Pre-Games Training Camp Submission THE WEST LONDON ALLIANCE
Pre-Games Training Camp – submission form
FACILITY DETAILS
Please identify the following information:
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Individual Facility?
West London Alliance (WLA):
Hub Venue:
1. Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
Satellite Venues:
2. Hillingdon Stadium, Gatting Way, Park Road, Uxbridge UB8 1NR (2km from University Hub)
3. Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Centre (address as above), to include 4 court sports hall and 50m pool, and refurbished 50m lido opening by 2010 (subject to confirmation of funding)
4. Uxbridge College, Park Road, Uxbridge, UB8 1NQ, existing 4 ct sports hall and fitness gym to be replaced by 8 court sports hall and ancillary facilities opening by 2010 (2km)
5. Southall Sports Centre, Beaconsfield Road, Southall, UB1 1D, including London Progress Premier Table Tennis Club (8.2km)
6. Hounslow Badminton Centre, North Hyde Lane, Southall, UB2 5TZ (8.5km)
7. Hillingdon School of Gymnastics, Swallows Centre, Victoria Road, South Ruislip, HA4 0JE (9.3km)
8. Heathrow Gymnastics Club, Green Lane, Hounslow, TW4 6DH (10km)
9. Perivale Park Athletic Track, Stockdove Way, off Argyle Road, Perivale, UB6 8TJ (12.8km)
10. Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow, HA1 3HP (15.5km)
11. John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow HA2 OHN (15.5km)
12. Roger Bannister Sports Centre. Uxbridge Road. HA3 6SW (15.6km)
13. Zoom Leisure Centre, Harrow View, Harrow, HA2 6QQ (16km)
14. Harrow Leisure Centre, Christchurch Avenue, Harrow, HA3 5BD (17.2km)
15. Brentford Football Club, Griffin Park, Braemar Road, Brentford, TW8 0NT (17.5km) to be replaced by 2011 by Brentford Community Stadium, Lionel Road, Brentford (18km) to include sports hall, accommodation, health and fitness etc
16. Linford Christie Outdoor Sports Centre, Artillery Way, off Du Cane Way, W12 0AE (21.4km)
17. Willesden Sports Centre & CCAcademy, Donnington Road, NW10 3QX (22km)
18. ASPIRE National Training Centre, Wood Lane, Stanmore, HA7 4AP (36.3km)
Contact Names:
WLA – Emma Strong
Contact Telephone: 0208 753 2786
Contact email:
Relevant website: www.westlondonalliance.org
Brunel University - Neil Young
Contact Telephone: 01895 265315
Contact email:
Relevant website: www.brunel.ac.uk/life/sport
Satellite Venues– contacts via Emma Strong at WLA
*Status:
All are existing facilities except:
· Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Centre (planned with permission and funding) for centre with 25mpool. Awaiting confirmation of funding to increase specification of indoor pool to 50m with 2.5m lanes (as per Training Camp Guidelines)
· Uxbridge College plan to replace existing 4 court sports hall with new high spec 8 court Sports Centre, health and fitness and a range of ancillary facilities (planned without permission and funding)
· LB Harrow plan to refurbish or replace the existing Harrow Leisure Centre comprising 10 court sports hall, health and fitness and a range of ancillary facilities to a higher specification (planned without permission and funding)
· Brentford FC plan to replace Griffin Park ground with new Brentford Community Stadium with a sports hall, 25 m pool, health and fitness, accommodation and other facilities (planned without permission and funding)
*Facility Category:
1. Hub Site - University & English Institute of Sport
2. Hillingdon Athletics Centre - Local Authority
3. Hillingdon Swimming Centre – Local Authority
4. Uxbridge College - College
5. Southall Sports Centre – Local Authority
6. Hounslow Badminton Centre ‘The Dome’ - Privately run facility/club
7. Hillingdon School of Gymnastics – Community sports club
8. Heathrow Gymnastics Club – Privately run facility/club
9. Perivale Park Athletic Track – Local Authority
10. Harrow School – School non local authority run
11. John Lyon School – School non local authority run
12. Roger Bannister Sports Centre – Local Authority
13. Zoom Leisure Centre – Privately run facility/club
14. Harrow Leisure Centre – Local Authority
15. Brentford Football Club, Griffin Park – Other (Industrial Provident Society)
16. Linford Christie Outdoor Sports Centre – Local Authority
17. Willesden Sports Centre & Capital City Academy – Local Authority & School local authority run
18. ASPIRE National Training Centre – Other (Charitable Limited Company)
Brief description of existing facilities:
Brunel University
Brunel University currently offers the following main sports facilities at suitable specifications for Training Camp use:
· Indoor Athletics Centre – 132m, 6-lane sprints and hurdles straight, 2x long and triple jump pits, pole vault, high jump, throws nets, performance strength and conditioning area.
