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Work begins on the new Football Hub at Derby Racecourse

A ground breaking ceremony has marked the official start of the £11.9m Football Hub project on Derby Racecourse.

A ground breaking ceremony has marked the official start of the £11.9m Football Hub project on Derby Racecourse. Developers Alliance Leisure were joined by representatives from Derby City Council, the Football Foundation, main contractors Universal Group and other key stakeholders at a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of the Football Hub development on Derby Racecourse.

The Football Hub will regenerate the Racecourse, providing a state-of-the-art community building and three new full-size 3G football turf pitches (FTPs) on the site, as well as the refurbishment of the existing FTP. The new changing pavilion will include a community café and meeting space. In addition to the enhanced pitch provision, the Hub development will include increased parking spaces and improved entry and exit to the site.

The project has received joint funding from Derby City Council and the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation. The goal is for the Football Hub to provide high-quality, sustainable facilities allowing all-year-round pitch use, ensuring a long-term future for grassroots football. Construction work will start in April 2023, and is due to finish in early 2024. Following completion, the facilities will be managed on behalf of Derby City Council by the National Football Trust and operated by Leisure United.

All of the team here at Universal Civils and Build are proud to be working alongside our project partners Alliance Leisure on this prestigious project. We have been invested in this exciting scheme for the past 2 years and cannot wait to break ground and be an integral part of the development of this facility that will serve the public of Derby for years to come.

Martin Davies

Universal Civils & Build

We're thrilled to see the kick-off of this project that will provide an excellent grassroots football facility, with improved access and an engaging community hub for the local residents to enjoy. We are delighted to be part of this partnership that has supported funding for this project and enabling the development of a facility that will support health and wellbeing for the city.

Councillor Jerry Pearce

Cabinet Member for Derby City Council’s Streetpride, Public Spaces and Leisure

The new facilities here at the Racecourse will not only provide a boost to sport in Derby, but also a space for the local community to come together, as well as opportunities for jobs during the construction and beyond. Thanks to the investment we receive from our funding partners, the Premier League, The FA and Government, the Football Foundation is working to deliver more Hubs like this across the country so that everyone can have access to great places to play.

Martin Glenn

Chair of the Football Foundation,

Breaking ground events are a key milestone for us as all the hard work that has gone into the project finally starts to become a reality. We’re really looking forward to seeing the facilities take shape.

Will Gardner

Alliance Leisure Business Development Manager

Practical Completion achieved at Hyndburn 3G pitch

Practical Completion has now been achieved for the new FIFA Quality 3G Pitch at Hyndburn Leisure Centre.

This project, procured through the UK Leisure Framework, is our second project with Hyndburn Borough Council and Hyndburn Leisure, with the first being a PSDS project at Hyndburn Leisure centre. The project was delivered by Dura-Sport with consultancy from SSL.

The project was delivered on time, and achieved an amended budget of £340,697 following a request by the council to replace LED lights. This part of the project has not affected the project being delivered on time, and is expected to be completed soon.

The Council and Trust were hands-on for the duration on the project, and helped to make the project a truly collaborative effort between all parties involved.

We are delighted with our new 3G Pitch surface, the new Pitch looks fantastic and has officially achieved FIFA Quality accreditation. Working with Alliance Leisure and its partners was a really smooth process; they helped to form the brief for the project and managed it effectively from initial feasibility to completion.

Ben Caulfield

Scrutiny & Policy Officer, Hyndburn Borough Council

Recycling at the Centre of New Pitch Development

Alliance Leisure has begun works on the resurfacing of an 11-a-side, FIFA standard, 3G football pitch at Stirling Sporting Village. As part of the works, the old synthetic pitch and shock pad will be lifted and recycled at the UK’s first recycling plant for end-of-life synthetic turf pitches (EOLP). The new plant, based in Grangemouth and owned by the Sportex Group will help to move the disposal of artificial pitches towards a circular economy where materials are re-cycled back into the industry they came from rather than contributing to landfill.

Active Stirling manage Stirling Sporting Village. This regeneration project forms part of the charity’s 2021-24 business plan to improve people’s lives by getting the inactive active and the active more active more often. The pitch has been playing a key role in the community for the last 15 years, hosting many school, community and club activities but as confirmed by tests performed by Sport Lab, had reached the end of its viable lifespan. The resurfacing works will not only ensure the continuation of activities already underway, but they will also enable the extension of reach to new community groups.

This project is also environmentally responsible. Using Sportex’s existing recycling technology, sand and SRB rubber from the old pitch will be reclaimed and treated through a series of unique processes to be made available to existing industry standards for re-use within future sports facility projects. With the infill removed, the old synthetic turf will be shredded, cleaned, and processed through a bespoke plastic agglomeration process to facilitate the production of ‘TREKboards’; a 100% recycled plastic kickboard product that will be installed around the perimeter of the new facility.

The project is being led by Alliance Leisure and their specialist pitch Consultant Sports Labs through the UK Leisure Framework which is managed by Denbighshire Leisure. Works began in September and are anticipated to complete in 6-8 weeks.

More information on recycling and redeveloping FIFA standard 3G pitches

A ground breaking ceremony has marked the official start of the £11.9m Football Hub project on Derby Racecourse.

Martin Davies

Councillor Jerry Pearce

Martin Glenn

Will Gardner

Practical Completion has now been achieved for the new FIFA Quality 3G Pitch at Hyndburn Leisure Centre.

Ben Caulfield

Recycling at the Centre of New Pitch Development

Recycling at the Centre of New Pitch Development

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