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</span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>28 October 2011 16:21<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>To:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Honorary Secretary - Gloucester - Tricia Perris<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Subject:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>The latest from the pitch<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700 style='width:525.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;background:#2F5A0E;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=OuterTable> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:58.5pt'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><img width=700 height=78 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://i.dmtrk.net/CmpImg/2009/14163/435444_Banner.jpg" alt="the latest from the pitch"></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:1.5pt'> <td colspan=2 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style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=Header> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>the latest from the pitch | 28 October 2011</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="mailto:thepitch@sportengland.org" title="Why not tell us what you think of this edition of the latest from the pitch?"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Sport England | Creating sporting opportunities in every community</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <!--Header--> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:7.5pt'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'><img border=0 width=1 height=10 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://i.dmtrk.net/CmpImg/2009/14163/435448_spacer.gif"></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;background:#4D732A; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=Story1> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>More for less: Sport England </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>helps councils to cut costs </span></strong><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>but not sport provision</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p> </td> <td width=280 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:210.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'><a href="http://dmtrk.net/AXF-L5OV-18VFDA-85ZNY-1/c.aspx"><face=arial><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=352 height=180 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://i.dmtrk.net/CmpImg/2009/14163/1669631_elmbridgeafter_v_feature2.png" style='display:block' alt="Elmbridge leisure centre front entrance" align=center></span></a><br> Elmbridge's decision to replace two ageing leisure centres with one new one not only saved the council £8million, but increased the numbers playing sport.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </face=arial> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#2F5A0E; padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Senior figures from local authorities, leisure operators and Sport England are coming together to show that community sport programmes do not need to suffer as a result of pressure on council budgets.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>A series of seminars being run by Sport England will show how strategic solutions to leisure facility provision can save up to 30% from revenue and capital costs without compromising services.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <!--Story1--> </tr> </table> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'> We believe sport is critical to building the happy and healthy communities that local councils want to see, said Charles Johnston, Sport England s Property Director.  So a response to budget pressures is finding solutions that provide attractive alternatives and ensure greater efficiency without the need to cut local sports provision. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'> By highlighting some of the great examples of efficient and innovative work by local authority leisure services and leisure operators, we hope to help councils make the strategic decisions that will deliver more sport for less. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>Speakers at the seminars will include local authority chief executives and directors as well as senior figures from major leisure operators.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>Among the case studies to be discussed will be Elmbridge Borough Council, which is saving £6 million from its revenue budget over 15 years thanks to its decision to replace two ageing leisure facilities with a new, state-of-the-art wet and dry leisure centre. This has led to a huge increase in the number of local people playing sport at the facility.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'> The five years since the completion of the centre has given us hard evidence to show that replacing a number of small, ageing facilities with fewer larger ones providing an up-to-date active leisure experience can actually save money in the long term as well as getting the whole community more active, said Steve Phipott, the CEO of DC Leisure which managed the building of the Xcel Centre in Elmbridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>The seminars will also see the launch of  Affordable 25m Community Pools , a new Sport England/ASA guide to low-cost capital and operational solutions for swimming. The benefits of following the approach outlined in the guide include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Construction costs of between £2.1million and £4 million <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>An operating budget that can create a surplus of around £24,000 per year <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>A new swimming pool can be opened within 24 months of the decision to proceed. <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>This low-cost approach to building swimming pools will make a fundamental difference to capital investment decisions when considered as part of a rationalisation programme.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>If you work at a senior level within the sector and are interested in attending a seminar, please contact <a href="mailto:events@sportengland.org" originalpath="mailto:events@sportengland.org" originalattribute=href><span style='color:white'>events@sportengland.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>Seminar details:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1 November - Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Complex  Elmbridge, Surrey <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>7 November  Heywood Sports Village  Rochdale <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:white;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>6&nbsp; December  Spiceball Leisure Centre -Banbury, Oxfordshire <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'><br clear=all style='mso-special-character:line-break'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#4D732A' align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; 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