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Sport Youths ‘playing less’ major sports


Latest participation figures from Sport England have shown a fall in the number of 16- to 19-year olds taking part in “major sports” such as foot- ball, tennis and swimming. Concerns have also been


raised over a decline in par- ticipation among women, although there has been an overall increase in the num- ber of adults playing sport at least once a week. TNS-BRMB carried out


the research, which is based on telephone interviews with 166,000 adults aged 16 and over in England between October 2010 and October 2011. For those who were not playing sport as


Football is one sport in which 16- to 19-year-olds are participating less


in adult participation during the period, while more disabled people are also playing sport. Speaking to Leisure Opportunities, Sport


oſten as they were, nearly a third said it was due to a lack of time through work com- mitments or economic factors such as cost. Despite what have been labelled “disappoint- ing” figures, there has been an overall growth


England chief executive Jennie Price said: “We need to tackle head on the widening gender gap by doing much more to make sport rele- vant and appealing to women.” More details: http://lei.sr?a=F8S8O


Green light for Batchwood redevelopment


A new strategy for the redevelopment of Hertfordshire’s Batchwood Golf and Tennis Centre has been given the green light by St Albans City and District Council (SACDC). One of the UK’s first high performance indoor tennis centres was among the facilities


destroyed by fire in August, along with a bowls clubhouse and a golf clubhouse. Under the agreed strategy, the redevel-


opment will be undertaken as two separate projects; one comprising the tennis centre and the other including the two clubhouses.


Work starts on Waterford sports scheme


Irish minister for pub- lic expenditure and reform Brendan Howlin has helped mark the start of work on a new EUR10.5m (£9m) sports campus at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). Te multi-purpose arena,


which will be located at Carriganore and has been designed by Turlough Clancy of Henry J Lyons, will comple- ment the existing EUR8.5m (£7.3m) WIT Sports Arena and integrate with the pavil- ion and changing areas. Facilities will include an indoor arena that


Te scheme includes the first all-weather pitch to meet GAA standards


can be converted into a conference or exhibition centre; a two-level, elite athlete gymnasium; and performance analysis suites. Four playing pitches and a 2,000-seat conference centre will also form part of the project, as well as ancillary


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


sports and catering facilities and a 180-capac- ity E-Learning centre. The first two phases of the WIT Sport


Campus were completed last year and feature a cross country track and four playing pitches. More details: http://lei.sr?a=B4O6r


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