· Outdoor Athletics Arena – 400m, 6-lane running track. 4 x long and triple jump pits in 2 directions. Pole vault in 2 directions. High jump on a synthetic area inside the first track bend. Synthetic javelin approaches in 2 directions. Separate shot putt area with gravel landing areas. Full height hammer/discus cage level with the centre line of the grass throws field. All facilities meet IAAF technical standards.
· Netball Hall –also suitable for volleyball, basketball, table tennis, boxing and other martial arts. The floor is a sprung wooden system.
· 6 Grass Pitches and full size 3G floodlit pitch – suitable for football, blind football (if temporary kickboards installed) and/or archery and Paralympic archery
· Exercise Studio – Suitable for boxing and martial arts.
Satellite Venues
The existing satellite venues in West London within a short journey time from the University offer:
· Additional athletics venues to UK Athletics Class 1 certification standard and suitable for Training Camp use at Perivale (floodlit 8 lane), Willesden (floodlit 6 lane), Linford Christie (floodlit 8 lane + 2 x8 lane 100m straights), Harrow School (floodlit 6 lane) and Hillingdon (floodlit 8 lane with 10 lane straight). All offer facilities and equipment for both track and field. Willesden and Hillingdon are new facilities and await final UKA certification)
· A second Indoor Athletics Training Centre at the new Willesden Sports Centre suitable for sprint training – 80m (not throws or jumps)
· Southall Sports Centre with table tennis hall, an ETTA Premier Club and experience of hosting national level training and competitions
· Two major gymnastics training centres at Heathrow and Hillingdon (plus a smaller centre suitable for some Training Camp activity adjacent to the Harrow Leisure Centre)
· A 6 court specialist badminton centre at Hounslow, home to the Middlesex County Badminton Association
· A national training centre for disability sport at ASPIRE with experience of hosting GB squad for wheelchair basketball and also suitable as a Training Camp for a range of other Paralympic sports
· Large sports centre halls, health and fitness and other ancillary facilities suitable for Training Camps for one or more of the following sports – basketball, wheelchair basketball , fencing, wheelchair fencing, judo, table tennis, wheelchair table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby, boccia, goalball - at Capital City Academy, Willesden Sports Centre, Zoom Leisure, John Lyons School, Harrow Leisure Centre
· Sports fields with wheelchair access suitable for archery and Paralympic archery at Harrow School and John Lyon School and at Roger Bannister SC.
· Floodlit, full size grass football pitch with ancillary facilities suitable for football and blind football Training Camps at Brentford FC’s existing Griffin Park site (and at three other major club grounds in West London - QPR, Chelsea and Fulham)
Brief description of planned / new facilities:
Brunel University
By 2010, Brunel also plans to be able to offer:
· Sports Hall – upgrading to the flooring and lighting of the University’s second large hall. Once upgraded it will be suitable for Training Camp use for one or more of the following sports: volleyball, basketball, table tennis, boxing, other martial arts.
· Water-based artificial pitch – upgrading to existing sand-based, full size floodlit pitch to a water-based pitch suitable for hockey
· 3 indoor hard tennis courts – Plan to cover and upgrade 3 of 6 existing porous macadam courts to make them suitable for wheelchair tennis training (acrylic surface)
Satellite Venues
By 2010, satellite venues within a short distance from Brunel plan to offer:
· A 50m swimming pool - The London Borough of Hillingdon plans a 50m indoor swimming pool adjacent to Hillingdon Athletics Stadium and the Uxbridge College Park Road campus, 2km from Brunel University. In addition to the indoor pool, the project includes reinstatement of a 50m lido, a 4 court sports hall and a range of ancillary facilities. The pools will meet the specifications for Training Camp use for swimming and for water polo.
· Two further large sports halls with high specification ancillary facilities - Uxbridge College, adjacent to Hillingdon Athletics Stadium and just 2km from Brunel University, plans a new 8-court sports hall to appropriate specifications for a range of Olympic and Paralympic sports. LB Harrow plans a major refurbishment or replacement of the Harrow Leisure Centre. If replaced, this Centre will be developed adjacent to the existing centre – ie. approximately 17 km from the ‘hub’ facilities at Brunel.
· One further athletics facility – Roger Bannister Sports Centre to be totally refurbished or replaced to provide a certified track and field facilities with ancillary indoor changing and related facilities
(By 2011, subject to funding and planning, Brenford Community Stadium will replace the existing Griffin Park ground and offer a further sports hall suitable for Training Camp use in a number of sports plus further back up accommodation, catering, health and fitness and training rooms).
