FOOTBALL


The centre is attracting plenty of interest and it presents a massive benefit for the region - the finest facility of its kind in North Wales. Welsh players will aspire to come here, because Colliers Park carries the wow factor locally,


” regionally and nationally


is herself a seasoned sports facility manager, whose last position saw her in charge of Wrexham Tennis Centre, with its seven indoor and seven outdoor courts.


She was ready for a new challenge, she says. “Colliers Park is a step up for me and is also an appropriate move because I have played football and I am still active with Futsal.”


Day to day, Lucy handles long-term strategic vision and planning. “An all- encompassing role”, she notes. “The development centre will also function as a hub for the girls’ and women’s game,” she adds.


“The centre is attracting plenty of interest and it presents a massive benefit for the region - the finest facility of its kind in North Wales. Welsh players will aspire to come here,” Lucy stresses, “because Colliers Park carries the wow factor locally, regionally and nationally.” “We’ll evolve over time,” she says, “and the page is open as to how we develop”. The FAW is partnering the University in the latest venture at Colliers Park and approached sports facility design and project management consultancy GEO Turf Consulting to draw up a feasibility study for its National Football Development Centre in


October 2016. “We undertook the design work for the


FAW Trust headquarters and training ground at Dragon Park, Newport, which opened in 2013,” recalls GEO Turf’s Jonathan Smith, “so were delighted to take up this project.” “Colliers Park proved a tricky site to model,” he continues, “with not a spare inch of space to spare. We 3D computer modelled it after topographically surveying everything, providing an earthworks balance.” “Detailed design of existing and proposed contours gave spot levels, co-ordinates and elevations. The designs included tie-ins to the new building and footpaths to accommodate wheelchairs.”


The Fibresand pitch construction involved preparing level pitch perimeters and creating a 180mm high crown central, with a full drainage system at 5m centres with a gravel carpet placed over the drains.


“The pitches and surrounds had to rest at


exactly the correct level,” Jonathan explains, “with tie-in to adjacent features to fashion the right aesthetics.”


The second natural turf pitch, lying end to end with Pitch 1, has a 1:100 gradient along the line of play to the north, as does the 3G facility, which lies next to Pitch 2. “Pitch 2 is a more soil-based construction,”


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