SPORT Chelsea FC in stadium proposal


Chelsea Football Club (CFC) has revealed that it has made an offer to buy back the land on which its Stamford Bridge stadium is currently located from Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO). CPO was established in 1993 in order to secure the future of the west London venue, which had come under threat and left the Premier League club at risk of being made homeless. However, CFC now believes


the “long-term commit- ment” of its owner Roman Abramovich means that any threat to Stamford Bridge no longer stands. In its offer to CPO, the club will take on the


Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Football Club’s current home in West London


freehold in return for “effectively” writing off a £10m loan made to CPO 14 years ago to assist in its purchase of the site. It comes as CFC revealed that it is consider- ing a move away from Stamford Bridge due to


“major obstacles” to renovation and in order to generate higher levels of matchday income. Te CPO offer includes a commitment that


CFC will not be required to move before 2020 unless within 3 miles (4.8km) radius of its cur- rent home and meets a minimum capacity need of 55,000.


Te Olympic Stadium’s track has been laid down New Colwyn Bay complex nears opening


Conwy Council has confirmed that its new centre of excel- lence for culture, leisure and sport at Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, is on track for its official opening next month. Work on the construction


phase of the £6.5m Parc Eirias Events Centre development is now complete, with the fix- tures and fittings now to be finalised ahead of the venue’s launch. Wynne Construction has delivered the new facility, which provides an indoor arena with a 60m x 40m pitch and a television gantry with playback screen for live analysis. A heavy weights gym; four changing rooms,


one with a plunge bath; a physiotherapy room with three treatment couches; and 10 corpo- rate boxes/meeting rooms are also on offer.


Olympic Stadium athletics track unveiled


Pupils from London’s West Ham Church Primary School have been joined by Paralympic and Olympic athletes to mark the unveiling of the 2012 stadium’s new athletics track. Paralympic discus gold medallist Dan Greaves; 1,500m athlete Hannah England; and British long jump record holder Chris Tomlinson all attended a special event on 3 October. Te track at the Olympic Stadium has


been supplied by Mondo and was laid in August. It features a Sport FLEX system and is designed to assist athletes achieve faster times.


Te £6.5m Parc Eirias centre of excellence will open its doors next month


Te gym equipment contract was awarded to PerformBetter. Te Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will base


its North Wales Senior Academy at Parc Eirias and outdoor facilities include a pitch with sur- face supplied by Souter Sports.


BOA signs new agreement with Russian NOC


Te British Olympic Association (BOA) has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Russian counterpart to iden- tify areas of strategic partnership. It is intended that the new agreement will help the two organisations work together ahead


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of the London 2012 Games and the Sochi 2014 Winter Games to share best practice. Information relating to the organisation of


the events and the respective “sporting land- scape” of both countries will also be made available under the terms of the MoU.


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Mayor: London ‘ready’ to host 2012 Games


London mayor Boris Johnson has told members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the capital is now “ready” to host the 2012 Olympic Games. IOC representatives visited London to


inspect preparations for the Games, with work now complete on all of the competi- tion venues and handed over to organisers. Major transport infrastructure improve- ments have either been completed or are “well on track” to be delivered, while enter- tainment will be available across London at special Live Sites next summer.


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Hunt: 7,439 schools sign up for School Games


More than 7,400 schools have signed up to participate in the government’s new School Games initiative, according to culture sec- retary Jeremy Hunt. Addressing the 2011 Conservative Party


Conference in Manchester, Hunt said the figure represented more than a third of all schools in England. Earlier this year, Hunt outlined the


government’s plans for the School Games competition, which is designed to help pro- mote competitive sport to young people in “Olympic-style” tournaments.


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