Sports Fields

Location:

The northern portion of the campus, between the koppie to the west, the residential area of Greenhills to the east and the training centre to the south.

Objective:

The objective is to provide a world-class 8-track athletics ground and field facilities, a gym and a recreational clubhouse for athletes and sportsmen/women.

Project Outline:

The idea is to develop the sports facilities separate from, but adjacent to, the training campus.

• The facilities that are planned include:
  • tartan athletics track
  • field events in the centre on grass (eg athletics, hockey, cricket, soccer, rugby, etc)
  • hard court facility (netball, basketball)
  • gymnasium
  • first aid post
  • grandstand and change-rooms
  • clubhouse
• The sports facilities are designed to allow VDI to:
  • train sports coaches, referees and score-keepers in athletics and other sports codes (especially from schools and clubs). Part of this training will be undertaken in the Training Centre, and to
  • attract pro athletes and sportsmen/women seeking private training facilities
• It is an objective to encourage an incubation hub entrepreneurial project for managing sports training as a business
• Community sports derby days will be arranged to improve health and community cohesion

Outcomes:

By establishing sports grounds and providing facilities VDI will:

• improve youth participation in sport in the community and enhance community cohesion
• occupy children and the youth and thereby distract them from devious behaviour
• offer the venue to athletes and use it for training referees, coaches and others, and for events, to make it pay for itself
• facilitate establishment of sports teams comprising aspiring athletes and provide training and competition facilities for them
• offer a training ground for prestige athletes on the basis that they give back and motivate/train aspiring local athletes