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Sporting a new facility<br />
Sprint down to the Royal Docks on Saturday 24 March for the unveiling of SportsDock –<br />
a brand new, state of the art sports facility. At this special free community event, there<br />
will be Olympic and Paralympic athletes and an exciting range of interactive activities.<br />
For many people in London, the 2012<br />
Games will be a big summer event; a huge<br />
party with the whole world invited.<br />
For <strong>Newham</strong> residents, it’s the beginning<br />
of a new chapter. What’s been grandly<br />
called legacy is, simply put, the investment<br />
in sports, culture, transport, housing and<br />
even more, which will continue to bring<br />
benefi ts to the borough for years to come.<br />
The SportsDock at the University of East<br />
London’s Docklands Campus is a shiny new<br />
example of just that – a major development<br />
for the community, offering top of the range<br />
facilities at an affordable price.<br />
See for yourself<br />
As part of the special open day, the<br />
<strong>Newham</strong> All Star Sports Academy<br />
(NASSA) will be on hand to showcase their<br />
dazzling array of basketball skills and West<br />
Ham United Academy coaches will be<br />
hosting training sessions. There will also be<br />
demonstrations and training opportunities<br />
with West Ham Boys Amateur Boxing<br />
Club, London Lynx Volleyball Club and<br />
London Youth Rowing. Families will<br />
have plenty of entertainment too with<br />
face painting, trampolines, dancing and<br />
a bouncy castle. Joining visitors will be<br />
double Paralympic medal winner, Ade<br />
Adepitan MBE, and four time American<br />
Olympic winner and Chef de Mission for<br />
Team USA, Teresa Edwards.<br />
In between now and the Games,<br />
you can be the fi rst to use equipment<br />
designed for Olympic athletes: Team<br />
USA will be using SportsDock as their<br />
training headquarters during the Games.<br />
SportsDock will reopen to the local<br />
community and UEL students and staff<br />
following the Games. Residents can use<br />
the £21m facility, complete with fi tness<br />
centre, strength and conditioning room,<br />
two outdoor 3G fi ve-a-side football<br />
pitches, indoor arenas, dance studios and<br />
sports cafe – all before the athletes arrive.<br />
The FREE event will take place on<br />
Saturday 24 March, between 10am and<br />
5pm, at UEL’s Docklands Campus,<br />
University Way, E16. For membership<br />
enquiries, please visit www.sportsdock.<br />
co.uk or call 020 8223 6888.
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