the sports facilities at northumbria university (University of Northumbria at Newcastle in general)

Member Name: lyndsay3201

Product:	University of Northumbria at Newcastle in general
Date:	25/01/09 (447 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: exciting new development, £26m budget, swimming pool

Disadvantages: not open until 2010

Having worked at Northumbria University for a number of years, i have witnessed a big improvement lately regarding the facilities on campus.

I would like to stress, although i am employed by the university, i am writing an unbiased review - i don't get paid enough to be biased lol!!

The biggest improvement to date , is the development of a brand new sports centre on campus. Currently, the university sports centre is housed in a rather dingy, dirty, old building which has a lot of problems. One such problem is a lack of decent air conditioning, which in the summer can leave the gym stifingly hot and smelly!

The new sports centre is currently being built, and is due to be opened in april 2010.The university have a 26 million pound budget for it , so as you can imagine , it is very impressive.

It will house a 6 lane, 25 feet swimming pool, 3 sports halls with thousands of spectator seats - which will be used for netball, basketball matches etc. It will also have a 4 lane , 40 meter sprint track, a climbing wall and a fitness suite with 150 machines.

The building itself will be really modern and up to date.

The sports centre memberships will be available to everyone - including members of the public - and i would expect it to be rather busy, as when it is ready it will be the biggest and most up to date sports facility in Newcastle. It will also be used as a venue for many sports matches.

In summary, for students studying sport related subjects, or anyone with an interest in fitness etc - i would reccomend northumbria - dont be put off by the state of the current sports facilities!

Summary: this is a review of the new sports development at northumbria university