SURREY SPORTS PARK – UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Synchronised swimming offers spectator opportunities
OLYMPIC TEAMS • Antigua and Barbuda (swimming) • China (swimming) • Estonia (swimming) • Great Britain (basketball) • Malta (swimming) • Mauritius (swimming) • Mongolia (marathon) • Nigeria (badminton, basketball, table tennis, taekwondo, boxing, weight lifting and wrestling) • Philippines (swimming) • Singapore (swimming, badminton) • USA (triathlon)
PARALYMPIC TEAMS • Argentina (boccia, football, judo, power lifting, swimming, table tennis tennis) • Mauritius (swimming) • Nigeria (power lifting, table tennis, tennis) • Spain (swimming) • Sweden (table tennis, swimming)
FACILITIES The state-of-the-art sports facilities include a 50m, UV-treated swimming pool with a constant 2m depth that can accommodate 30m water polo as well as 50m and 25m swimming distances. One of the only world-champion bad-
minton facilities in the country, the park’s three, blue sports arenas aid shuttlecock visibility and offers seating for 1,000 spec- tators, while high-profile basketball and netball games can also be played at the facility. Eight squash courts,
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has been crucial to the success of the project and there has also been a very close working relationship with other sporting facilities in the area. These include Guildford Spectrum, Charterhouse School and Merrist Wood. This month, the park will also be
A global atmosphere in the park
including six premium glass-backed courts and two show courts with seating for 180 spectators, are available, as well as two multi-purpose exercise studios and a 100-station health and fitness suite. Outside facilities include two floodlit
synthetic turf pitches, with a sand- dressed pitch (AGP 3), a cushioned shock-pad, sand-dressed pitch (AGP 2) and a 3G, rubber-crumb surface pitch (AGP 1), eight floodlit tennis courts and eight football and rugby pitches. All the sport and recreational facilities
have been designed to accommodate disabled athletes as the provision of outstanding training and recreational facilities for disabled athletes has been a priority of the programme. The centre has been made widely
available to the residents of Surrey, while international teams are in residence. Close collaboration with Surrey County Council and Guildford Borough Council
opening a new Olympic-standard strength and conditioning area, which will offer additional weights and cardio equipment to complement the park’s existing health and fitness centre.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES: CELEBRATE SURREY Celebrate Surrey is a programme of public events which recognises the contribution that both the University of Surrey and Surrey Sports Park make to the intellectual, economic and cultural life of the local, national and global community. The aim of the programme is to encourage a culture of two-way conversations between university staff and students, and people outside the university as well as raising awareness of the opportunities that exist. It also aims to encourage a greater understanding among the local community of the ways in which the university can benefit the area. The programme of events includes
a year-long calendar of dance, music, exhibitions, plays and musicals; the Olympic-style Surrey Youth Games; an Olympic Festival and Torch Relay celebrations and a mini, family-friendly science festival. ●
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