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Sports Facilities & Play Equipment
Roses bloom again after successful event at York University
Following on from the 54th Roses sporting event and Lancaster
University’s victory, we look back at last year’s event, which showcased
Rubb’s multi sports facility at the University of York’s campus.
The Roses sports event is a contest between York and Lancaster Universities
which is steeped in history. Stemming from the War of the Roses that caused
decades of civil war in the fifteenth century, this fierce rivalry lives on in the
form of the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe. With 50
sports and more than 100 fixtures, Roses is an amazing festival of sport.
Last year basketball was the showcase, opening event sport at the 53rd Roses
opening ceremony, hosted in the Rubb designed York Sport Arena. The
atmosphere was electric as the University of York prepared to put on an
impressive performance at the opening event.
York and Lancaster battled it out in one of many big sporting fixtures over
Roses weekend, with York making a dramatic comeback from 16 points
behind to win 50-47, confirmed with the last shot of the game.
Head of sport Keith Morris said: “We built the arena for nights like this! To come back from 16 points down to win and the crowd reaction at the
end was something that no one there will ever forget; it is one of my most memorable experiences working in student sport. The whole
weekend was a huge success and was helped by maximising playing and spectator opportunities. By Saturday morning we had relocated the
banks of seating to create further two show courts for a range of sports played over the rest of the event and meant that all sports had full
crowds across the weekend.”
Many of the other indoor events, including indoor hockey, netball, handball, badminton and volleyball were hosted inside the Rubb designed
multi-use sport facility.
The 40m wide x 55m long steel and fabric-clad structure was a focal point for much of the action across the University’s Sports Centre. The
sports building features an apex height of 13.4m and provides a higher internal clear centre height of 11.9m. The Mansard, multi-pitch roof
provides a substantial internal volume of playing space at 20,600m 3 . The structure is clad with Rubb’s insulated fabric cladding system
Thermohall ® , which helps support a climate-controlled environment suitable for indoor sports. The sports arena includes a central, premier
standard, multi-sports court for recreational and performance level basketball, netball, badminton, futsal and volleyball.
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