Sports Management Issue 1 2012 - Leisure Opportunities

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Cardiff Council has appointed
a development partner to
deliver the next phase of the
city’s International Sports
Village (ISV) – a new ice rink
and waterfront scheme.
Helium Miracle 113, a
subsidiary of Wigan-based
Greenbank Partnerships, has
been selected by the council
following a tender process,
with design work to start
immediately. The project is set
to be delivered in phases.
A new twin-pad ice arena
and a 150m ski slope will be
built first, and will be ready
for “all or most” of the 2013-14 ice hockey season.
The overall development will take five
years to complete.
Later phases will include a hotel; bars; restaurants;
and other leisure facilities. As a result
of the scheme’s commercial elements, no capital
funding will be provided by the council.
Edinburgh’s new-look Royal
Commonwealth Pool is due to
reopen on 21 March, following
a £37m renovation undertaken
by Graham Construction.
Funding for the scheme,
which has involved stripping
back the A-listed building to
its bare shell before a complete
rebuild, has been contributed
by both the City of Edinburgh
Council and sportscotland.
Facilities at the new-look
Royal Commonwealth Pool
will include a 50m, eight-lane
pool for community and elite
use; a re-orientated diving pool with a moveable
floor; a dry dive facility with trampolines
and springboards; and a 25m warm-up pool.
Meanwhile, the venue’s gym, fitness studios
and changing village have been fully revamped
and expanded as part of the scheme.
Sport England has announced that 33,000
young people across the country have taken
up sport in their free time during the first six
months of the Sportivate legacy programme.
Launched in June 2011, the £32m initiative
aims to allow 300,000 people between the ages
A waterfront scheme will complement the new ice rink at Cardiff ’s ISV
Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman
said: “This latest phase of the development will
be another cornerstone of the International
Sports Village, which is key within the council’s
plans to further enhance Cardiff ’s reputation
as an international capital and a major tourist
destination.”
The venue is British Swimming’s last training camp before London 2012
Council culture and leisure convener
Deidre Brock said: “This has been an incredibly
complex engineering project, which has
transformed the Grade A-listed building into
a truly world-class aquatics facility.”
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of 14- and 25-years-old to receive six-to-eight
weeks of coaching in their chosen sport.
Sport England has revealed nearly 26,000
of the 33,000 participants have taken part in a
sport during the last three months alone.
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Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has
announced that sport is to receive £500m
worth of extra funding over the next five
years, according to the latest National
Lottery projections.
Forecasts from December 2011 have
shown sport’s total income between 2012-
13 and 2016-17 is set to increase from
£1.3bn – outlined in September 2010’s
projections – to £1.8bn. The additional
funding will be made available as a result
of changes to how lottery cash is spent,
with sport to receive 20 per cent of returns.
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Work is set to start on the £8.3m centre this year
Members of the public have been given the
opportunity to comment on initial plans for
the development of a new £8.3m National
Sailing and Academy Centre, which will be
located in Pwllheli, North Wales.
Gwynedd Council held a consultation
day on 17 January to display the plans,
which have been drawn up by Ellis Williams
Architects and Dobson:Owen Architects.
Construction work is due to commence
later this year, with the new facility scheduled
to open its doors in 2013. It is hoped
the scheme will enable Pwllheli to attract
larger and more frequent sailing events.
Kier Construction has started work on
£2.6m-worth of improvements to leisure
facilities at Marl Pits in Rawtenstall,
Lancashire, on behalf of Rossendale
Borough Council (RBC).
Part of a wider £5.6m local authority
investment in local provision, the Marl Pits
project will widen the range of sports on
offer at the venue and enhance the swimming
pool. Four five-a-side football pitches
and a gym with 45-stations also form part
of the work.
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