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Park Sport festival’s a hit! 1,874 Park Sport sessions were booked across the summer Park Sport is the annual summer programme giving Eastleigh Borough’s 8-16 year olds a chance to try out a range of sports and activities through the holidays for just £1 per session. The 15th year of Park Sport, was marked by two new one-day festivals offering inclusive activities for all the family, in addition to the weekly summer sessions at 15 venues across the Borough. The free Skate Jam events, run by professionals from Team Extreme, have become a staple of the
programme, as well as the free swimming sessions at three Borough leisure centres. Local mum Louise said; “My children loved the Parksport Festival day. They participated in sports that they wouldn’t normally get the chance to try like Trampolining, Squash, Badminton and Yoga. It was well
organised and all the coaches were brilliant with the children” Park Sport is funded by the Local Area Committees and Parish and Town Councils, and is sponsored by Hillcrest Structural Ltd with the sailing activities sponsored by BP Oil Ltd.
Pictures above: Participants enjoying Park Sport festival.
The new facility will be leased to Trojans Sports Club and consist of two junior football pitches, a cricket pitch, two archery ranges and a junior rugby pitch. The facilities will also be available to local community clubs to hire. Hardmoor will also remain the home of Southampton Archery Club, who boast the largest archery club membership in the country.
Hardmoor Sports Ground opening soon Construction of the new sports facilities at Hardmoor Sports Ground on Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh is nearing completion. The development will improve the facilities for local cricket, archery, junior football and junior rugby users, through the construction of a new two-changing room sports pavilion and indoor archery range. Pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular access has also been improved to the ground to relieve current parking pressures experienced at peak periods across the Hardmoor and Trojans sports sites. The development is being delivered as part of the North Stoneham housing development and its commitment to replace and improve local sports facilities.
Chair of Eastleigh Local Area Committee Cllr Paul Bicknell said; “This is another great example of the Council providing high quality sports facilities. We have worked closely with the resident clubs and the National Governing Bodies of the relevant sports to maximise the use of this fantastic multisports facility and ensure its sustainability for the long term.” Also, opening this Autumn is the £8 million stateof-the art football hub at Monks Brook playing fields, Eastleigh. The new hub, that will be run by the Hampshire FA, will be called ‘Stoneham Lane’ and consist of three full-size, floodlit 3G artificial grass pitches together with an eight-changing room pavilion, clubroom and café.
Step Up for a healthier and happier you The Council’s Health and Wellbeing team are always working hard to support residents to improve their health. This summer we launched Step Up For You! The campaign centres around simple tips to build something healthy and positive into your everyday. Residents can sign up to tips, inspiration and motivation to do that little bit more to be a little bit healthier. Step Up For You also covers overall wellbeing and encourages you to keep being social, feeling good and eating healthily. The team are excited to hear tips and stories from the 144 subscribers and followers to encourage others to be happier and healthier and build a community to support one another.
Find out more: eastleigh.gov.uk/stepupforyou
