Air dome back in use

(Date of issue: Thursday, 29 January 2009)

Bitts Park’s tennis air dome is back in operation.

The sports facility was damaged following high winds earlier this month. Covair, the contractor who supplied the air dome, visited the site yesterday (Wednesday, 28 January) and has re-instated it.

The air dome opened for business in November last year but has been out of operation since Sunday, 11 January.

Carlisle City Council spokesperson said:

"Our contractors, Covair, have re-installed the air dome and the courts are now up and running again. The high winds earlier this month resulted in it being out of use for a few weeks and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused."

The tennis air dome was put in place to allow indoor tennis to be staged over the winter months and erected covers two of four new floodlit hardcourts.

The £280,000 Carlisle City Council project was made possible after £125,000 funding from the Lawn Tennis Association and other partner funding agreements was secured.

The LTA tennis development programme will now continue as normal. Anyone wishing to make a private booking should contact 01228 625545.

The courts are managed by Carlisle Leisure Limited on Carlisle City Council’s behalf.