William Edwards
Academy badminton
and fitness suite
Opening the new Badminton and
Fitness suite at William Edwards
School on World Sport Day, the 25th
June 2012 was significant as the new
1799m2 Challengerâ„¢ Sports Facility
was to open up the sporting world to
their students.
Installed in 1962 the old gym was dark, dingy and
had become far too small for the requirements of
the 1200 pupils, in desperate need for increased,
better facilities it was decided to create a centre
of excellence for Badminton with funds being
raised from Badminton England, the DfE and the
Local Authority with the balance being raised by
the school itself.
collinson.co.uk
With the budget set, research established that
they could get more for their money by going for
a clear span tension membrane building.
The development team visited sites which
had been constructed by three different
manufacturers before deciding on a Challengerâ„¢
sports facility from Lancashire based family firm,
Collinson plc.
The decision was taken for numerous reasons,
importantly it was a high quality product,
endorsed by the site they had visited, Newbridge
High School who had been more than happy
with the facility Collinson built for them, William
Edwards knew what they wanted on paper and