WAIS athletes Kim Mickle, Katherine Downie and Simon Bonetti joined the Minister for Sport and Recreation Terry Waldron yesterday for an inspection inside the new WAIS High Performance Service Centre currently under construction in Mount Claremont.
Construction of the centre is gathering pace, with the roof, external walls and ground and internal works nearing completion.
“Just a few months ago, we were here watching the slab being poured,” Mr Waldron said.
“Since then it’s very exciting to see the building taking shape right before our eyes – the vision for a world-class training facility for Western Australia’s emerging and elite athletes is close to becoming a reality.”
Inspecting the facility with the Minister, WA athletes Kim Mickle (javelin), Katherine Downie (swimming) and Simon Bonetti (hockey) said they couldn’t wait to move in, as they set their minds towards Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The high performance centre, being delivered by the Department of Sport and Recreation, will be owned by VenuesWest on behalf of the State Government.
It features training facilities unrivalled in Australia and the latest technology in sports science and recovery including state-of-the-art testing facilities, hydrotherapy and recovery pools, physiological laboratories and an indoor running track.
The pools are currently being tiled and work continues on the office area. In late November, the surface for the indoor running track will be laid.
It is anticipated that the project will be completed in early 2015, with a staged handover to enable training areas to be used in late 2014.
