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£36m Surrey Sports Park opens
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new multi-million pound sports facility – Surrey Sports Park – has opened its doors at the Universi-
ty of Surrey, Guildford, after nearly two years in development. Built by Willmott Dixon, facilities in-
clude an eight-lane, 50m swimming pool – the first of its kind in the county – which boasts a moveable boom to create two smaller 25m pools and a moveable floor. A 700sq m (7,535sq ft) health and
fitness centre, equipped with 120 sta- tions of Life Fitness machines and free weights; three multi-purpose sports halls; six squash courts and a climbing wall are also on offer, as well as three exercise/dance studios. Outdoor facilities comprise three
floodlit artificial turf pitches; 10 football/ rugby pitches; two small-sided sports pitches; two cricket squares and eight floodlit tennis courts; as well as a two- lane, 60m sprint track. Surrey Sports Park will be available
to students and the local community, while also providing a training base for a
Facilities at the park include three floodlit artificial turf pitches
number of elite sports clubs – including Harlequins rugby team. Jason Harborow, chief executive of
Surrey Sports Park, said: “The sports park isn’t just about top class athletes. This is a facility for the entire local community. We have expanded on what was already
a broad programme of dance and exer- cise classes that we ran in the original university facilities and are confident that the programmes will now achieve even greater interest.” To read more on the new Surrey Sports Park, see Sports Management Q1 2010, p. 29
Cardiff white water venue unveiled
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ardiff International White Water (CIWW) – situated in Cardiff Bay – has been officially opened by
the Winter Olympics gold medallist, Amy Williams. Facilities at the new £13.3m venue – part of the city’s International Sports Village (ISV) development – in- clude the UK’s first Olympic-standard pumped water canoe slalom course. Canoeing and white water rafting fa-
cilities will cater for people of all abilities, from starter through to international competition, with 50,000 users expected each year once fully established. HydroStadium – the France-based
group behind similar venues used during the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics
– designed the venue, which was built by Dean and Dyball Civil Engineering. Cardiff Council was behind the scheme
with assistance from the Welsh Assembly Government and the Welsh Canoe Asso- ciation, while Cardiff Harbour Authority will manage the centre.
The centre is expected to attract around 50,000 users each year
CIWW, which also boasts a café-bar
and a retail unit selling water activity- related equipment, will be used as a training ground for the 2012 Olympic Games and aims to become one of the city’s top tourism destinations. Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman
said: “The new Cardiff International White Water will provide the city with a host of new opportunities.”
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New sports facility to open at NICSSA
A major new £2.4m multi-purpose sports facility is set to open at the Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports Association’s (NICSSA) Pavilion Com- plex at Stormont in July. PlayBall at the Pavilion will
incorporate a multi-use artificial pitch and an international-standard water-based hockey pitch, as well as 3G pitches for five- and seven-a- side football. Team training facili- ties, changing rooms, conference and function suites and a catering service also form part of the project, which has benefited from more than £1.2m from Sport Northern Ireland. Eamonn McCartan, Sport North-
ern Ireland chief executive said: “This investment demonstrates Sport Northern Ireland’s commit- ment to improving and creating new facilities which will help support increased participation and develop sporting talent.”
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