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Scottish sport to be focus of next Sports Facility Show The Sports Facility Show is known throughout the sports and play construction industry as being a ‘must see’ event, with its vital advice on funding, construction, design and management of sports facilities


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he next show, in Scotland on 28 October, will have the benefit of including several key speakers who are practising athletes – which offers the


unique opportunity to hear about sports facilities from the people that use them – as well as including speakers from the main Scottish sports governing bodies. The exciting event, supported


by sportscotland and sponsored by Bonar Yarns, will have a special focus on 3G pitches, following the recent announcement that they can be used on all FA pitches. How will this affect grassroots football? This and other contentious topics will be discussed in detail on the day by


some of Scottish sport's thought leaders and sports governing bodies. The full line up of speakers at the event is: • Ailsa Wylie (Commonwealth Games Hockey team) and a Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s player (TBC)


• sportscotland – Graham Finnie – sportscotland legacy projects; Sarah Robertson/Derek Kier – Guide to Project Development/Help for Clubs; Andy Kelly – Funding


• Scottish Golf – Kevin Cadmey-Taylor/ Colin Bell (TBC) – Ryder Cup Legacy


• Scottish Athletics – Nigel Holl – Scottish context, facilities strategy – progression of the provision of compact facilities south of the border


To register, call 024 7641 6316 or visit www.sapca.org.uk/ravenscraig


• FIFA – Nicholas Evens – FIFA quality concept for artificial turf


• Scottish FA – Cameron Watt – 3G & community football


• Scottish Rugby Union – Neil Carrie – 3G for rugby, community level engagement and delivery In addition, there will be live


maintenance demonstrations throughout the day on the venue’s synthetic grass pitches. The Sports Facility Show will take place on October 28 2014 at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell.


Cheshire County Playing Fields Association celebrates outstanding achievement award


SAPCA presents Cheshire CPFA with the prestigious outstanding achievement award for its valuable contribution to the protection of playing fields during the last year


The award, which celebrates Cheshire County Playing Fields Association's (CPFA) very literal grassroots approach to protecting green spaces for sports and play, was presented at the CPFAs’ National Conference held at the Ramada Kenilworth on 4 June. The honour also signifies SAPCA’s ongoing support of the charity’s wide ranging representation throughout the fields of sports development, planning, grant information and local government. Karen Tonge MBE, chair of Cheshire


CPFA, explains how it's striving to secure the future of sport at a local level. “We believe that the continued and ongoing decline in the availability and quality of outdoor community facilities is detrimental to us all," she said. "The legacy left to future generations


Karen Tonge, MBE, accepting the award from Chris Trickey, CEO of SAPCA


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of run-:down, unsafe or lost areas is of major concern – as is the lack of access leading to the breakdown of communities, poor health, reduced productivity in the workplace and the overall decline in the morale of a community.”


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