New leisure centre achieves BREEAM Excellent

Winchester Council has opened a new multi-functional sport and leisure centre to cater to
activity needs of the local population. Designed as a highly sustainable building, Winchester
Sport and Leisure Park is one the UK’s greenest leisure centres, achieving a BREEAM rating
of excellent.
The new sport and leisure park by LA Architects provides state-of-the-art facilities for the
community, including a 50m eight-lane swimming pool, a 20x10m teaching pool, a large
fitness suite, two exercise studios, a spin studio, an eight-court multi-use sports hall, four
squash courts, a café, and a climbing area. The large sports hall and squash courts have
been fitted with Junckers solid wood sports flooring systems, offering a safe, high
performing, and long-lasting floor which fully complies with EN 14904 class A4.
Junckers’ approved flooring contractor Courtcraft Ltd installed Junckers 22x129mm solid
Maple flooring in the sports hall over the New Era UnoBAT undercarriage system; as well as
SylvaSquash Beech Champion in the four squash courts. A product with a long-standing
history of caring for the environment, Junckers’ floors hold independently verified
PEFC M
sustainability accreditations to verify its environmental credentials, including EPDs, FSC®,
, the Danish Indoor Climate Label, and an A+ BREEAM rating.
Junckers’ sports floors are made in solid hardwood, one of the most durable surfaces
available and virtually unbeatable in terms of life cycle costs. The floor has a very long
lifespan and can be sanded and re-finished eight to ten times during its life. With 12-year
intervals between sandings, a typical lifespan of 60 years will comfortably be exceeded. And,
at the end of its long life, a Junckers floor can often be re-used or re-purposed or it will
degrade naturally without adding to landfill sites. All Junckers sports floors meet the design
guidance provided by Sport England and SportScotland.