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| Location | Broomhill,Sheffield |
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| Coordinates | 53°22′50″N1°29′45″W / 53.380556°N 1.495833°W /53.380556; -1.495833 |
| Owner | University of Sheffield |
| Operator | UoS Sport |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1960 |
| Expanded | 1963, renovated 2001 and 2023. |
Goodwin Sports Centre is asporting facility and gym in theCrookesmoor area of the city ofSheffield,South Yorkshire,England. Its facilities include amulti-use games area, gym, sports hall and severalsynthetic pitches.[1] It is owned by theUniversity of Sheffield.
The Goodwin Sports Centre consists of a range of indoor facilities in two buildings - one housing a gym and squash courts, the other housing an indoor sports hall and other facilities. The complex has two full sizeastroturf pitches, 3 small sided synthetic pitches and amulti use games area.
The facilities are used by members of the general public as well as the university community. University teams compete both at an internal level and within theBritish Universities Sports Association's leagues. Also, a number of non-university teams and clubs play or train at Goodwin, includingSheffield University Bankers Hockey Club.
The facilities were largely constructed in the 1960s, funded by the head of theNeepsend Tool and Steel Corporation, SirStuart Goodwin. He approached the university with £30,000 of financial support towards building a sports hall after discovering that the existing gymnasium on the Western Bank part of the campus would be demolished. They were opened in October 1960. After funding the indoor sports hall, Goodwin then discovered that there was no swimming facility at the university (plans had been abandoned in 1939) and issued a further £60,000 from himself and his wife to fund the construction. At the opening ceremony for the pool, he surprised people further by pledging to fund squash courts and indoor cricket wickets. The swimming pool and second gymnasium opened in 1963.[2]
The swimming pool was later named theCofield Swimming Pool, after "Sarge Cofield", the manager of university athletics for several years, on his retirement in 1967.[2]
During the 2001/2002 academic year, the facilities were improved at a cost of £6 million, and the gym facilities renamedS10 Health. This is when additional synthetic pitches were added, along with the aerobics area and indoor climbing arena. This was also when the 'USport' body was created, an organisation with input from theUniversity of Sheffield and theUniversity of Sheffield Union of Students. The facilities were then opened up to members of the public, and membership fees were charged - including fees for students - for the first time.[2] USport was renamed to Sport Sheffield in 2012.[3]
In August 2023, Sport Sheffield Announced the indefinite closure of the 33m pool due to structural problems.[4]
Sport Sheffield was rebranded University of Sheffield Sport & Physical Activity in August 2023.
Goodwin is located roughly halfway up Northumberland Road off theA57 in the Crookesmoor part ofBroomhill.
The pitches sit on top of former water reservoirs: The sports pitches on Whitham Road oppositeWeston Park Hospital are the site of Godfrey Dam, built in 1790 and extended in 1853. On the opposite side of Northumberland Road was New Dam built in 1787 and enlarged in 1809. Nearer Crookesmoor Road alongside Narrow Walk were Ralphs and Misfortune Dams, with Butchers Dam on the opposite side of Northumberland Road.[5]
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