SPort New board chairs for CIMSPA


Te Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has confirmed new chairs to lead its national and regional management boards. The new organisation,


which launched last year, is the professional development body for the sport and physi- cal activity sector in the UK. Te national and regional


development boards will support CIMSPA in its bid to bring the 1 million industry professionals by representing their respective home nations and regions. Working within their areas to support skills


Te new board chairs are to support CIMSPA’s central board of trustees


development, the board chairs will also sup- port CIMSPA’s central board of trustees in helping to deliver the London 2012 legacy. Miles Templeman, chair of CIMSPA’s board of trustees, said: “By working together, we can


not only drive professional practice but also raise the profile of the sector as a whole. “Only by doing this can we present a truly


attractive career pathway for rising talent and ensure the development of a workforce of tomorrow.” Read more: http://bit.ly/wQOZuz


Spain’s Real Madrid came top of the Deloitte list New-look Edinburgh pool nears relaunch


Edinburgh’s new-look Royal Commonwealth Pool is due to reopen on 21 March, following a £37m renovation undertaken by Graham Construction. Funding for the scheme,


which has involved stripping back the A-listed building to its bare shell before a complete rebuild, has been contributed by both the City of Edinburgh Council and sportscotland. Facilities at the new-look


Royal Commonwealth Pool will include a 50m, eight-lane pool for community and elite use; a re-orientated diving pool with moveable floor; a dry dive facility with trampolines an springboards; and a 25m warm-up pool. Meanwhile, the venue’s gym, fitness studios


and changing village have been fully revamped and expanded as part of the scheme.


Te venue is British Swimming’s last training camp before London 2012 Council culture and leisure convener


Deidre Brock said: “Tis has been an incred- ibly complex engineering project which has transformed the Grade A-listed building into a truly world class aquatics facility.” Details: http://bit.ly/AneV8w


Sportivate legacy scheme increases participation


Sport England has announced 33,000 young people across the country have taken up sport in their free time during the first six months of the Sportivate legacy programme. Launched in June 2011, the £32m initiative aims to allow 300,000 people between the ages


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of 14- and 25-years-old to receive six-to-eight weeks of coaching in their chosen sport. Sport England has revealed nearly 26,000


of the 33,000 participants have taken part in a sport during the last three months alone. Details: http://bit.ly/jJPib1


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Warner to chair 2017 organising committee


UK Athletics chair Ed Warner is to lead the London 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championship organising committee, hav- ing fronted the successful bid. Warner’s was selected by the Department


for Culture, Media and Sport and the mayor of London. A vice-chair and remaining board members are yet to be named. In his role as chair, Warner will submit


a proposed corporate structure and gover- nance framework to the IAAF, while also helping to appoint the rest of the board. Details: http://bit.ly/xQnLML


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European football clubs report revenue increases


Te combined revenues of the world’s 20 highest-earning football clubs grew to more than EUR4.4bn (£3.7bn, US$5.8bn) during 2010-11, according to Deloitte. According to the Deloitte Football Money


League, the top 20 clubs account for more than a quarter of the European market. Nine clubs recorded double-digit growth. German club Schalke 04 was the high-


est climber during 2010-11, moving up six places and into the top 10 for the first time. Napoli of Italy makes its first ever appear- ance in the top 20. Read more: http://bit.ly/xnLsjx


Green light for University of Cambridge proposals


Cambridge City Council has approved a reserved matters application for the first phase of a sports centre at the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus. Te application follows the granting of


outline planning permission for the project, which is the first of a three-stage process and was backed by seven votes to one. Facilities to be created in the proposed


first phase of the new sports centre include a 1,320sq m (14,208sq ſt) sports hall area; a weights room; and a fitness suite. Read more: http://bit.ly/yEnv5E


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