New Brackla sports centre due to open soon

Bridgend County Borough Council’s plans to improve its leisure facilities and enhance the range of opportunities for local people to be healthy and active are progressing well, with the brand new Brackla Sports Centre, a shared facility situated on the site of the new Archbishop McGrath School due to open shortly.

The modern facilities include: sports hall; activity studio; multi-use games areas; state-of-the-art floodlit artificial turf sports pitch; grass playing fields and changing facilities.

The centre will be used by the school during the day but will support an extensive programme of club and community use at evenings and weekends. Initially a facility for local sports clubs and sports clubs relocating from Bridgend Recreation Centre, the centre will in the future offer a range of courses, classes and holiday activities.

Meanwhile, the council’s proposal to work with a partner to deliver local leisure services are also on track.

Councillor Lyn Morgan, Labour Cabinet Member for Wellbeing said: “This is a fantastic new sports facility for Bridgend delivered only because of investment by this Labour Council. As a council we recognise the need for continued investment in our leisure centres and pools with a particular focus on the development of Bridgend Recreation Centre. There are ongoing negotiations with a small number of leisure operators who through a partnership could bring capital investment into our leisure buildings. 

“There is also significant change scheduled for leisure provision in Bridgend County Borough and it’s important for our customers to know why we are doing this. We want to create a sustainable future for our facilities and continue to develop services that will meet customer expectations and attract new users.  It’s anticipated that an announcement on a partnership may be made in January 2012 as we enter the Olympic year.”

To celebrate the contribution of Bridgend athletes and Wales to the Olympic and Paralympic games an exhibition entitled ‘Following the Flame’ will be based at Bridgend Recreation Centre from mid October. 

The exhibition intends to inspire over 3,000 school children but will also be available at set times to the public and other interested groups. The exhibition includes a range of memorabilia including Tanni Grey Thompson’s wheelchair, Simon Richardson’s gold medal, the Olympic torch previously carried by Muhammed Ali in Atlanta and more.

The council operates eight leisure centres with five swimming pools. For further information on the range of facilities and activities available, visit www.bridgend.gov.uk/leisure

Since its election in 2008 the Labour run Bridgend County Borough Council has opened a state of the art swimming pool and fitness centre at Ynysawdre, carried out major investment to modernise Maesteg Swimming Pool and opened the new sports centre at Brackla.

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