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news & jobs at www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Football event to mark venue opening


£32m Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility set to open with 24-hour tournament By Pete Hayman


A 24-hour football event will be held to mark the opening of the £32m Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, North Lanark- shire, at the end of September. The event will begin on 30


September to celebrate the opening of the complex – part of a wider bid to transform a former steelworks and backed by Scottish Government. A full-sized indoor football


pitch with spectator seating; a full-sized outdoor 3G pitch and six floodlit five-a-side pitches – all featuring Polytan surfaces – are among the facilities. The pitch installer was WH Malcolm. A sports hall with nine


badminton courts and a Junckers SylvaSport Premium sprung wooden floor; a six-lane, 135m Mondo Sportflex Super X


The Ravenscraig facility includes a full-sized indoor football pitch


running track; throw and jump areas; and a strength and conditioning area for athletes also form part of the centre, as well as a 500sq m (5,381sq ft) fitness suite equipped by Technogym, dance studios and a sports injury clinic. North Lanarkshire Leisure (NLL) and North Lanarkshire


Council contributed funding towards the development, which will be operated by the trust on behalf of the council. The venue is to be used


during the International Children's Games in 2011, as well as offering training facilities for London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 athletes.


Sport England launches new efficiency strategy By Pete Hayman


Five new groups of approved suppliers have been announced by Sport England to help its partners achieve efficiency savings and improve the way facilities provision is planned. The Strategic Planning


Framework for Sport scheme will enable sports organisations to manage procurements efficiently and benefit from reduced rates through a competitive tendering process. Sport England partners will


be invited to sign up for the scheme to receive a list of service providers for each group. The list will contain details of maximum day rates and guide a tender process. Initially set up to drive Sport


England's own savings, groups are now open to partners and


KKP comprise the Playing Pitch Strategies and the Sport Specific Facility Strategies groups; with the latter also including Trio Plus. The Town Planning Support


group includes Bidwells; Entec; Impact Consulting; Land Use Consultants; Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners; and Martin Elson. Sport England property


director Charles Johnston said:


The strategy aims to improve the way facilities are planned


include the Strategic Planning group, which comprises Kit Campbell Associates (KCA); Neil Allen Associates (NAA); Continuum Sport and Leisure; and Leisure Futures. KCA and NAA form part of


the Needs Assessment group with Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP), while NAA and


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"At a time when public sector finances are under increasing pressure, it's important that we do everything we can to secure value for money from every pound spent. That's why we're helping our partners to be more efficient. "We want them to get the


best possible advice to ensure that the right facilities are built in the right places for people to use for years to come."


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