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Water Polo Arena fi rms revealed PETE HAYMAN
Work on the 5,000-seat Water Polo Arena at London’s Olympic Park has now started after the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) named the contractors for the scheme. Si lver town-based ES
Group will construct the main building, while A&T/ Barr and Wray of Glasgow will install the temporary swimming pools. Jackson Civil Engineering Group, Byrne Group, Alto Seating Systems and Balfour Beatty Engineering Services are also working on the scheme. A design team – headed by David Morley
Architects and including Buro Happold and Max Fordham – has drawn up plans for the wedge-shaped arena, which will feature an infl atable roof and include a 37m-long com- petition pool and a 33m-long warm-up pool.
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T e ODA has revealed which fi rms will build the 2012 water polo arena
T e venue will be used to host the men’s and women’s Olympic water polo competitions. ODA project sponsor for the Water Polo
Arena, Ian Crockford, said: “T e venue will join the Aquatics Centre to form a dramatic and action-packed gateway to the Olympic Park when spectators arrive in 2012.”
Work starts on UEA Soccerpark extension PETE HAYMAN
Construction work is now underway on a £400,000 expansion of the Soccerpark venue at the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Sportspark. Three new seven-a-side
football pitches are to be constructed as part of the development, which is to be delivered by contractor Bernhards and scheduled to be completed this month. T e 48m x 24m pitches will
be fi tted with a 3G synthetic surface and will complement the four existing fi ve-a-side 3G and six seven-a-side Astroturf pitches at Soccerpark. Sportspark director Keith Nicholls said: “We
already have more small-sided soccer pitches than anywhere else in East Anglia.
T ree new seven-a-side football pitches are to be created at Soccerpark “Aſt er this extension, we will have 13 pitches
for the public to hire. The larger sized 3G pitches will give our customers even more choice when it comes to size and surface.”
Maidstone United in stadium funding appeal TOM WALKER
Maidstone United Football Club (MUFC) has launched a campaign to raise funds towards a new £1.6m stadium at James Whatman Way. T e Ryman League Premier Division club is planning to fund the development using
Issue 1 2011 © cybertrek 2011
SEAN HOLT CEO ISRM I
n January, members of T e Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM) and members of the Institute
of Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL) voted to merge to form a professional body for sport and physical activity, with support from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport; Sport England; Skills Active and SPELG (Employers Group). Since 1977, many attempts have been
made to bring the two organisations together. More recently, Richard Caborn the former Minister for Sport and his suc- cessor Gerry Sutcliff e made it clear that they’d like one organisation to represent the professionals in our sector with whom they could have meaningful dialogue. Based at SportPark in Loughborough, a
transitional board, headed by myself, will be in place for two years in which time we will decide the name, purpose, strategy and future of the new organisation. If you are not already engaged with a
professional body then now is the time to enrol. We have already seen an upturn in membership, which with our combined memberships now stands at around 6,000 and we expect this number to rise towards 20,000 by 2020. However, we’re well aware that mem-
capital from its new owners (£250,000) and the Football Foundation (£150,000). MUFC anticipates that it will source the
remaining £1.2m from new investors buying shares in the club, with the closing date for the campaign at the end of April.
bers need to see a tangible benefit to becoming a member and to that eff ect from Feb 2011 there will be 32 hrs online learning available free for members, from a range of courses on topics such as bud- geting, coaching and health and safety. In addition, there will be 18 regional, free CPD events for members, a new website, technical support and a new look mag- azine, which will cover a much wider aspect of our industry. For more information see
www.isrm.co.uk
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