National Sports Centre news

Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire has opened the doors to a new artistic gym following a £1m investment. The launch is part of a ... More

Services giant Serco Group has appointed Simon Bailey as the new managing director of its leisure business. Bailey, an in-house appointment, has held a number ... More

Elite sports centres Lilleshall, Bisham Abbey and the National Water Sports Centre have announced plans to rollout mental health training to all managers. The training ... More

The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and entertainment venues is retiring after more than 21 years in ... More

Sheffield City Trust, the wellbeing charity which manages 11 sports and leisure venues through its Sheffield International Venues (SIV) arm, has become the first leisure ... More

Three sports governing bodies – Basketball Scotland, Netball Scotland and Scottish Handball – have signed up to use the nation’s £32.9m (US$47m, €41.2m) Oriam national ... More

Serco has ditched plans to offload its leisure business, with the services giant reluctant to dispose of another profitable arm amid profit warnings and the ... More

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield has opened its upgraded multi-million pound fitness facility, with technology taking centre stage. Operated by Sheffield City Trust ... More

Sports architects Frieder Roskam, Bill Stonor and Geraint John are among the first inductees to the newly established IAKS Hall of Fame for leisure architects. ... More

Services giant Serco’s plans to offload its leisure arm as part of CEO Rupert Soames’ strategy overhaul may be delayed by ‘up to a year’. ... More

InstructAbility, the award-winning programme providing fitness instructor training for people with disabilities, is to roll out courses across the north of England for the first ... More

Up to 70 UK leisure and sports facilities face an uncertain future after operator Serco announced plans to sell its leisure arm. Services giant Serco ... More

Boris Johnson, mayor of London, has begun a consultation process with GT Architects over the proposed plans for a sports centre at Crystal Palace, south ... More

Special Olympics GB has confirmed its 2017 National Summer Games will be held in Sheffield from Monday 7 August to Friday 11 August 2017. Held ... More

Scotland’s first dedicated para-sports facility is to be built at the Sportscotland National Sports Centre Inverclyde in Largs, Ayrshire. The £9m development, the first of ... More

Sport England’s National Sport Centre at Bisham Abbey has benefitted from a £7m facelift of its facilities. Funded by Sport England National Lottery funding, the ... More

Gen3 has installed its MyoTruk equipment into the England rugby gym at Pennyhill Park, Surrey, UK. The fitness equipment is ready for use as the ... More

More than 500 over 55-year-olds took part in the 2012 Better Club Games, held at Brixton Recreation Centre on Friday 19 October 2012. The 'mini ... More

British Handball has signed up to use sports assessment and tracking system OptimaSport. The equipment, which monitors a range of biological responses and provides detailed ... More

Plans for the development of a new National Performance Centre for Sport in Scotland will benefit from up to £25m of support from the Scottish ... More

Sheffield's most popular health and fitness scheme is to be rolled out into four more sports venues across the city. Fitness Unlimited, operated by Sheffield ... More

SHEFFIELD's spectacular venues and proud sporting heritage have attracted the leisure industry's top awards conference and event party to the city this summer. The Fitness ... More

In the build up to London 2012 and the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017, all seven of GLL's purpose built athletics tracks have achieved grade ... More