Loughborough University Cricket Pavilion opening in honour of Graham Dilley

In tribute to the late Graham Dilley, the newly built Cricket Pavilion was named on Friday 13th April in his honour after 11 years of dedication to the University, by Andy Borrie, Deputy Director of Sport.

The new single storey pavilion, designed by Watson Batty Architects alongside Graham and his ECB colleagues, and built by Baggaley Construction, includes team/officials changing rooms and scorer’s room overlooking the Brockington cricket pitch.  Completed towards the end of the 2011 summer the naming ceremony preceded a three day first class fixture between Loughborough MCCU and Leicestershire CCC on the first XI Haslegrave / ECB National Performance Centre cricket pitch.

The refurbished and extended two storey Haslegrave Pavilion and Cricket Analysis Suite for the University and ECB, designed by Watson Batty Architects, also completed last summer, was a new addition to the University ground for the drawn fixture with Leicestershire ahead of the forthcoming season.  

Blyth Morrisons on target to open early 2013

With the enabling works well underway with the main contractor, McLaren Construction, it signals an important milestone in the regeneration of Blyth town centre, securing delivery of this long awaited development.

The new store will be considerably larger than the existing store and will incorporate Morrisons full range of goods and services. It will bring to Blyth the latest Morrisons interior layout, one of the first to be rolled out in the North East. This exciting new concept includes all the food departments, facilities and product choice that make up Morrisons current fresh food offer, but displayed and presented in exciting new ways, which bring together the best innovations in fresh produce retail from the UK, and the latest ideas from the US and Canada.

Watson Batty Architects will be working closely with all involved in the construction phase to ensure a successful delivery of the store.