its coach education squads – including the senior team – NFC scheme, as well as a regional confer-
agenda, as well as providing a learning, will use the complex as a training base, ence venue, a banqueting suite and
training and development site which will include 12 full-size pitches and training and seminar rooms.
for refereeing, administration, sports a multi-purpose sports hall. A 150-bed, The sports hall will boast facilities for
science and medical disciplines. four-star hotel and an 80-bed, three-star Futsal and partially-sighted football.
£30m community sports hub planned for Warrington
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arrington Borough Council sports hall, health and fitness suite, foot-
(WBC) has given final plan- ball pitches, library, health centre, and a
ning permission for the £30m £3.9m 14-19 Diploma Centre.
Orford Park Project. Scheduled to open in November 2011,
Billed as one of the UK’s first sustain- Orford Park is expected to have two mil-
able community sports hubs, the Orford lion visitors each year.
Park Project will be located in a Super The development will be funded in
Output Area, already regarded as an ex- partnership by the Northwest Regional
ample of best practice in promoting joint Development Agency, Sport England
service delivery, health and wellbeing. North West Region, the Football Foun-
When completed, the centre will pro- dation and the Big Lottery Fund, as well
vide a variety of community, health and as the Department for Children, Schools
education facilities including a commu-
The centre will provide a
and Families through the Building
nity sports village complete with pools,
variety of sports facilities
Schools for the Future programme.
RFL UNVEILS NEW COACHING INITIATIVE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES
A
new initiative has been pants with an introduction to working Sarah Williams, RFL equality and di-
launched in a bid to encourage with adult and junior teams. versity manager, added: “The purpose
members of black and minority Cliff Simms, a sports consultant of the low cost Level One coaching
ethnic (BME) and faith communities to with Sporting Equals, said: “We want initiative is to reach these under-repre-
sign up to rugby league coaching. to engage and promote positive initia- sented groups and encourage them to
The Rugby Football League (RFL) tives to tackle race and faith inequali- be involved in our game.”
has teamed up with Sporting Equals ties, change attitudes and cultures The coaching initiative, which costs
in order to offer the new Level One to participation in all sports and ulti- £25 per candidate, will take place
certificate in Coaching Rugby mately develop a fair and representa- on 27 March and 10 April at a yet to be
League, which aims to provide partici- tive sporting nation.” confirmed venue in Yorkshire.
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