IN BRIEF SPORT


Stadium awards shortlist revealed Five individuals have been


shortlisted for the Executive of the Year accolade at the Stadium Business Awards 2010. Swansea- based Dr Terry Stevens of Stevens and Associates is among those shortlisted for the title, following his work on a number of projects over the past 20 years. Other nominees include Glenn Delve, group managing director at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire and Shane Chalmers, stadium management company head at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium.


Lottery award semi- finalists announced Ten community sports projects


are in the running to receive a £2,000 cash prize after being named as semi-finalists in the National Lottery Awards 2010. The sport category is one of seven that comprise the awards. Among the sports projects to make the semi-final stage are Attock Community Sports and Cricket Club, Birmingham; Children's Able and Disabled Sport, Cheshire; and Breaking the Barrier, Devon. Barry Beavers Disabled Swimming Club, South Wales; Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex, London; the Lincolnshire Disability Inclusion Project; and Ready, Steady, Run in Rugby are also in the running.


England Netball invests £200k in Life Centre England Netball will invest £200,000 in Plymouth's new £46.5m Life Centre. The body is providing support as part of its capital investment programme to help the facility further its potential as a Regional and County Netball Centre. England Netball chief executive, Paul Clark, said: "Under our whole sport plan, England Netball was granted £800,000 of capital to invest in facilities."


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news & jobs at www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Goals unveils first US football centre


New California complex includes 10 five-a-side pitches and one seven-a-side pitch By Pete Hayman


Goals Soccer Centres has unveiled its first five-a-side football venue in the US, with the launch of a new facility in Los Angeles, California. Opened by former US


footballer Alexi Lalas, the new facility includes 10 five-a-side pitches and one seven-a-side pitch fitted with rubber crumb turf, as well as a clubhouse. It is hoped the Goals Soccer


Centre will help provide some of the first dedicated football facilities in California, with football second only to basketball in terms of participa- tion within Los Angeles. Goals Soccer Centres


managing director Keith Rogers said: "We are confident that the


It is hoped the complex will increase participation in Los Angeles


Goals concept will be very successful in California. Soccer in California is growing at an astounding rate. "Our centre opening coincides


with the 2010 FIFA World Cup and we expect to benefit from the subsequent euphoria."


The opening of the com-


pany's first site in the US follows an announcement at the end of April that three new UK centres are scheduled to open during the current financial year, with plans to roll out six venues in 2011.


ODA completes London 2012 rowing venue project By Pete Hayman


Work to improve rowing and canoe sprint facilities at Eton College Rowing Centre near Windsor for the 2012 Olympics – have been completed "on time and on budget". The Olympic Delivery


Authority (ODA) has revealed that Dorney Lake is the second venue to be fully completed ahead of the London Games, following the sailing facilities at Weymouth and Portland.


A new finish line bridge was built as part of the scheme


Improvements include a 50m


(164ft) finish line bridge over the return lane, a cut-through


between the competition lake and return lane, and a bridge over the cut-through. ODA chief executive David


Higgins said: "The enhance- ments we have now delivered will create the best possible facilities for the world's best athletes to use in 2012. "With venues at Eton Dorney


and Weymouth and Portland complete, and the canoe courses at Broxbourne taking shape, we are making good progress across the project."


BCFC development plans handed planning boost


Bristol City Football Club's (BCFC) plans for a new 30,000-seat stadium at Ashton Vale were given a boost after councillors approved proposals for a new access road to the venue. North Somerset Council's planning and regulatory committee unanimously voted in favour of


the access plans, while the government has already said that it will not intervene in a decision to approve plans for the Populous-designed stadium itself, due to be completed in 2012. A separate planning application, which has been submitted by Sainsbury's for the development of a supermarket on the site of BCFC's current Ashton Gate stadium, is set to be considered in July.


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