FA Wales – Official opening for new National Football Development Centre in Wrexham

OFFICIAL CEREMONY OPENS COLLIERS PARK

The official opening ceremony for Colliers Park, the new National Football Development Centre in Wrexham, North Wales, took place on Sunday 22^nd of September.

Dignitariesfrom the Football Association of Wales (FAW), including FAW CEO Jonathan Ford, Cymru Coach Rob Page and FAW President Kieran O’Connor,were joined by principal project partners and supporters from UEFA, Welsh Government, Wrexham County Borough Council and Wrexham Glyndwr University, to celebrate the opening of the national facility.

Prior to the opening ceremony, members of the FAW joined the ‘North Wales Miner’s Association Trust & Friends of Gresford Colliery Disaster Memorial’ at the memorial service held at ‘Miner’s Wheel Memorial’ in Pandy, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and were affected by the tragedy which happened on the morning of Saturday, 22nd September 1934.

Based on the site of Gresford Colliery, the high-class training facilities at Colliers Park include; two grass pitches, a 3G pitch, in addition to activation areas, learning suites and changing facilities.

The facilities at Colliers Park have recently been tested by the Wales National Senior Men’s & U21 squads ahead of their UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifiers and UEFA Euro 2021 qualifiers respectively, in addition to hosting a UEFA U15 Development Tournament and the 2019 Cymru Cup.

The National Football Development Centre will benefit Welsh football both nationally and locally, offering improved development, recruitment and participation opportunities for talented young boys and girls and the wider football workforce in North Wales.

Football Association of Wales CEO, Jonathan Ford said, “The FAW was founded in Wrexham in 1876 and it is fantastic to see the new National Football development centre based in an area of Wales with an important and rich football history and to celebrate this with our project partners here today.

“We look forward to Colliers Park complementing the work at Dragon Park to help raise the standards of Welsh football and strengthen our player pathway, coaching, workforce and development opportunities”.

PARC Y GLOWYR YN AGOR YN SWYDDOGOL

Cafodd y GanolfanDatblyguPêl-droedGenedlaetholnewyddynWrecsam, Parc y Glowyr, eiagorynswyddogolddydd Sul 22ain o Fedi.

RoeddPrifWeithredwrCymdeithasBêl-droed Cymru (CBDC) Jonathan Ford, hyfforddwr Cymru Robert Pagea’rLlywydd Kieran O’Connor ynbresennol, ynogystal â phrifbartneriaid y prosiect a chefnogwyr o UEFA, Llywodraeth Cymru, CyngorBwrdeistrefSirolWrecsam a PhrifysgolGlyndŵrWrecsamiddathluagoriad y ganolfannewydd.

Cyn y seremoniagoriadol, ymunoddaelodau o CBDC â ‘ChymdeithasYmddiriedolaethGlowyrGogledd Cymru a ChofebTrychinebPwll Glo Gresffordd’ mewngwasanaethcoffa ger Cofeb Olwyn y GlowyrymMhandyidaluteyrngedi’rrheiny a golloddeubywydauyn y drychinebar fore Sadwrn, 22ain o Fedi 1934.

Wedi’ileoliarsaflePwll Glo Gresffordd, mae’rcyfleusterauhyfforddio’rraddflaenafymMharc y Glowyryncynnwys; daugaegwair, cae 3G, mannauhyfforddi, ystafelloedddysgu ac ystafelloeddnewid.

Mae’rcyfleusterauymMharc y Glowyreisoeswedicaeleudefnyddiogangarfan Ryan Giggsa’rtîm dan 21 cyneugemaurhagbrofolEwro 2020 UEFA ac Ewro Dan 21 2021 UEFA. Mae sawltwrnamaintwedicaeleigynnalynohefyd, gangynnwysTwrnamaintDatblygu Dan 15 UEFA a Chwpan Cymru.

Bydd y GanolfanDatblyguPêl-droedGenedlaethol o fuddibêl-droed Cymru arlefellleola’ngenedlaethol, ganroicyfleoedddatblygu, recriwtio a chyfranogiadehangachifechgyn a merchedifancynogystalâ’rgweithlupêl-droedyngNgogledd Cymru.

DywedoddBrifWeithredwr CBDC, Jonathan Ford, “Cafodd CBDC eisefydluynWrecsamyn 1876 ac mae’nwychgweld y ganolfandatblyguPêl-droedGenedlaetholyncaeleileolimewnardalsyddmorarwyddocaolynhanespêl-droed Cymru ac mae’nbrafdathluhyngydageinpartneriaidprosiectymaheddiw.

“Ry’nni’nedrychymlaeniBarc y Glowyrgyd-fyndâ’rgwaithymMharc y Ddraigigodisafonpêl-droed Cymru a chryfhaueinllwybrichwaraewyr, hyfforddwyr, gweithlu ac eincyfleoedddatblygu.”