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Posted:
Wednesday, August 06th
2008
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Ground Guy |
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Keith Porter, the ex-Manchester United groundsman, is now looking
after the grass at LSV… |
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Posted:
Tuesday, August 5th
2008
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Wigan and Leigh
Hospice our Charity of the Year |
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Leigh Sports Village Conference and Events Team are proud to be supporting
the Wigan and Leigh Hospice as their Charity of the Year.… |
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Posted:
Monday, August 4th
2008
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Sales Team
Appointed |
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Event Management Catering (EMC) Ltd have appointed the new
Conference and Events team on behalf of Leigh Sports Village… |
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Posted:
Monday, June 16th
2008
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Leigh Genesis FC……
A New Beginning |
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Tradition goes out of the window as Leigh RMI Football Club
launches its new Name, new Crest, and new Colours; a predominantly new Team
playing in a brand new Stadium… |
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Posted:
Tuesday, June 3rd
2008
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Football Leagues -
Coming Soon! |
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Men’s, women’s and junior football leagues to be played on the floodlit 3G
pitches at Leigh Sports Village. |
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Posted:
Thursday, May 1st
2008
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Pitch Perfect |
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Floodlit ‘3G’ pitches at Leigh Sports Village now open for booking! |
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Posted:
Wednesday, April 30th
2008
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LSV Website |
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Information on the leigh sports village website as it is transferred to the LSV
Co. |
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Posted:
Monday, March 3rd
2008
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Olympic Dreams
Become Reality |
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The people of Leigh and Wigan took a giant leap towards being part of
the Olympic dream today. |
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Posted:
Tuesday, February 26th
2008
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LSV In The Press |
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This is by far and away the most definitive piece on LSV. It has been written by
Guy Brown, a freelance writer for a magazine called 'Sports Management'. |
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Posted:
Friday, February 22nd
2008
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Ukrainian Trip
Report |
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You might have seen last night, on Granada TV the piece that Andy Burnham did in
the studio about our recent trip to the Ukraine.... |
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Posted:
Friday, February 15th
2008
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Leigh Sports
Village to Host Sport Relief Mile |
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Leigh residents of all ages have the chance to pull on their red socks
for charity this spring as Leigh’s
magnificent new sports village hosts a
Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile.... |
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Posted:
Monday, January 7th
2008
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Multi Million Pound Sports Centre Opens for Action |
One of the largest sports facilities of its
type in the North West opened
its doors this week. .... |
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Posted:
Wednesday, December 12th
2007
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LSV Values |
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You will recall that a lot of the principles
that went behind the building of the Village
took into account the deliberations of the
Cabinet that were published in 2002 under
the heading 'Game Plan - a Strategy for
Delivering the Government's Sport and
Physical Activity Objectives'.... |
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Posted:
Sunday, December 2nd
2007
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Ministerial
Approval for Leigh Indoor Sports Centre |
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Leigh’s first new public sports centre and
swimming pool for decades has received a
glowing endorsement from Cabinet Minister
and MP for Leigh Andy Burnham. |
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Posted:
Thursday, September 13th
2007
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New Era In
Education |
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New students arrived at the newly built
Leigh Sixth Form College on Sale Way on
Monday morning. |
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Posted:
Wednesday, September 5th
2007
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RL
League chief touches down in
Leigh |
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Rugby league’s top boss
has been in town to check out the impressive
new stadium currently being built at Leigh
Sports Village |
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Posted:
Tuesday, September 4th
2007
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Indoor
Sports Centre Delay |
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The opening of Leigh
Indoor Sports Centre, part of the £83m Leigh
Sports Village development, has been delayed . |
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Posted:
Saturday, September 1st
2007
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September
Update |
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During the last few weeks, I have had
several meetings with Andy Burnham, the
Developers and the Principals who guide the
LSV development. |
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Posted:
Monday, July 16th
2007
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Roads
honour for Leigh Legends |
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Three Leigh sporting
legends are to be honoured by having roads
at Leigh Sports Village named after them.
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Posted:
Sund ay,
July 15th
2007
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Latest Stadium CGI Images |
We have the latest release of computer generated images
for the new stadium. We will also be publishing 360 degree
immersive images from the computer model - so check back soon!
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Posted:
Tuesd ay,
May 21st
2007
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Stadium Catering
Contract Awarded |
Leigh Sports Village Company
today announced that it has awarded the
catering contract for the new 10,000-seat
sports village stadium to Event Management
Catering (EMC) Ltd.
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Posted:
Tuesd ay,
April 24th
2007
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It’s Official –
Leigh Loves Its Sport! |
Residents in Leigh have an
unquenchable thirst for health, fitness and
sport if the initial interest in the soon to
be opened Leigh Indoor Sports Centre is
anything to go by.
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Posted:
Mond ay,
March 5th
2007
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Mayor Visits LSV
Site |
Last week the Mayor,
Councillor Eunice Smethurst and her husband
and consort Harry paid a private visit to
the LSV...
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Posted:
Thursd ay,
February
22nd
2007
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Latest LSV
Pictures |
LEIGH'S Sports Village
continues to gather pace. We have some
exclusive images taken from the tower
crane...