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SPORT
Identify which Olympic Sport/s your facility can currently host:
Brunel University
· Archery
· Athletics
· Badminton
· Basketball
· Boxing
· Fencing
· Judo
· Table tennis
· Taekwondo
· Volleyball
· Wrestling
Satellite Venues
· Athletics (Perivale Athletics Track, Willesden Sports Centre, Hillingdon Athletics Stadium, Linford Christie Outdoor Sports Centre, Harrow School)
· Football (Brentford FC, other league grounds in sub-region, Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy)
· Badminton (Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy (10 courts in total) although backdrop walls not currently specified colour. Also ‘The Dome’ Badminton Centre in Hounslow (6 courts) although this facility falls below the specification in respect of run off space behind the courts and air movement)
· Basketball (Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy)
· Fencing (Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy; Harrow Leisure Centre – subject to installation of pistes in sports halls)
· Judo (Willesden Sports Centre – 2 matted areas, mats, sauna as per spec; Harrow Leisure Centre- subject to purchase of mats)
· Table Tennis (Southall Sports Centre, 4 tables accommodated to full spec; Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy)
· Taekwondo (Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy; Harrow Leisure Centre; John Lyon School; Zoom Leisure – subject to provision of kick bags and clarification on aircon spec)
· Volleyball (Willesden Sports Centre/Capital City Academy – slightly under clearance height specified, subject to installation of Taraflex flooring over existing semi-sprung wood)
· Archery (Harrow School, Zoom Leisure, Willesden Sports Centre, Roger Bannister SC, Linford Christie Outdoor SC, John Lyon School can all offer 150m clear length flat wind protected grass areas)
· Weightlifting (Zoom Leisure, Harrow Leisure Centre subject to provision of some equipment)
· Wrestling (Harrow Leisure Centre subject to provision of FILA accredited mats)
· Handball (Harrow Leisure Centre main sports hall can accommodate the court area subject to assessment of floor surface against detailed specification)
· Shooting (Zoom Leisure, Harrow School, disciplines other than cartridge pistol subject to some amendments to existing facilities)
· Boxing (Zoom Leisure)
Identify which Olympic Sport/s your facility can host by 1st January 2010:
Brunel University
· Hockey (subject to upgrade of sand filled pitch to water based)
· Weightlifting (in addition to at Harrow Leisure Centre above)
Satellite Venues
· Swimming and Water Polo (dependent on 50m indoor pool at Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Centre)
· Boxing at Harrow Leisure Centre (in addition to at Zoom Leisure above, dependent on replacement Harrow Leisure Centre)
· Basketball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Volleyball also at Harrow Leisure Centre (dependent on replacement Centre or M&E services upgrade in a refurbishment of existing) as well as at new Uxbridge College Sports Centre
Identify which Paralympic Sport/s your facility can currently host:
Brunel University
· Paralympic archery
· Wheelchair basketball
· Wheelchair fencing
· Paralympic judo
· Wheelchair table tennis
· Sitting volleyball
· Blind football
· Boccia
· Goalball
· Wheelchair rugby
· Wheelchair tennis
Satellite Venues
· Paralympic Archery (Willesden Sports Centre, Harrow School, John Lyon School, Roger Bannister SC, Zoom Leisure – subject to provision of anchorage for wheelchairs and equipment)
· Athletics (Perivale Park Athletics Track, Willesden Sports Centre, Linford Christie Outdoor SC, Hillingdon Athletics Stadium – some field events subject to provision of additional wheelchair anchor points)
· Boccia (ASPIRE, Harrow Leisure Centre, Zoom Leisure – all are wood floors not Taraflex)
· Goalball (Harrow Leisure Centre – wood floor not Taraflex)
· Sitting Volleyball (ASPIRE, Willesden Sports Centre & CC Academy, Zoom Leisure)
· Wheelchair Basketball (ASPIRE, Willesden Sports Centre & CC Academy)
· Wheelchair Fencing (ASPIRE, Harrow Leisure Centre, Willesden Sports Centre & Capital City Academy)
· Wheelchair Rugby (ASPIRE, Harrow Leisure Centre, Zoom Leisure)
· Paralympic Judo (Harrow Leisure Centre, Willesden Sports Centre)
· Powerlifting (Harrow Leisure Centre)
· 5 and 7 a side blind football (Zoom Leisure, Brentford FC – subject to installation of kick boards and markings)
· Disability Shooting (Zoom Leisure subject to cartridge pistol restrictions and wheelchair anchorages)
· Wheelchair Tennis (Zoom Leisure)
· Wheelchair Table Tennis (Southall Sports Centre)
Identify which Paralympic Sport/s your facility can host by 1st January 2010: