The English Institute of Sport is a multi-sport facility in

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, South Yorkshire,

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. The facility designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects was opened in December 2003 at a cost of £24 million. Its main feature is a 200m indoor track, but it also hosts several other sporting arenas as well as a large gym and extensive

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facilities. It is in the

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between the

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and Don Valley Bowl. It is managed by SIV (Sheffield International Venues).

Sports

The facility is the training venue of choice for a number of sports including athletics, basketball, boxing, fencing,

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, judo, netball, table tennis and volleyball. There are many clubs which meet at the venue including City of Sheffield Athletic Club,

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, Sheffield Futsal Club, Sheffield Sword Club, Concorde Netball Club,

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, and England Volleyball, as well as hosting

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's main professional academy. The centre also often hosts sports days for local secondary schools.

History

The venue hosted the European Indoor Trials & UK Championships (

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) between 14 – 15 February 2009. They also hosted the European Fencing championships in July 2011. Since 2008, the venue has hosted qualifying matches for the

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, with the main stages held in the nearby

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. Qualifying matches, previously held in

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, typically took place between late February and early March but are now held in April. Since 2010 the EIS also hosted qualifying matches to snooker tournaments as well as all the now defunct PTC events. The EIS-Sheffield was used by British Athletes to train for the

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. In February 2015, it was announced that the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield would be incorporated into the

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on the site of the old

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. The venue was one of the three selected to host matches in the

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References

External links

Official SiteCity of Sheffield AC website

England Basketball websiteAmateur Boxing Association of England websiteSheffield Sword Club websiteEngland Netball website
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Sports

History

See also

References

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