Work Starts On New Community Sports Centre

5.33.36pm GMT Fri 10th Mar 2006

After cutting the first sod at Dyson Perrins High School Cllr Derek Prodger MBE, Chairman of Worcestershire County Council ((left), Cllr Val Myatt, Chairman of Malvern Hills District Council (centre), and David Griffin, Headteacher of Dyson Perrins CE High School (right), watch the contractors start work.

The new facility at Dyson Perrins CE High School in Malvern will be yet another addition to community sports centres across the district. Started by the Liberal Democrat-led District Council, the building project is planned for completion in the latter half of 2006.

The £434,000 funding from the District Council is matched with £868,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund, with the school and Worcestershire County Council providing the site.

Cllr Clive Smith, District Council Portfolio Holder for Community Health and Well-being said: "The facility will be an outstanding new asset in our chain of sports centres. We have already seen 'Sport Martley' become a huge success in its rural area. 'Sport Dyson Perrins' will soon give Malvern Hills District urban residents a new opportunity to use quality sports facilities at a reasonable price"