{"id":48754,"date":"2023-03-17T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-professor-appointed-to-key-national-position-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:28:14","slug":"spu-launches-multipurpose-sporting-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-launches-multipurpose-sporting-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU Launches Multipurpose Sporting Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a> (SPU) Sport Precinct, a first of its kind in the Northern Cape, will be officially opened by SPU\u2019s Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Andrew Crouch on 24 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SPU officials and stakeholders will be joined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlcsa.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Lotteries Commission<\/a>, who partly funded the Sport Precinct project that started in 2016. Conveniently situated in the heart of Kimberley, the SPU Sport precinct is a mixed use facility that has sport offices, student residences, a conference facility, and&nbsp; world class sporting facilities for soccer, netball, hockey, tennis, basketball, rugby, cricket and volleyball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a premier attraction to the city, the SPU Sport Precinct will deliver an exceptional visitor experience to both supporters and attendees. A proud member of the Northern Cape community, SPU has made the precinct available for hire to the public for recreational purposes, as well as affiliated sports and recreation clubs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sol Plaatje University prides itself on providing excellence and establishing strong long-term relationships with our stakeholders. We encourage the public to use and access our spaces, and to join SPU as a trusted partner for events and sports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You\u2019re invited!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do join us at the opening ceremony on our live YouTube stream (link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/aogQjzK35Pw?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/aogQjzK35Pw?feature=share<\/a>) at 16:00 on 24 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to you joining us online!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sol Plaatje University (SPU) Sport Precinct, a first of its kind in the Northern Cape, will be officially opened by SPU\u2019s Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Andrew Crouch on 24 March 2023. SPU officials and stakeholders will be joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-launches-multipurpose-sporting-facility\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":48756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,67],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[241],"class_list":["post-48754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48954,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48754\/revisions\/48954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48754"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=48754"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=48754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}