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Active People survey results unveiled
Beckham academy set
Sport England figures show steady increase in sports participation figures
to close London site
David Beckham's football By Tom Walker
academy is set to leave its
permanent base in Greenwich, Nearly 7 million adults across
London, at the end of the year in England participated in sport at
order to adopt a mobile coaching least three times a week
model designed to reach between October 2008 and
communities across the UK. October 2009, according to the
The David Beckham Football Active People Survey 3
Academy, which opened in 2005, published by Sport England.
boasts two full-size artificial The report revealed that six
football pitches, changing rooms, sports are currently meeting
a dining hall and classrooms, as their targets for the first year of
well as a medical centre. However, the funding initiative, with
site owner AEG Europe said that cycling and athletics reporting a Football is among the sports that saw participation fall last year
it was "very likely" the academy combined increase of more than
will now look to provide coaching 240,000 weekly participants. However, despite being tion among disabled people
on a mobile basis with the lease Meanwhile, boxing, table among the four sports that and women is also down.
on the Greenwich facility due to tennis, canoeing and netball are already attract at least one The study claims that Sport
expire in 2010. also meeting their respective million adults participating England is close to achieving
targets. Tennis is also poised to once a week, football and its target of getting 1 million
Crusaders confirm
meet its target, following a swimming both failed to report more people participating in
Wrexham FC move
surge in participation due to the any growth in participation in sport as part of the 2012
Super League club Crusaders Wimbledon championships. the past year, while participa- legacy plans.
Rugby League (CRL) has
announced that Wrexham's
Racecourse Ground is to be its
Barnet FC opens new Edgware training complex
new permanent home ground
after the Bridgend-based club By Tom Walker and built by main contractor,
was acquired by Wrexham Village the Buckingham Group, the
Ltd (WVL). WVL – owner of Blue England manager Fabio Capello new training complex boasts
Square Premier team Wrexham has officially launched Barnet two full-size artificial turf
Football Club, will take control of Football Club's (BFC) new pitches and natural grass
the rugby league club with 44-acre (17.8-hectare) training pitches built by Kestrel.
immediate effect, following complex in Edgware, London, Kestrel worked alongside
discussions between CRL's former which will host the club's new sports pitch consultants
owner Leighton Samuel and the Centre of Excellence. TurfTrax and Surfacing
football club. The Hive, which will also be Standards on the construction
home to the club's first team The centre in Edgware, London of the natural pitches at the
Feel Good Factory for
squad and ladies' team, has £11m venue, which also
Haslingden centre
been funded by BFC, along £1m grant from the Football includes 14 changing rooms
Haslingden Sports Centre in with a £750,000 contribution Foundation. Designed by and a physiotherapy room, as
Lancashire has opened a Feel from Harrow Council and a Battersea-based And Architects well as office areas.
Good Factory boasting £50,000 of
toning table equipment. The new
facility was installed for free
Wakefield Wildcats stadium plans unveiled
thanks to a partnership between
Alliance Leisure and Shapemaster, Plans are set to be submitted to Wakefield Council for a new 12,000-capacity community stadium
and works on an income share in West Yorkshire, which will be the home of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby league team.
basis, where the facility retains The proposals were unveiled by the chair of the Wakefield and District Community Trust, Sir
the initial income up to a certain Rodney Walker, on 21 December and will see the stadium form part of a wider mixed-use scheme
level, before a sharing mechanism near to Junction 30 of the M62. Although the stadium will initially be capable of accommodating
kicks in. The Haslingden 12,000 spectators, it will have the potential to expand to a capacity of 15,000 people and will
installation is the second Feel replace the Wildcats' Belle Vue ground.
Good Factory in the UK.
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