The latest stage in a £14 million redevelopment of St Andrews University’s sports facilities has been launched.
The £5.55m works will see a new and extended sports centre created at the existing St Leonard’s Road site.
It will include a new, eight-court sports hall, in addition to a major refurbishment and extension of the current building.
A new reception area and six new changing rooms will also be created, while the access road to the centre is widened and a new, temporary car park is built to the rear. The new sports hall will also be able to accommodate removable seating for 400 people.
Following completion in December, the next phase will involve refurbishing the current sports centre.
The present facilities will be converted into a new, 130-station fitness suite and space reallocated to create a new strength and conditioning suite.
The final phase will see a four-court indoor tennis centre constructed adjacent to the sports centre.
Plans are under way to build a new boathouse off-site on the River Tay.
The sports centre was built in 1968 when the student body was fewer than 2,000, with the majority coming from the UK.
The sports in which they took part were limited, as was student involvement, and the facilities did not service the community.
Today, the student population exceeds 8,200 and the university enjoys one of the highest participation rates of any university in the UK.