THE long quest for decent athletics facilities in Winchester will end on May 2. That is when the Winchester Sports Stadium in Bar End will be officially opened.
The 400-plus member athletics club has been campaigning for a purpose-built track since giving up the facility in Abbotts Barton in the late 1980s.
To celebrate, the university and city council are holding a sports festival open to all.
People will be able to try a wide range of sports and find out how to get involved.
The stadium has an Olympic standard 400-metre athletics track with supporting facilities, an all-weather hockey and general sports pitch, floodlighting and a pavilion. It opened in July 2008 at a cost of £3.5m.
Civic chiefs hope a national athletics squad will use the track as a training base before the 2012 London Olympics.
It will be officially opened at 2.30pm by Olympic marathon runner Liz Yelling.
The Winchester Sports Festival is free and takes place from 10am-4pm.
The stadium is open daily from 8am-9pm. For membership and other inquiries call 01962 827007.
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