5th January 2012
Former 5000m world record holder and Commonwealth gold medalist, David Moorcroft OBE, has joined the Board of SAPCA (The Sports and Play Construction Association).
David Moorcroft is best known for his world record-breaking exploits on the athletics track in the 1970s and 1980s – breaking the world record for 5000m in 1982. Since then David has covered athletics events for the BBC, developed the Coventry Sports Foundation - which owns and operates three major sports facilities in the Coventry area - and from 1997 to 2006 he led UK Athletics as its chief executive. He is also the Chair of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games, an organisation set up to lead and drive forward 2012 activity in the region.
CEO of SAPCA, Chris Trickey, said: “As an independent director David will represent the voice of sport on the SAPCA Board - a role for which he is ideally suited with his extensive experience in both athletics and the boardroom.
“He also brings a passion for ensuring that quality sports and play facilities should be available throughout the UK and will draw on his experience of sports administration, funding and developing top quality sports amenities.”
Moorcroft will take up his role with immediate effect. Commenting on his appointment, David said: “I have known SAPCA for several years, as a result of my development of indoor facilities on behalf of UK Athletics, and I have always been impressed with its drive and enthusiasm in raising the quality of construction standards.”
He added: “My role will be to insure that the profile of the organisation and its relationships with external bodies is good and that there is open dialogue. I want to ensure that the sporting world always refers to SAPCA when developing its facilities.”
SAPCA is the recognised trade association for organisations involved in building sports and play facilities. Its role is to raise standards, regulate the industry, improve skills, promote research, liaise with sports and governing bodies, and be the voice of the industry. Its aim is to ensure that only high quality facilities are built at all levels of sport, physical activity, recreation and play.
The move to recruit David Moorcroft to the SAPCA Board follows an extensive strategic review by the organisation, the results of which will be unveiled at its Annual Conference in January 2012.
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