A SQUASH club has been awarded £32,000 of Olympic legacy funding.
Harrogate Squash and Fitness Centre has received the money from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund.
It will be used to make the centre more eco friendly by upgrading the centre’s heating system and insulation. As a result, it will also reduce running costs at the club.
Sport England’s chairman, Richard Lewis, said: “This investment will create a fantastic sporting legacy for Harrogate.
“This fund has really hit the mark with sports clubs in Yorkshire. It shows we’re offering a legacy that people want for their local community.
“For hundreds of clubs and tens of thousands of people, 2012 will be the year their local sports facilities got better.”
The Inspired Facilities Fund is part of a £135m programme to help communities benefit from the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark.
The squash club is one of 350 local community sports groups in the UK to have benefited from the fund so far.
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