Race is on to build running track by 2008 (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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Race is on to build running track by 2008
12:30pm Saturday 18th August 2007 in News
The chairman of Hampshire County Council, Cllr Patricia Devereux, Mayor of Winchester, Cllr Chris Pines, Vice-Chancellor, Prof Joy Carter, in digger, and leader of Winchester City Council, Cllr George Beckett, at the ceremony
THE University of Winchester's Vice-Chancellor joined dignitaries from Winchester city and Hampshire county councils to put ceremonial spades into the ground to mark the start of construction of its new athletics track.
Prof Joy Carter, the Mayor, Cllr Chris Pines and the leader of Winchester City Council, Cllr George Beckett, all helped mark the occasion.
When the project is completed, it will boast an Olympic standard 400m eight-lane track, all-weather hockey and sports pitch, floodlighting and extended pavilion for the use of both students and the wider community.
Funding has come from a £900,000 Sport England grant, £1m each from the university and Winchester City Council, £210,000 from Hampshire County Council, and £22,000 from Winchester District Athletics Club.
The new facilities are expected to be finished in early 2008, with the pavilion extension later that year.
