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Morgan Sindall to build DMU leisure centre
Rugby-based construction fi rm Morgan Sindall has been awarded the contract to deliver De Montfort University’s (DMU) new £8m leisure centre in Leicester. Work has started on the S&P Architects-
designed facility, which will boast a 25m pool; a climbing wall; eight racket courts; and studios for aerobics and Pilates. T e design incorporates metallic outer
shells and cedar-lined interiors, which are to form towers and overhangs to fi lter natu- ral light into the building when complete.
Wolves plans new £6m academy
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (WWFC) is to develop a £6m Football Academy as part of a wider £50m investment earmarked for the Compton Park area. T e Premier League club is
partnering with the University of Wolverhampton; St Edmund’s Catholic School; the Archdiocese of Birmingham; and Redrow Homes to deliver the redevelopment plans. WWFC plans to create its
new facility – with new indoor and improved outdoor pitches – on the site of St Edmund’s Catholic School, next to the club’s existing training ground. T e development of a new Football Academy for the club will ensure it meets requirements laid under new plans for Premier League academy football. WWFC will develop the site aſt er the school relocates to a vacated building at Compton
T e funding will support grassroots projects
£2.6m funding boost for disability sport
Efforts to increase the number of dis- abled people participating in sport and to ensure grassroots sport is more inclusive has received a £2.6m boost. Sport England revealed that fi ve groups
– British Blind Sport; Cerebral Palsy Sport; Dwarf Sport Association UK; UK Deaf Sport; and British Wheelchair Sport – will share £1.1m, which will be directly funded to advise and guide other organisations. An additional £1.5m of Exchequer
funding has been awarded to the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS).
Sport Wales launches new School Sport Survey
Sport Wales has announced that it is to launch the largest survey of school sport ever undertaken in Wales. T e 2011 School Sport Survey consists
of three questionnaires – one for school children from years seven to 11; one for chil- dren between years three and six; and a survey for teachers. T e children will be asked about their
participation in sport while the teachers’ questionnaire will explore the provision of PE and school sport across Wales.
WWFC is to build the venue on the site of St Edmund’s Catholic School
Park Campus, which formerly housed the uni- versity’s Business School, prior to the start of the 2010-11 academic year. The club will also hand its £1m Indoor
Academy Arena at Aldersley Leisure Village to Wolves Community Trust to benefi t local disadvantaged and disabled young people.
Sportivate legacy scheme launches
A £32m project has launched in order to enable 300,000 young people to receive six to eight weeks of coaching in the sport of their choice. Unveiled by Sport England,
Sportivate will be funded using National Lottery cash and will target 14-to-25-year- olds, as well as young people who aren’t currently playing sport in their own time. Sportivate will be deliv-
ered by the network of 49 county sports partnerships, which will work with local providers and sports clubs. Meanwhile, Sporting Champions – a team of current and retired elite athletes – will visit Sportivate sessions to share their experiences and enthusiasm for sport. An additional incen- tive will see teenagers and young adults who
T e £32m Sportivate programme will look to target 14-to-25-year-olds
stick with sport given the chance to enter a ballot for free London 2012 tickets, with hun- dreds of Olympic and Paralympic tickets available for participants via the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative.
Wimbledon offi cials to consider Court One roof
T e All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is reportedly considering the possibility of con- structing a roof over Wimbledon’s Court One – the venue’s second largest court. A multi-million pound retractable roof was unveiled on Centre Court in 2009, which
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allows play to continue during adverse weather during the Wimbledon Championships. However, the Guardian has reported that
AELTC offi cials could now discuss the installa- tion of roof on Court One, following this year’s conclusion of its 15-year strategy.
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