- Linford Christie Stadium
The Linford Christie Stadium is an athletics stadium in West
London ,England . It is used by one of theUnited Kingdom 's leading athletics clubs, theThames Valley Harriers . It is also used by one of the United Kingdom's leading hockey teamsPHC Chiswick as well asLondon Nigerian RFC .The venue first opened as the West London Stadium in 1967. It initially had a cinder track, which was upgraded to synthetic in 1973. Since 1993 it has been named after one of the club's most famous athletes, Olympic
100 metres gold medallistLinford Christie . There is a covered indoor straight. The venue was redeveloped between 2004 and 2006, when additional facilities for sports including football, rugby and hockey were installed. The work was funded byLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham , theFootball Foundation ,Chelsea Football Club andBarclays Bank . Chelsea playersJohn Terry andShaun Wright-Phillips attended the reopening.External links
* [http://www.phcchiswick.com PHC Chiswick official website]
* [http://www.londonnigerian.com/index.php London Nigerian RFC]
* [http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=london-wl UK Running Track Directory page]
* [http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=145446&src=0 News report on the 2006 reopening]
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