Local People Set for Major Sporting Boost in February
Local people in the Telford area are set for a major sporting boost when the brand new full size third generation (3G) floodlit synthetic grass football pitch opens on completion in February 2012 at Telford College of Arts and Technology following a cash injection of £200,000 from the Football Foundation.
When it is finished the new pitch will allow Telford College to cater for both football and rugby outside all year round. It will be a tremendous addition to the current Sport TCAT facilities, allowing local clubs to hire it from February.
A number of partner clubs have supported the initiative, including Wrekin Juniors and Admaston Juniors Football clubs. AFC Telford United will also be using the facility to train on over the winter months, with both the first team and youth team using the facility. It is hoped that as we move closer to the London 2012 Olympics, a number of competing countries will use the facility in preparation for the games taking place in the Midlands at the Ricoh Stadium in Coventry.
Funded by the Premier League, The FA, and the Government via Sport England, the Football Foundation is the nation’s largest sports charity. Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has awarded around 8,000 grants worth more than £420m towards improving grassroots sport, which it has used to attract additional partnership funding of over £520m.
Colin Walker, Assistant Principal at Telford College of Arts and Technology said “This facility, supported by the Football Foundation, really will be the icing on the cake for Telford College and is a clear message to all those young people who want to develop careers in sport that our College is the place to study, train and play”
