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World Cup 2018 candidate cities named
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England bid team names candidate cities for 2018 FIFA Football World Cup
BPL takes over four
Notts centres
By Pete Hayman Sports trust Barnsley Premier
Leisure (BPL) is to take over the
London, Birmingham, Leeds management of four leisure
and Manchester have been facilities in Nottinghamshire
confirmed as being among the following an agreement with
12 candidate host cities that will Bassetlaw District Council. The
be included in England's bid to move will increase BPL's
stage the 2018 World Cup. portfolio by a third, to 16 sites,
Other cities selected for as it takes over the operation of
England's 2018 bid include the Bircotes, Retford and
Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Worksop Leisure Centres and
Newcastle, Bristol, Sunderland, Kilton Forest Golf Course. BPL
Nottingham and Plymouth. invested more than £500,000 in
The candidate host cities Wembley headlines the proposed venues for the 2018 World Cup upgrading and refurbishing its
have contributed more than venues during 2009.
£300m in financial guarantees agencies, local authorities, being included in the World
towards hosting the World Cup sports governing bodies, school Cup bid.
Fleming Park set for
if England's bid is successful, boards, Premier League and The final list was was decided
new tennis courts
complementing a further Football League clubs and by a technical panel comprising Four new outdoor tennis courts
commitment of more than non-league football have all the chair of the Football are set to be created at
£100m towards legacy and formed part of the selection League, Lord Mawhinney, bid Eastleigh's Fleming Park Leisure
regeneration projects. process. chief executive Andy Anson Centre in Hampshire, as part of a
A variety of stakeholders, Three cities – Leicester, Hull and chief operating officer scheme to increase participation
including regional development and Derby – missed out on Simon Johnson. in the sport. Construction work
on the project will get underway
Plans published
this month and will establish the
for Derby hubs
UK Sport reveals 2012 funding
centre as a community tennis
centre, which will double the
Derby City Council (DCC) is number of existing tennis courts
to consider a report that and also includes the addition of
recommends the creation a clubhouse. Eastleigh Borough
of a regional £50m sporting Council and the Lawn Tennis
hub, consisting of two Association are working in
separate centres. partnership with Fleming Park
DCC commissioned operator DC Leisure to jointly-
sports consultancy PMP/ fund the scheme, which is due
genesis to evaluate the for completion in spring 2010.
city's sport facilities and
make recommendations Handball is one of the sports to benefit from increased funding
Sports development
on how to improve the
funding hit by cuts
provision of sport. By Tom Walker process, with 11 of the 12 Vale of White Horse District
The report by PMP/ sports that missed out on 'full' Council in Oxfordshire has
genesis revealed the An additional £13m of funding Olympic funding last year now announced that funding for
current facilities to be has been made available to having their allocation doubled. sports development will be
outdated and "no longer help Great Britain's Olympic Handball, fencing, shooting reduced by a third in 2010-11 as
capable of meeting the and Paralympic athletes and volleyball are among part of efforts to cut expenditure
modern demands and prepare ahead of the 2012 the 11 sports to benefit from by £1m a year. According to the
expectations". London Games, following a the funding increase, which council, the level of funding for
The report recommends review by elite performance was made available by an sports development will be
the creation of two leisure agency UK Sport. initial £6.5m through credit reduced from £150,000 to
hubs and that the outdoor Revised investment figures card company's Visa's sponsor- £50,000 as it is not considered to
hub should house a 250m for all funded sports have been ship of Team 2012 and a be a priority, although most of
indoor cycling velodrome. unveiled by the agency after a further £6.5m due to adjusted the savings are expected to come
comprehensive annual review inflation levels. through improved efficiency.
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