No excuses – get sporty!
Published 22 September 2010
A new £6m sports centre at Falmer will be opening at the beginning of October and will provide state-of-the-art facilities.
The building, designed by S&P Architects and built by Leadbitter Construction, provides a large fitness suite, two activity studios, a six badminton court-size sports hall, a seminar and meeting room and office accommodation for the University of Brighton's Sport and Recreation Service and 'Active Sussex', the external body responsible for sport development in the county.
The new sports centre at Falmer
Sport Brighton, the sport partnership between the Sport and Recreation Service and the Students' Union, is encouraging more people to be active and more often, and the new sports centre will provide an array of opportunities. It will cater for all levels of fitness from those competing at a high level to those who want to have fun and keep fit at the same time.
Head of Sport, Sarah Hogg, said: "This is a tremendous asset for the university and the investment will support student and staff recruitment and retention and will, hopefully, encourage more of the university community to making physical activity a part of daily life.
"It is an absolutely fantastic building, with high-quality finishing touches, and it will greatly enhance the quality of our provision and the opportunities we are able to offer."
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