A decisive win is predicted for local communities as a new 'State-of-the-art' Soccer Facility prepares for kick off in April '07. The Chapel Road pitch and changing rooms are now 10 years old. The current playing surface is becoming unsafe and is deteriorating badly. The internals of the building are dilapidated and two of the changing rooms are out of use because the floors are unsafe. With the help of SRB6 funding, the pitch is to be replaced with a “state-of-the-art” FIFA 2 star 'soccer grass' system, which will enable competitive 11-a-side football to be played. The existing changing rooms will be upgraded and a coach education room will be built in order to house local community group meetings/FA courses etc. Planned Programme of Activity Following completion of the works, an exciting programme of activity is planned, including: Chapel Road will facilitate the Oldham Girls Football League, which provides a structured and competitive activity for girls in the following age groups: U-10’s, U-12’s, U-14’s and U-16’s ages, for more information the link is below:http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do?league=7534156 Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) will work in partnership with N.A.C.R.O, Sports Development and the Oldham Primary Care Trust on various projects. It is planned that Hollinwood FC will play their 1st and 2nd team Manchester County League games on Saturday afternoons OCL will coordinate a Tuesday night FA affiliated 6-a-side League, and then a Sunday evening Futsal League is planned. Work with the FA to run referees courses, Child Protection and best practice workshops and Level 1 football coaching courses. OCL will work with local primary schools and junior football clubs to promote small sided football Leagues and structured coaching sessions. Disability football coaching sessions delivered suitably qualified coaches are by are planned. Large scale multi-cultural sporting events will be promoted to increase social inclusion and to increase the participation of black and minority ethnic communities. OCL will be working with partners such as Oldham Muslims, FA Kick Racism Out campaign, Sports Development and The Princes Trust and Oldham Bengali Youth Association.
Work is scheduled to be completed by 1st April 2007 For any more information please contact Anthony Pauls 0161 911 4094, anthony.pauls@ocll.co.uk or visit www.ocll.co.uk
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