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| The Alan Higgs Centre is an £8million leisure
centre that has been built to provide much needed sports and leisure facilities
for people living in the South East of Coventry. The surrounding areas,
which include Stoke Aldermoor, Binley and Willenhall, have been in need
of community based leisure facilities for many years. For more information
please contact 024 7630 8244. |
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| Facilities |
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| Indoor |
| - 'Lifestyles' 70 station Fitness Suite |
| - 'Lifestyles' Aerobic / Dance Studio |
| - 'Lifestyles' Health Suite - Sauna, Steam and Relaxation Rooms |
| - 'The Ozone' Play Area and Creche |
| - 4x Court Sports Hall |
| - Indoor 'Third Generation' 60m x 40m Synthetic Pitch |
| - 'The Gallery' Air Conditioned Function Room |
| - 'Tilers' Cafe Bar |
| - I.T Suite and Classrooms |
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| Outdoor |
| - Outdoor 'Third Generation' full sized Floodlit Pitch |
| - 5x Grass Pitches |
| - 4x Outdoor Netball Courts |
| - Skate and BMX Park |
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| Activities |
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| The Centre offers a wide range of activities to suit all ages, which include: |
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| Actviity |
Concessions
Price* |
Normal
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| Lifestyles Group Exercise Class |
£3.60 |
£4.80 |
| Lifestyles Fitness Suite |
£3.80 |
£5.60 |
| Health Suite |
£3.80 |
£5.60 |
| Health Suite Combi |
£5.50 |
£8.00 |
| Badminton Court |
£5.40 |
£7.00 |
| Sports Hall Hire |
£42.00 |
£42.00 |
| Indoor Synthetic Pitch Hire |
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| Full Pitch |
£104.00 Weekday |
£74.00 Weekend |
| Half Pitch |
£52.00 Weekday |
£37.00 Weekend |
| Quarter Pitch |
£37.00 Weekday |
£27.00 Weekend |
| Outdoor Synthetic Pitch Hire |
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| Full Pitch |
£74.00 Weekday |
£37.00 Weekend |
| Half Pitch |
£37.00 Weekday |
£27.00 Weekend |
| Outdoor Netball Court |
£19.00 |
£19.00 |
| Indoor Adventure Parties |
£60.00 Weekday |
£70.00 Weekend |
| Parent & Toddler Sessions |
£ 1.60 |
£1.60 |
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| *Concession prices apply to Passport to Leisure, NUS, Priority Card and O.A.Ps. Priority Card available from Reception for £10, if you qualify. If you require further information please contact Centre (click on ‘Contact Us' page). |
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| Coventry City Football Club Academy |
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| Coventry City Football Clubs Academy are based at The Alan Higgs Centre and enjoy the most
modern indoor and outdoor training facilities that are available to any Academy, anywhere in the
UK. |
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| The Academy players have access to four grass pitches, one of which is built to Premier League
match specifications and is used as the Senior Academy match pitch; the outdoor floodlit 'Third
Generation' synthetic pitch; and the indoor 'Third Generation' synthetic. Not only does the Centre
provide excellent facilities to the players, but parents are also encouraged to make use of the
Centre facilities (see above). All of these excellent facilities will help the Academy operation and
allow them to be better equipped to develop young and up and coming talent |
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| Environmental Projects |
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| The opening of The Alan Higgs Centre and the 80 acres of land that surround it, has offered
Coventry Sports Foundation the opportunity to extend its interest and community involvement to a
completely new field, the Natural Environment. |
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| Situated alongside a section of the River Sowe, the site is already abundant with a wide variety of
micro habitat due to the presence of a river, a marshy area, ephemeral waters, hedgerows,
grasslands and a variety of trees and smaller plant life. Each of these elements is peculiar in their
own existence, so the opportunities that are presented by their combined existence within an inner
city setting are unique. The strands that Coventry Sports Foundation will focus on as far as
environmental projects are concerned are: |
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| Habitat Management: |
| The aim of Coventry Sports Foundation is to restore the site from years of neglect and vandalism
to create an ecosystem of high ecological value, and demonstrate that built and natural
environments can coexist through appropriate consideration of environmental issues. Whilst some
areas will be intentionally less managed to encourage the enhancement of wildlife, the areas
closest to the building will be developed and used for educational and community purposes. Such
projects will include; |
| Butterfly Garden |
| Sensory Garden |
| Cottage Garden |
| Allotments |
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Recycling / Composting Area |
| Orchards |
| and much more... |
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| Community / Volunteer programmes: |
| A key role in the development of the site is provided by established and newly developed
partnerships with local agencies. Through the consolidated partnership with Henley College,
numerous study programmes have been agreed that will utilise the site as a study resource, whilst
also involve the provision of a work force to undertake the labour intensive projects. Volunteer
programmes for individuals from the community will be developed with a particular emphasis on
involving the interests of people with mental illness. |
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| Educational activities: |
| An Educational-Advisory Group is being formed to develop the site to meet schools needs, linking
with National Curriculum. Activity packs for schools are being developed; after-school and holiday
activities for the "River Sowe Rangers' Club" have been planned. The activities that will be run for the
"River Sowe Rangers' Club" will include: |
| Pond Dipping; |
| Orienteering; |
| Food Web Game; |
| Camouflage Game; |
| Germination Game; |
| Arts & Crafts; |
| Track Wildlife |
| Building Hedgehog Houses |
| and a lot more... |
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| Warwickshire Netball |
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| The Alan Higgs Centre has been designed to provide top class facilities for netball with the aim to attract juniors and seniors, from local league netball to County and National League.
The facilities include one indoor court and four outdoor (including 2 floodlit), together with individual team changing rooms, refreshment / bar facilities and function rooms. |
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| Netball that has already been attracted to the Centre:- |
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| Warwickshire Netball |
| The Alan Higgs Centre has become the new home base for Warwickshire County Netball who use the facility for training one night per week and matches against other Counties within England on 4 weekends of the year. The County have teams from Seniors 1st , 2nd & 3rd , U18's & U16's. |
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| Marconi Netball Club |
| Marconi Netball Club who have 6 senior teams in the Coventry & District League and 4 Junior teams utilise the Sports Hall for training sessions one night per week and play some matches on the Outdoor Courts at the weekend. As of the 2005-2006 season Marconi will be playing their National League matches in the Sports Hall on 4 designated Sundays. |
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| Henley Netball Club |
| Henley Netball Club who have 6 senior teams in the Coventry & District League and 4 Junior teams utilise 3 Outdoor Courts on the weekend for matches and as of the 2005-2006 season Henley will be playing their National League matches in the Sports Hall on 4 designated Sundays. |
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| Jaguar Netball Club |
| Jaguar Netball Club who have 2 senior teams in the Coventry & District League utilise the Outdoor Courts on the weekend for matches. |
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| Netball Development |
| Attract more local teams to use the facilities for matches |
| Junior coaching sessions |
| Introduction of High 5's netball |
| Coaching & Umpiring courses |
| Junior League |
| Academy training |
| Tournaments |
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| The Alan Higgs Centre will continue to create and build upon partnerships with people in the netball industry such as the Chairwoman of the Coventry & District League, Chairwoman of Warwickshire County, the Greater Warwickshire Sport Netball Development Officer, and the AENA Netball Development Officer to increase participation in the sport of netball. |
