
Oldham's SportsTown: New Netball Courts & Oldham Wheel
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Oldham Athletics Boundary Park unveils plans for three new netball courts, marking the next phase of their £70 million SportsTown project. This initiative, backed by the government and Greater Manchester Combined Authority, aims to attract 25,000 weekly visitors and revitalize the boroughs sports scene. The project also includes a ten-meter sculpture, the Oldham Wheel, symbolizing the towns industrial roots and IVF history. Despite minor traffic concerns, the project is set to transform Oldham into a sports powerhouse.
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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Oldham's SportsTown: New Netball Courts & Oldham Wheel. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On April 17th, Older Mathletics Boundary Park just greenlit the next step in their 70 million pounds sports town project, three new netball courts. To kickstart a four sport hub for football, rugby, netball, and cricket. This comes right after wrapping up Little Wimbley, the junior training ground, on some overlook land by the car park. Back by the government and greater Manchester combined authority, the whole vision aims to pull in 25,000 visitors a week and boost. The burrows sports scene, netball clubs are hyped, calling it a game changer for women and girls where facilities are scarce. A couple counselors flag traffic worries, but highways experts say it'll only mean 15 to 20 extra trips at peak times, nothing major for that lot. They also approved to stand out 10 meter sculpture, the old and wheel, retroactively, it's a nod to the town's industrial roots and IVF history, right by, the entrance. As a mayoral development corporation gears up to fast-track land deals and funding, sports
towns set to transform Oldham's heart into a sports powerhouse that sticks.
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