Jersey students praise new sports facilities

Jersey students have welcomed the chance to make use of new sports facilities.

The £8m facilities on the Oakfield Centre which had been officially opened on Thursday are situated subsequent to Highlands and Hautlieu faculties.

College students have been given the possibility to make use of the new gear as a part of their classes.

The Oakfield Centre has facilities for numerous sports together with a 3G pitch, martial arts studios and purpose-built gymnastics corridor.

Leah, 17, and Susannah, 18, from Highlands College stated they had been impressed with the big selection of apparatus at Oakfield.

Leah stated: “I think it will really bring in younger teenage girls and older women.”

Susannah added: “It’s nice to get new equipment, new space, it opens up more opportunities to play different sports.”

The new facilities, run by Active, have opened following the closure of the Fort Regent centre and can host a number of the sporting actions beforehand held there.

Oscar and Adam, each 17, are additionally students at Highlands and have been utilizing the new gear to educate one another.

Oscar stated: “It’s right next to Hautlieu and Highlands so you can go in the morning before classes so it’s very ideal and it’s very good to get into fitness at a young age.”

Adam added: “This definitely promotes a lot of fitness, keeping people healthy. It’s got all the facilities you need.”

Several sports golf equipment have raised considerations about how they will all use Oakfield Centre after they had been moved out of Fort Regent this yr.

The authorities has stated it’ll proceed to work with teams to make sure they’ve the facilities they want.