NEWS UPDATE Exciting times for Derby’s venues
Derby County Football Club’s (DCFC) Pride Park stadium will be renamed as part of a £7m sponsorship deal, while Derbyshire County Cricket Club (DCCC) has launched a funding bid to redevelop its home ground. Pride Park wi ll be
Ronaldo said he is proud of his Madeiran roots
Cristiano Ronaldo opens Madeira football museum
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has announced opened a museum devoted to himself. Te museum is located on the Portuguese island of Madeira, where he was born, and will be used to showcase memorabilia from his career, including trophies, footballs and photographs. Ronaldo attended the opening on 15
December in person. A spokesperson said: “Te project has been a dream for Cristiano. He wanted to give something back to Madeira and the island’s people”. Ronaldo began his footballing career
as a youth player at local club Andorinha, before moving to CD Nacional and from there to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1997. In 2003 he was signed for Manchester
United for a fee of £12.24m, and in 2009 became the then most expensive football player in history when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a deal worth £80m. Ronaldo is still at Real Madrid, having
recently signed a new contract with the club until 2018. Details:
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Timebank Programme now open to sports clubs
Volunteer Now has joined up with Sport Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Sports Forum to launch the 2014-15 Small Grants Programme, funded by Atlantic Philanthropies, to support sports clubs and groups across Northern Ireland to develop Timebanks in their area. Timebanks are a way for people to
come together to help others by shar- ing their skills in the community. Participants ‘deposit’ their time by giv- ing practical help and support to others. Details:
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rebranded as iPro Stadium next month (December), following DCFC’s deal with global sports drink company iPro Sport. Te £7m deal will run for
10 years and is believed to be one of the biggest indepen- dent sponsorship deals arranged by a club in Football League history. Meanwhile, DCCC is looking to secure £1.9m worth of loans and grants as to allow a £3.6m redevelopment of its County Ground venue in the city to go ahead. Te redevelop- ment would include a new media centre and
DCCC is looking to upgrade its ageing County Ground on the town
increase the ground’s capacity from nearly 5,000 to 7,000 - strengthening the club’s case to hosting a 2019 World Cup game. Te club has already been given a provi-
sional green light for £1.7m of funding from the England and Wales Cricket Board towards the project. Details:
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QPR reveals 40,000-seater stadium plans
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium as part of a major regeneration project of the Old Oak area in west London. Te new area, which has
been provisionally called New Queens Park, will see the sta- dium built alongside a new residential area with 24,000 homes and a commercial space to include a 350-bed- room luxury hotel, cinemas and restaurants. Te news follows London
Te new stadium will more than double QPR’s home game capacity
mayor Boris Johnson’s recent announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration priorities for the city and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) – only the second aſter the Olympic Park development – is to be set up to promote it. Tew new area – which is expected to be larger than Canary Wharf – is expected to gen- erate 50,000 new jobs. “Not only will this give us a top quality
stadium to cater for QPR’s needs as the club progresses and grows over the years ahead, but we are very excited about being the driv- ing force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world,” said QPR chair
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Tony Fernandes. “It will create a vibrant new destination in London, boosting local busi- nesses, attracting new visitors and tourism and creating a thriving community.” Fernandes revealed the club were look-
ing at alternative sites to Loſtus Road in West London in November 2011 and Rangers con- firmed they were in talks about the Old Oak site since August 2013. Working wi th Stadium Capi tal
Developments, QPR has concluded a let- ter of collaboration with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Details:
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