project profile
fBuilding football or the future
Vision 2020 is the new Centre of Excellence for elite women’s and girls’ football in the North West that aims to improve opportunities for everyone involved in the game.
THE result of collaboration between Cheshire FA and the Football Association, this exciting new development will support the realisation of the FA’s Game Plan for Growth; a strategy to grow participation in women’s and girls’ football, creating a sustainable and successful high performance system to ensure England teams compete with distinction on the world stage at every age group. Cheshire County FA, in partnership with
Cheshire West and Chester Council, are behind the ground-breaking scheme, with ION Developments and principal partners Space & Place selected as development partner for the project. ION Developments, one of the leading
North West based regeneration developers, leads the team. Over the last 30 years ION has delivered a range of substantial facilities including leisure clubs, offices, schools, retail, theatres and bus stations. “We are greatly looking forward to bringing
what will become a world-class football centre with luxury hotel to Cheshire. The finished development will not only enhance
Cheshire’s brilliant reputation as a footballing destination and bring hotel rooms to a thriving tourism destination, but will also give women and girls football the much needed state-of- the-art facilities to help reach its full potential,” says Steve Parry, managing director of ION Developments. Sports architectural design practice Space &
Place has delivered more than 200 community sports and leisure facilities, including flagship
venues for major sporting events such as the Olympics and Commonwealth games. “We’ve been designing sports facilities for 40
years now from Olympic Games venues to community sport clubhouses, but rarely does a project such as this excite us so much. It’s a real opportunity to design a facility that truly makes a difference from grassroots participants to elite level athletes in one place,” says Keith Ashton, chief executive of Space & Place. The ambitious project is the next step on an
exciting journey to develop the women’s game, and increase participation in football.
the vision This is an unprecedented time in the development of women’s and girls’ football with the FA, FIFA, and UEFA focusing on increasing participation in the women’s game. The FA’s Game plan for Growth sets
ambitious targets to double both the number of female football players and the fan base by 2020. Cheshire FA’s Centre of Excellence will play an important role in delivering these ambitions in the North West.
22
pactfacilities.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41
