SportsNation Issue 6 2023

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P LACES The canopy ensures padel can be played throughout the year

© FORDINGBRIDGE

Chapel Allerton adds padel to its sports SAPCA member, Fordingbridge, recently

usage and see a greater return on investment

completed construction work on a padel court

“Our in-house installation team ensured a smooth

canopy at Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis & Squash

onsite build process, completing installation within

Club in Leeds. The new padel facilities offer

two weeks to allow for the follow-on works to be

players protection from the weather and provide

completed within deadline of the grand opening.”

them with a great playing environment.

Fordingbridge’s trio of canopy standards

Fordingbridge also used a bespoke Opal 60 fabric

allow for customers to tailor their spaces to

on the project, which utilises natural daylight.

suit business branding, aesthetic desires, and

Adam Collier, Fordingbridge’s Head of Sales,

functionality requirements. As a SAPCA member,

said: “We designed and installed a canopy

the company always adheres to the height

structure for two padel tennis courts, providing

considerations and other standards outlined in

players with all year-round weather protection,

The SAPCA Code of Practice for the

while allowing the club to maximise court

Construction of Padel Courts.

Northstowe sports pavilion ready for opening Construction work has been

commercial kitchen and servery.

sports pavilion is one of several

Environmental sustainability

community buildings that SCDD

completed on a sports pavilion in Northstowe, Cambridgeshire.

has been a driving force for

is delivering for residents in the

Owned and funded by South

some of the pavilion’s design

first phase of Northstowe – a new

Cambridgeshire District Council

solutions. Green design aspects

town project that will develop

(SDCC), the community sports

include an air source heat pump

over the course of around

facility will serve the Western

– providing heating and hot

20 years. The development

Park sport pitches – which include

water for the building – electric

currently includes around 1,350

a full-size 3G pitch for football

vehicle charging points and

homes that are occupied.

and rugby – bowling green and

solar panels on the roof. Several

hard surface multi-use games

changing rooms also benefit

pitches will be overseen by a

area (MUGA). Facilities inside

from waste-water heat recovery.

management board, made up of

the pavilion include team and

SDCC secured funding for

the district and town councils,

referee changing spaces, a fully

the project – which was built

Longstanton Bowls Club and

accessible changing facility

by Pentaco Construction –

Northstowe Sports and Wellbeing

for disabled users and a large

from the Government’s UK

Group, with involvement

clubroom area – including a

Shared Prosperity Fund. The

from the local community.

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