Sport England has launched an ‘Inspired Facilities’ scheme which is focused on making it easier for local community and volunteer groups to improve and refurbish sports clubs or transform non-sporting venues into modern grassroots sport facilities. The Inspired Facilities fund could help you refurbish or upgrade your sports facility; or convert an existing building into [...]

The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge, headed by its Patron Prince William and operated by Fields in Trust, is a fantastic programme to protect 2012 outdoor recreational spaces in communities all across the country as a permanent living legacy of these landmark occasions. Communities are at the very heart of this programme and later this year  the public [...]

Grimshaw Group is proud to announce that we have won a Civic Award for our works on the Sandford Parks Lido restoration. The award recognises “projects which, through vision, design and craftsmanship beyond the ordinary, both respect their surroundings and give an example for the future, resulting in a feature of which Cheltenham can be [...]

The FA has launched a nationwide programme to encourage more adults to get active. The scheme will include the provision of 100 ‘Just Play Centres’ with coordinatiors to deliver casual football sessions. Related articles You: FA kicks off football drive (guardian.co.uk) Advance of the Premier League has rendered English football impotent | Paul Hayward (guardian.co.uk) [...]

The first National Volleyball Academy has been launched at Loughborough College. It offers daily training environments and professional coaching. Athletes are based at the College and all accommodation and catering costs are paid by the students. A full time coach Rogerio Ponticelli has been employed with experience with both junior and senior coaching in Brazil and has been [...]

Now is the time to sort your tennis court out for the coming season. Grimshaw have been working in Sports Construction since 1947 and can offer: Weed & moss killing (by certified operatives) Pressure cleaning Surface &  fence repairs Colouring & lining Sand & grit top-up Please contact us to discuss your requirements. Related articles Understanding [...]

Grimshaw are happy to be supplying folding 5-a-side goals and nets to Soccerdomes an exciting new play facility. Each Soccerdome is a massive 30m long x 15 wide & 7.5m high making them the largest mobile football domes in the UK.  The 2010 launch will be in Ayr with planned locations, venues & Soccerdome camps being arranged for [...]

Afghanistan held its first national wheelchair-basketball tournament this year.  Landmines pose a great risk to the population and many people who survive landmine incidents are confined to a wheelchair permanently.   It all began 10 years ago at one of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC’)s seven orthopaedic centres.  Playing basketball inspires confidence and well-being.  and the [...]

Congratulations to England’s netball team who have won a bronze medal on the final day of the Commonwealth Games.  England faced Jamaica in a play-off match and ran out 71-47 winners. Changes are afoot in netball with a new format ‘Fast Net’ announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). For those of you who [...]

Grimshaws Managing Director, Russell Grimshaw and Contracts Manager, John Maloney recently had the opportunity to see Jeremy Bates in action. The Grand Slam winner opened the two new floodlit courts Grimshaws have constructed at Painswick Lawn Tennis Club. Grimshaw Sports also supplied the tennis nets and tennis accessories. Related articles by Zemanta LTA hit back at Cash criticism (independent.co.uk)