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ACTION INDOOR SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE UK
Action Indoor Sports is a leisure solutions company (Registered as Action Indoor Sports Stadiums Ltd (Reg. No. 5882997) that has received investment of £1.7 million from Sport England, Yorkshire Fund Managers, Action Indoor Sports (South Africa), UK management, Lloyds TSB, Carlsberg Tetley.
Management Structure: Greg van Laun - Managing Director, Peter Palframan - Chairman, Andy Hatcher, Operations Manager.
Action Indoor Sports, through its facilities, intends to address some of the high profile issues on the Government Agenda on:
Sport – using competitive sports, played under controlled conditions, with grading of players ensuring fair play
Obesity – using fun and exercise, healthy food
Crime – Encouraging the desire to be part of a team
Our affiliation with Sport England, with the support of Phil de Glanville, ensures pprofessional coaching facilities to schools in the surrounding areas, leading to accreditation as a Centre of Excellence by the UK Governing Authorities for the sports in question.
By following the above business plan, Action Indoor Sports have sought to involve local communities and families, in all age ranges, types, and abilities.
Action Indoor Sports UK intends to establish 27 sites over the next few years, across the UK and Ireland.
ACTION INDOOR SPORTS WHITCHURCH ARENA - BRISTOL
Action Indoor Sports has received outstanding support from the Bristol City Council. Councillor Simon Cooke and Colleen Bevan (Head of Sport Services) have recognised the potential offered by Action Indoor Sport to increase participation in sport in Bristol, while providing entertainment and offering regeneration of a run-down council property. Another benefit for Bristol is that Action Indoor Sports will employ 16 permanent and 18 casual staff.
Our Whitchurch Arena offers our core sports Action Soccer, Action Cricket, Action Netball and Action Beach Volleyball, as detailed separately below, as well as badminton, bowls and gym, which may, or may not be unique to this arena. The Whitchurch facilities include a restaurant, bar, function rooms, free parking and online booking.
Both National and World Competitions, headlined by the 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup in September, are planned for this year – details to follow
ACTION INDOOR SPORT WORLDWIDE
Action Indoor Sport was first introduced into the Australasian market in 1983, before expanding to South Africa in 1985. In the late 1990’s, the game was introduced to the Indian sub-continent.
There are presently 215 arenas worldwide (65 commercial and 150 in schools) with approximately
150 000 registered players participating per week. The sport is non-seasonal and is in operation for 48 of
52 weeks a year. A team consists of between five and twelve players per team.
Day to day media contact: Helen van Laun
0117 903 1434 (office)
07811 169 306 (mobile)
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ACTION INDOOR SPORT CORE ACTIVITIES
All Action Sports are played in specialist netted courts. These are not conventional sports nets, but are of an extremely high quality installation, where the nets are tensioned tautly between high level metal poles, which enables the player to literally ‘bounce’ off the nets, and keeps the ball constantly in play.
Action Cricket
is a limited over’s game with six players in a team. When fielding, each player bowls two over’s and when batting, each batting pair faces four over’s.Action Netball
is based on the game of outdoor netball with a few modifications. The nets play a vital role, by keeping the ball in play, and giving the game a much faster pace.The game is played in two formats: 6-a-side and 7-a-side, both with their own rules.
Action Soccer
is based on the game of outdoor football with a few modifications. The nets play a vital role, by keeping the ball in play and giving the game a much faster pace. However, strict rules are enforced to maintain order on the court!Action Sandball
is another name for Beach Volleyball, one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and creates a holiday atmosphere, which is attractive to men, women, and children, who have no interest in traditional sports.All this in 40 minutes!
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