SPORTS
Edinburgh bid for national centre gets MSPs’ backing
Edinburgh’s bid to host the proposed £25m National Performance Centre for Sport has secured the backing of 22 MSPs (members of Scottish parliament). Previously, Olympic champion cyclist Sir
Chris Hoy off ered his support for the GO Edinburgh 2016 campaign, which is spear- headed by Heriot-Watt and the city council. Plans for the new facility were first
announced by sports minister Shona Robison in 2012. It will feature a multi- sports performance centre including a National Football Academy.
T e hosting of major sport- ing events is becoming a global growth market, but UK national governing bodies of sport are thinking twice about bidding due to the fi nancial risks attached to the process. A report by the Sport and
Recreation Alliance (SRA) shows that 67 per cent of the UK’s NGBs see the risk of investing into the often costly bidding process as the main obstacle to launching a bid. Bidding for major events has become increasingly com- petitive, as hosting an event is oſt en seen as providing three benefi ts; a fi nan- cial boost for organisers, increasing a sport’s profi le and improving facility infrastructure. For the report, SRA anonymously asked
A number of sports have seen increased interest
15 million people play sport each week
New fi gures from Sport England reveal that 15.3m people now play sport at least once a week. According to the fi gures – for the fi rst four months of 2013 – the number of young people aged between 16 and 25 play- ing sport regularly has reached 3.86m. This is an increase of nearly 63,000
on the previous 12 months, with strong advances in sports such as basketball and swimming. Among women, boosts in boxing and netball have helped to drive a year-on-year increase of 89,900, further narrowing the gender gap in sport. Details:
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Winter sports get increase in funding ahead of Sochi
Several winter sports will receive an addi- tional investment of £443,200 to help with fi nal preparations for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. T e announcement was made by UK
Sport following its annual review of its investment in winter sports. The fund- ing is being used to help teams most likely to win medals at the 2014 games and has been targeted at those sports with the best chances of doing so. T e sports to receive extra funding include bobsleigh, skiing, snowboarding, and para alpine skiing.
12 Women’s Sport Trust launches
A new grant giving body ded- icated to raising the profi le and changing the perception of women’s sport in the UK was launched on 2 July. Women’s Sport Trust
(WST) will be the only grant provider focused solely on female sport and is backed by a diverse range of elite female athletes along with representatives from busi- ness and the media. Anna Watkins MBE, Olympic gold medal rower and patron of the WST, said: “We see our- selves as much as a movement as a grant giving body – focused on attracting new funding and profi le for women’s sport. We’ve been amazed and delighted by the response we’ve already had to the Trust. People are clearly thrilled to have an opportunity to make a diff erence.”
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www.sportsmanagement.co.uk NGBs ‘held back’ from major bids
T e successful London 2012 bid took more than fi ve years to prepare Half of all respondents also said that the
government – both at central and local level – was not doing enough to support bids. Andy Reed, SRA chair, said: “Our research
the chairs and chief executives of the biggest sport governing bodies in the UK about their experiences of bidding for major events.
has shown that the financial risk of hold- ing major events is holding some governing bodies back.” Details:
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T e trust will be the fi rst to off er grants exclusively for female sport The WST will look to attract new fund-
ing into women’s sport – providing multiple routes for corporate partners and individuals to donate.T e organisation’s grants panel will be chaired by Team GB hockey captain Kate Walsh. Details:
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UK Sport signs MOU with Japan Sport Council
UK Sport and the Japan Sport Council have signed an agreement of collaboration to rein- force their commitment to work together in an eff ort to enhance high performance sport in their respective countries. With a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it
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creates further opportunities to exchange ideas and co-operate on a wide range of projects – including the funding of major events, managing elite training centres, high performance evaluation and coaching. Details:
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