 Hockey field of Sengkang Sports Centre | |
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| Location | 57Anchorvale Road,Singapore 544964 |
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| Coordinates | 1°23′45″N103°53′13″E / 1.39583°N 103.88694°E /1.39583; 103.88694 |
| Owner | People's Association,Sport Singapore |
| Operator | People's Association,Sport Singapore |
| Capacity | 200 (indoor arena) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2 April 2006; 19 years ago (2006-04-02) |
| Opened | 1 August 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-01) |
| Construction cost | S$48.7 million |
| Architect | LT & T Architects |
Sengkang Sports Centre (Chinese:盛港体育休闲中心;pinyin:Shènggǎng tǐyù xiūxián zhōngxīn;Malay:Pusat Sukan dan Rekreasi Sengkang;Tamil:விளையாட்டு மற்றும் பொழுதுபோக்கு மையம்), formerly known as Sengkang Sports and Recreation Centre,[1] is a sports complex inAnchorvale ofSengkang New Town,Singapore, nearFarmway LRT station. It was scheduled to open in end 2007,[2] but its inauguration was delayed until mid-late 2008.[3]
Sengkang Sports Centre was built as part of a plan to improveamenities inPasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency and Sengkang New Town, costingS$1 billion.[4][5] ThePeople's Association and the thenSingapore Sports Council were involved in the planning of the sports complex, and went ahead with the project despite Singapore'seconomic recession in the early 2000s.Fund raising campaigns were initiated bygrassroots leaders to support the construction of the complex.
Although the sports complex was originally planned to be ready by 2004,[6] construction began only in 2006. On 2 April that year, thegroundbreaking ceremony for Sengkang Sports Centre was held, attended byMember of Parliament forAng Mo Kio Group Representation ConstituencyWee Siew Kim. The S$48.7 million[7] complex was designed byarchitectural firm LT & T Architects,[8] and was completed by the end of 2007.[2]
Situated on 4hectares of land besideSungei Punggol, Sengkang Sports Centre houses acommunity club, and feature sports facilities including fourswimming pools and fivewater slides. One of the slides has four colours similar to the slides at East Coast Park, which is now closed. It also has anindoor sports hall and a syntheticsoccer field and hockey pitch currently used for training by the National Singapore Hockey Team as well as Sengkang Secondary School, the pitch comes up to 12,000 square metres (129,170 square feet).[2][9]
The four-storey Anchorvale Community Club is the firstcommunity centre in Singapore to be built next to ariver and co-located with a sports complex. The available facilities include amulti-media room, a tea arts room, playrooms, a large multi-purpose hall, a reading and study area, and aroof terrace. There is also space forretail, a riverfrontcafé and eating outlets.[citation needed]
The indoor sports hall accommodates 12badminton courts and can also be used forbasketball andvolleyball. Retractable seating, which allows flexible use of the hall, can seat 200 spectators. Other indoor facilities include adance studio and agymnasium, which is in the indoor sport hall with the badminton courts.[citation needed]
The sports centre also includes a two-pitch hockey stadium,[10] which was used as a competition venue forhockey during the2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[11]
The sports complex is linked to Sengkang Floating Wetland onSungei Punggol. People can take part inwater sports and other activities.[9] Apark connector, a continuouslandscapedpavement forpedestrians andcyclists, runs beside the riverbank, connecting all the facilities. Anchorvale Community Club has adopted theSungei Punggol under theMinistry of the Environment and Water Resources' andPublic Utilities Board's Active, Beautiful and Clean (ABC) Waters Programme, and takes the lead in protecting the natural environment of theriver.[2]
Thepublic swimming pools in Sengkang Sports Centre started operation from 1 August 2008. Located at 57 Anchorvale Road, Singapore 544964, Sengkang Swimming Complex,[12] it is within walking distance fromFarmway LRT station. It is closed for maintenance on Mondays. It has 3 levels of slides: the Speed Slide and Tunnel Slide while on the second level the Multi Coloured slides with a capacity of 4 riders at a time. Lastly, on level 3 there are the twister slides with a capacity of 2 riders at a time.[citation needed]
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