Official Opening for New £450,000 Sports Pitch in Ilkeston

A new £450,000 3G sports pitch has been completed in Derbyshire following six months of construction. The facility, located at Ilkeston’s Rutland Sports Park, commenced building in July and was formally opened on Thursday by Kate Fennelly, the Mayor of Erewash. The project, funded by the government, also included the installation of LED floodlighting, new fencing, new divider nets, and a multi-use games area. Josy Hare, Erewash Borough Council’s lead member for health and wellbeing, commented: “This new pitch is further proof of our commitment to the borough’s leisure centres, which we are investing in so residents have access to the very best facilities.” The council reported that Parkwood Leisure, which has invested £1.3 million in enhancing Erewash’s leisure centres over the past five years, supervised the construction of the new FIFA-standard sports pitch. Glen Hall, managing director of Parkwood Leisure, indicated that the addition of the new multi-use games areas and the pitch would “provide a better range of activities” at the site.