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New member: Jeffrey Payer, Victoria Mahe Island (Seychelles)

Jeffrey works for Sporting Life Inc., a family owned entity involving his son and himself. Both are sports enthusiasts and are dedicated to help the sports movement to further develop on the Seychelles so that it can keep up to date and in line with new developments related to sports infrastructure and facilities.

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New member : Professor Otoharu Ogura, Tokyo (Japan)

In addition to teaching at universities, he acts as a manager for the National Fitness Club Management Test Division of the Fitness Industry Association of Japan; and works as a consultant for Les Mills Japan.

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IAKS member Myrtha organises webinar on 26 June free of charge

On June 26th 2020, MIWAEC (Myrtha International Webinars for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries) will hold a free webinar entitled “The New Vision of Sports Facilities – From a Swimming Pool to a Multipurpose Facility.”

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Modular balancing playsystem

FRISIA is a new PLAYPARC product range for children between 4 and 10 years where they can balance and play. Perfect for use in busy schoolyards or on public playgrounds. Or also at the adventure pool, such as in the “Maximare” in Hamm.

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ECHA recommends complete ban of microplastic infill on artificial turf

With respect to the use of microplastics as infill material on artificial turf pitches, ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) recommends a complete ban after a transition period of six years.

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Expert Talk: The future of artificial turf

Live Expert Talk on the future of artificial turf. Wednesday June 24th from 14.30-15.30 (GMT+2).

IAKS LAC organizes video conference on impact of Covid-19

How does the pandemic effect the use of sports and recreational facilities? On Friday 26 June at 1 p.m. EST the IAKS LAC is hosting a video conference bringing together professionals from the sports and recreation sector from more than twelve Latin American countries plus Spain.

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Hybrid training, the latest trend in ice sports

Hybrid training is training on combined natural and synthetic ice. This provides ice hockey players, and especially up-and-coming players, with additional resources for practising their sport. In future, it will no longer be natural ice "or" synthetic ice, but "and".

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Canadian approach to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Canadian approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has been developed at a national, provincial and municipal level. While the national government can develop policy the real successes and disappointments in Canada have happened provincially or regionally.

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Urban planning crucial for better public health in cities

A new sourcebook guides health and planning practitioners on putting health at the heart of urban and territorial planning. It has been launched by the World Health Organisation WHO and the UN-HABITAT division of the United Nations for a better urban future. Download free of charge.

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Renovation and expansion of Providence Park in Portland, Oregon

On the occasion of the renovation and major expansion of Providence Park, the clubs’ 93-year-old historic home of Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC, a privately-funded, 4,000-seat, three-level structure was realized.

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The first CO2-neutral football turf

The fibres of new LigaTurf Cross GT consist of up to 80% bio-based PE plastic. That, along with additional in-process measures, have made it the first CO2-neutral synthetic football turf in the world.

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Varkenoord ClubHouse in Rotterdam

Three sports clubs with different backgrounds and ‘club cultures’ are joining forces on the new Rotterdam sports campus: two soccer clubs (FC IJsselmonde and Overmaas) and Feyenoord Hockey Club are sharing a common facility. NL Architects are positioning the building between the two main soccer fields and the adjoining pitches.

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Streetmekka street sports and cultural centre in Viborg

Streetmekka is a new cultural destination offering a wide variety of facilities for self-organized sports like parkour, skate, bouldering, basketball, trial. Architecture firm Effekt has transformed an abandoned windmill factory into a vibrant hub for street sports and youth culture.

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Mobiliar Arena ball sports hall in Gümligen

The ‘Stiftung Jugendförderung Berner Handball’, a foundation encouraging youth handball, procured the funds, bears the risk and is also the operator of the hall with 1,500 seats, 500 standing places, three restaurants, four conference rooms and a fitness room.

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Japan Sports Agency provides guidelines for sport under COVID-19

COVID-19 has a high impact on the sports community in Japan. IAKS Executive Board member Yoshiko Osamura gives an insight on what is the current status as of 20 May for the use of sports and leisure facilities in her country.

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International Convention and Exhibition Center in Cloud Town, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

The convention center is designed as a “3D park” to return all the space occupied by the building to the city, and “inserts” various facilities like Lego toys to encourage citizens to congregate and meet each other.

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Evolution in top-performance shock pads

The upgraded ProPlay-Sport20 provides similar or even better technical performance, is equally robust and offers drainage capacity that matches that of the original ProPlay-Sport20. The new version consists of an 8mm foam layer, combined with 12mm foam flakes sourced from foams deemed redundant.

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