Loughborough Sport is the brand identity for the sport-related activities and facilities at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

. The University has a wide variety of facilities covering a range of sports and is host to a number of sports governing bodies.

Facilities

Loughborough Sport maintains several sport complexes on the University's campus in

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...

Gyms

Powerbase and Holywell Park Fitness Centre are the two gyms on the University campus.

Athletics Centre

The Athletics Centre includes the Seb Coe High Performance Athletics Centre and Paula Radcliffe Athletics Track, and is home to events such as the Loughborough International and the Loughborough EAP, and also to Charnwood Athletics Club.

Cricket Centre

The University is home to the National Cricket Performance Centre for the

England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and ...

(ECB). The Cricket Centre has an indoor training centre and two first class standard pitches.

Loughborough University Stadium

The Stadium was opened in 2012 and is host to

Loughborough University FC Loughborough University Football Club (also known as Loughborough Students Football Club) is an English football club representing Loughborough University, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The club are currently members of the and pla ...

and Loughborough Foxes. Events recently hosted at the Stadium include: *UEFA European Under 17 championships *BUCS Super Rugby Showcase games *FA International Tournaments *Venue for

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in the UEFA U19 Champions League *

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U23 games

Tennis Centre

The Tennis Centre includes 8 indoor acrylic courts and 3 outdoor clay courts. In June 2018 the University were awarded a new partnership to be a

Lawn Tennis Association The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Founded in 1888, the LTA promotes all levels of lawn tennis. It believes that tennis can provide "physical ...

National Academy for 14-17 year olds starting in September 2019. Events hosted include: *AEGON Pro Series *NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters *ATP 100 Challenger Events

Gymnastics Centre

The Gymnastics Centre has hosted training camps such as the GB World Class performance programme and is home to many local clubs and residential training camps.

Sports Halls

The University has a number of Halls including the Sir David Wallace Sports Hall which has hosted a range of events including: * Loughborough Lightning Netball Super League home games *Preparation Camp for Team GB *BBC East Midlands Sports Awards and Children in Need

Studios

The Studios support a number of sporting activities including martial arts, dance and fencing.

Artificial pitches

There are 5 artificial surfaces covering the sports rugby, football, hockey, lacrosse and American Football. The hockey pitch is the same one from London 2012 and is to be replaced by the surface being used at Tokyo 2020.

National sports partners

The University is a base for several sports governing bodies *

British Athletics UK Athletics (UKA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics o ...

* British Swimming *

British Triathlon The British Triathlon Federation (formerly the British Triathlon Association) is the national governing body for triathlon, duathlon and associated multisport in Great Britain. It administers triathlon in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel ...

*British Weightlifting * ECB *

England Netball England Netball, formerly the "All England Netball Association", is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in England. Overview England Netball is responsible for the management of the England national netball team, nickn ...

References

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