25 Aug 2017
2017 School Games: Impact on campus, tickets and Fun Zone
The 2017 School Games are being held on campus next week, from Thursday 31st August to Sunday 3rd September inclusive.
Around 1,600 of the UK’s best young athletes will take part in the event, competing across 12 sports – athletics, cycling, fencing, hockey, judo, rugby sevens, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and girls cricket.
For a full schedule of what’s happening where and when, and to buy tickets for the events, go to the School Games website.
There will also be a community Fun Zone on the Fountain Lawn in front of the Rutland and Hazlerigg Buildings from 1pm-5pm on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September. Bring your family and friends along and test your sporting skills in a range of free of charge activities, games and challenges.
In order to allow for set up, operation and de-rig of the School Games, some car parks and roads across campus will be fully or partially closed. There are also likely to be increased noise levels on campus at certain times and in particular areas. Details are as follows:
Car park closures
Friday 25th August – Monday 4th September
Car park 5 (near the Edward Herbert Building) will be fully closed.
Saturday 26th August
Haslegrave lower car park will be fully closed.
Monday 28th August – Sunday 3rd September:
Car park 3 (opposite the Library, to the rear of Burleigh Court) will be partially closed.
Tuesday 29th August – Sunday 3rd September
The Library car park will be partially closed.
Tuesday 29th August – Sunday 3rd September
The Swimming Pool car park will be partially closed.
Thursday 31st August – Saturday 2nd September
Parking outside the Students’ Union will be closed.
Thursday 31st – Sunday 3rd September:
Car park 18 (in front of Brockington/Schofield) will be closed.
Tuesday 5th September:
Car park 5 (near the Edward Herbert Building) will be partially closed.
Smaller car parks next to the following sports venues will also have restricted access: Paula Radcliffe athletics track, ECB National Cricket Performance Centre, tennis centre, netball centre, hockey pitches, New Victory Hall, 1st XV rugby pitch, swimming pool and Sir David Wallace Sports Hall.
Road closures
Monday 28th August – Monday 4th September:
The Towers Way barrier will be down, restricting access to the netball and tennis centres.
Thursday 31st August 4pm-10pm:
University Road from the Security Junction to the bottom of Manzoni Hill will be closed for the Opening Ceremony.
A small section of Union Way immediately adjacent to the Hazlerigg lawn will also be closed for the Opening Ceremony. A diversion will be in operation.
Friday 1st September 8am-9pm and Saturday 2nd September 10am-10pm:
Towers Way will be closed for the rugby matches taking place on the 1st XV pitch.
Potential noise disturbance
PA sound checks will take place on Wednesday 30th August between 6pm and 8pm. A full sound check of the Opening Ceremony, which will be held on the Fountain Lawn in front of the Rutland and Hazlerigg Buildings, will take place on Thursday 31st August from 3.30pm. You are advised to consider moving or rearranging any meetings or interviews etc that you may have scheduled during these times.
During the School Games there will be increased levels of noise, especially in proximity to the Hockey Pitches, the Rugby Rubber Crumb, the outdoor Tennis Courts, and the Fountain Lawn in front of the Rutland and Hazlerigg Buildings, where there will be outdoor PA systems in intermittent use between competitions.
If you need to contact the University about parking or use of the PA, please call Security on 222141.