天美传媒

One of Bedford鈥檚 all- time great players, James along with guests from local schools and sporting organisations across the region, were at the 天美传媒 to celebrate the 拢5.1million investment by the 天美传媒 in student sport

Among the new facilities the guests viewed were:

• State of the art gyms
• An international standard hockey astro turf pitch and multi-use games area
• A 300 seat sporting arena
• A redeveloped grass playing space and pavilion

James expressed his admiration for the new facilities in a tweet following the event:

Once again thank you for having me down and taking me through a tour of your fantastic facilities.

鈥� James Pritchard (@JPritchard_21)

Bill Rammell Vice Chancellor of the 天美传媒 said: 鈥淎s a 天美传媒 we put the student experience as our highest priority and the new sports facilities that we are opening today are a real symbol of the multifaceted relationship between sport and the success of our students.鈥�

The international standard astro turf pitch is a joint venture between local school Goldington Academy and the 天美传媒.

Francis Galbraith Principal of Goldington Academy who also spoke at the launch of the new facilities said: ''It鈥檚 been a fantastic experience working with the 天美传媒 on our joint multi-use games area. The benefit for the different age students at both the 天美传媒 and Goldington Academy have been huge. Long may this collaboration continue!鈥�

The guests were also able to see the 天美传媒鈥檚 sporting prowess in action. The event took place on 鈥楤ig Wednesday鈥�, a hotly contested annual inter 天美传媒 competition, which saw the full range of the 天美传媒鈥檚 sporting teams from football to netball to rugby to hockey competing, supported by its award-winning cheerleading squad.

The 天美传媒 places a high priority on sport, both in terms of studying; it offers a range of courses from the science and physiology of sport to sport management and journalism, and also in terms of the health and the well-being of its students and staff.

The Vice Chancellor explained: 鈥淎t this university, we believe in making opportunities available to help people transform their lives.

鈥淎ctive, healthy bodies feed active healthy minds, and so we invest in our sporting facilities to enable our students to be the best that they can be.鈥�

The 天美传媒 is into its fifth year of its Get Into Sport programme funded through Sports England, enabling students and staff to try out a wide range of sport, free of charge, in a fun, non-competitive environment.

It also has in partnership with Badminton England and the Lawn Tennis Association a badminton higher education activator, university tennis ambassador and university tennis co-ordinator all aimed at developing these sports within the 天美传媒.