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Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

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C<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>Nati<strong>on</strong>al Governing Body198. The most up to date guidance available from UK Athletics, c<strong>on</strong>tains the followingstatement regarding outdoor track provisi<strong>on</strong>:One outdoor synthetic track (6 or 8 lanes) per 250,000 within 20 minutes drive(45 minutes in rural areas)199. In general, the current priority for UK Athletics is to increase the provisi<strong>on</strong> ofindoor facilities to support outdoor facilities. There is a gap in the provisi<strong>on</strong> ofindoor athletic provisi<strong>on</strong> within Staffordshire. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent is recognised asbeing of strategic importance for athletics in the West Midl<strong>and</strong>s, with a goodschools structure <strong>and</strong> a str<strong>on</strong>g club. However there are c<strong>on</strong>cerns regardingvolunteering, general leadership <strong>and</strong> accessibility. In particular they highlight:• There are insufficient volunteers <strong>and</strong> coaches to support club activities.Having Community Sports Coaches to link school <strong>and</strong> club activities <strong>and</strong> runafter school clubs would be beneficial;• There are many disadvantaged people in the area that would benefit frompublic tran<strong>sport</strong> passes to get to facilities.200. In relati<strong>on</strong> to the Northwood Stadium the nati<strong>on</strong>al governing body made thefollowing observati<strong>on</strong>s:• The facilities are adequate, but tired <strong>and</strong> there are issues regardingavailability <strong>and</strong> accessibility;• The Stadium has poor accessibility in terms of attracting a large secti<strong>on</strong> of thepopulati<strong>on</strong> (including schools);• The facilities should be relocated to Fent<strong>on</strong> Manor as part of the UniversityQuarter Sports Village. However, there is some uncertainty about thisdevelopment at the present time.Elected Mayor’s Green Paper for Sport <strong>and</strong> Physical Activity201. The results from the Green Paper c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> showed some support forathletics, both in relati<strong>on</strong> to the provisi<strong>on</strong> of new or better facilities/programmes<strong>and</strong> in relati<strong>on</strong> to events. However the level of support is fairly low, similar to thatfor rugby <strong>and</strong> netball.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent Page | 174Sport & Physical Activity Strategy <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>2016</strong>October <strong>2009</strong>

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