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Posted:
Tuesd ay,
February
20th
2007
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Olympic Hotel Gets
OK |
LEIGH'S Olympic hopes
received a boost with news that the 135-room
hotel at the Leigh Sports Village has been
given the green light.
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Posted:
Frid ay,
February
9th
2007
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Wedding of Sport &
Art |
As you may know,
we have lodged an application to be part of the Olympic games.
So the attached document shows how we can put together a Wedding
of Sport & Art in Leigh in 2012.
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Posted:
Wednesd ay,
January
24th
2007
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Leigh Indoor
Sports Centre – A Vision of the Future |
Leigh’s first new public sports centre and swimming pool for
decades is progressing well according to stunning new images
released today......
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Posted:
Wednesd ay,
January
17th
2007
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Stadium Contract
Awarded |
Greenbank has awarded a further major contract on its
multi-million pound Leigh Sports Village at Pennington Park,
near Wigan....
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Posted:
Frid ay,
January
2007
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Sports Village
Olympics hope |
As we reported almost exactly twelve
months ago that the Sports Village was being put forward as a
possible training camp during the 2012 Games the following
article has appeared in the local press...
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Posted:
Mond ay,
November
13th
2006
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Eye In The Sky |
Unique birds eye view of the
sports village development as it takes shape...
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Posted:
Frid ay,
September
29th
2006
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Sports Centre Dream Takes Huge Leap
Forward |
The dream of having a new state-of-the-art sports centre and
swimming pool in Leigh, as part of the £83m Leigh Sports Village
development...
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Posted:
Tuesd ay,
August
29th
2006
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Free leisure and
culture activities
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A WEEKEND of free leisure activities will complete a unique
hat-trick of regional firsts for Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust...
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Posted:
Mond ay,
August
14th
2006
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Latest Site Images
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This month we can bring you a selection of images showing the
progress of the site...
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Posted:
Wednesd ay,
July
12th
2006
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July Update
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I hope those of you that watched Boots n'All tonight enjoyed the
fairly fleeting glimpse of the building site and the thoughts of
the general manager, Mike Callaghan and the Leigh coach Tony
Benson and Phil Clarke.
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Posted:
Monday,
June 5th 2006
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June Update |
I was fortunate enough to visit the site last week on a nice day
and was accompanied round the Leigh East Clubhouse...
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Posted:
Saturday,
May 27th 2006
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Happy Anniversary |
Perhaps I am just being nostalgic or even a little sentimental,
but I thought it worthy of pointing out that our website is
three years old today. ....
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Posted:
Saturday,
May 13th 2006
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May Update |
It has been a very busy week for the Village
and there is a lot of activity going on behind the scenes....
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Posted:
Saturday,
May 13th 2006
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Local Olympian
makes cut… |
Olympic silver medallist cuts first sod for Leigh Sports Village
Swimming pool....
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Posted:
Mond ay,
May 2nd 2006
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An invitation… |
…to all groups and individuals interested in promoting the arts
and culture at Leigh Sports Village....
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Posted:
Thursd ay,
April 20th 2006
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Exclusive - External Stadium Images |
More images showing the proposed external elevations of the
stadium along with a preview of the LSV Logo...
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Posted:
Mond ay,
April 3rd 2006
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In the
Press |
Leigh East look to new era at Sports Village and Sports Village
stadium unveiled...
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Posted:
Frid ay,
March 24th 2006
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Exclusive - Stadium Images |
As we mentioned in the programme of build, we are very
privileged to present a sneak preview of the computer generated
images of the new stadium...
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Posted:
Sund ay,
March 12th 2006
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Programme of Build for LSV |
Further to our brief update last week regarding the LSV contract
now having gone unconditional, you will already be aware that
the Leigh East Clubhouse continues in full flow and is on
schedule...
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Posted:
Thursd ay,
February 23rd 2006
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Footpath Objectors
Fail |
Today (Thursday) we received in writing the order decision
in respect of the enquiry opened on the 1st of February....
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Posted:
Wednesd ay,
February 8th 2006
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Footpath Diversion
Hearing |
On Wednesday, 1st February we started a two-day hearing at Leigh
Town Hall regarding the diversion of a footpath in order that
the Village could be built....
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Posted:
Saturd ay,
January 22nd 2006
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Hospice to be LSV Charity Partner
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The area's largest charity, Wigan and Leigh Hospice will benefit
after leigh Sports Village formed a partnership with the local
Hospice...
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Posted:
Saturd ay,
January 21st 2006
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COULD the Olympics be coming to Leigh?
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The multi-million pound Leigh Sports Village has been put
forward as a possible training camp during the 2012 Games which
are to be held in London...
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Posted:
Thursd ay,
January 12th 2006
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Street Naming Consultation
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As you will see from
the latest layout of the whole LSV site, there are a few
roads giving access to the facilities that ultimately will
require some names...
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Posted:
Frid ay,
December
30th
2005
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GreatLeigh
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The various
sub-committees / project groups that will be working to the LSV
Trust are beginning to evolve...
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Posted:
Saturd ay,
December
03rd
2005
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Seating & Standing - Your Choice...
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We have received from our
helpful architects five of the more popular options for seating
and standing in the new stadium...
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Posted:
Sund ay,
November
27th
2005
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Your chance to influence the future... |
We explained to you at the
outset that the Village was the catalyst for further development
of the area...
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