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FIA confi rms support for disability sport initiative TOM WALKER
T e Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has lent its support to Yoodo Sports – a new ini- tiative to help people with disabilities take up and enjoy physical activity. The scheme, which is the result of a
partnership between Leonard Cheshire Disability and Sport England, will pilot in Yorkshire this year and is based on bring- ing disabled people together with activity ‘buddies’ – people who may or may not have an impairment themselves but want to help others play sport or be active.
OPLC in venue operator search PETE HAYMAN
The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has started its search for operators to take over the Aquatics Centre and the Multi-Use Games Arena aſt er the 2012 Games. A formal expression
of interest process is now underway to identify poten- tial tenants, which had until 2 March to come forward. T e OPLC hopes to appoint operators for the venues by January 2012, with contracts set to run for 10 years. Due to reopen in mid-2013,
T e Multi-Use Arena will stage handball events during the 2012 Games
the Multi-Use Arena will be capable of provid- ing sport and entertainment events, as well as the potential for a health and fi tness centre. T e Zaha Hadid-designed Aquatic Centre
is due to reopen in January 2014 and will off er two 50m swimming pools, a diving pool and permanent spectator seating for 2,500.
T e trust will take over a number of public pools
New trust to operate Doncaster leisure facilites TOM WALKER
Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust (DCLT) is to take over management of additional leisure facilities on behalf of the local authority. T e trust, which already operates Doncaster
Dome, is set for further development aſt er Doncaster Council’s cabinet agreed that it would off er the best way forward. Adwick, Armthorpe, Edlington, Rossington, St James Pool and Health Club; and T orne will be taken over by DCLT, along with Hatfi eld Water Park and Crookhill Golf Club.
£5.7m community facility opens in Wolverhampton PETE HAYMAN
Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) has offi cially unveiled the new £5.7m Blakenhall Community and Healthy Living Centre. Funded primarily by All Saints and
Blakenhall Community Development, the venue was opened with the help of BBC presenter Satnam Rana on 17 January. Facilities include a fi tness suite, a young
people’s gym and a toning suite. Sunbeam Children’s Centre will operate the venue’s crèche, while a café is scheduled to open in due course. WCC will manage the centre.
Malcolm Ross, the OPLC’s executive direc-
tor of operations and venues, told Leisure Opportunities that there were clear targets each of the facilities has to achieve. He said: “Each one of the venues has its own specifi c objec- tives, and we will be evaluating the expressions of interest against those criteria.”
University of York complex approved PETE HAYMAN
The City of York Council (CYC) has approved plans for a new £9m sports complex as part of a wider expansion of the University of York’s Heslington East campus. York Sports Village will fea-
ture a competition-standard eight-lane, 25m swimming pool and a learner pool; a 100-station gym; and a full- size 3G synthetic pitch. Three further five-a-side
football pitches are also planned as part of the new Space Architects-designed complex, which will be open to members of the public, staff and students. A limited liability partnership company called York Sports Village will oper- ate the complex, with any surpluses ring-fenced for reinvestment into the facilities.
Facilities will include a competition standard 25m swimming pool T e masterplan for the development features
a second phase to include more grass pitches, a 150-station computerised fi tness suite, fl oor space for classes such as yoga, three treatment rooms and a sauna and steamroom.
Buxton pool poised for spring reopening TOM WALKER
A swimming pool in Buxton is to reopen to the public this spring, following the completion of a “much-needed” overhaul of the facility. High Peak Borough Council (HPBC) and DC Leisure have carried out a £2m revamp of
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Buxton Swimming Pool, with the new-look pool and a 150sq m (1,615sq ft) gym to be handed over on 4 and 26 April respectively. HPBC and DC Leisure will then take up to
three weeks to clean the facilities and deal with any remaining issues ahead of its opening.
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