CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence

{{short description|Welsh sports facility}}

{{Infobox venue

|stadium_name = Centre for Sporting Excellence

|image = CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence Main Building front entrance.jpg

|image_size = 240px

|caption = Main Building front entrance

|location = Caerphilly Road, Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly CF82 7EP, Wales

|opened = 21 May 2014

|owner = Caerphilly County Borough Council

|builder = Heron Bros Ltd

|seating_capacity = 1000 (500 x 2 grandstands)

|tenants = Cardiff City Ladies

}}

The CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence (Welsh: Canolfan Rhagoriaeth Chwaraeon Brwrdeistaf Sirol Caerffili) was opened in May 2014. The CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, Wales, is a sports facility located in and run by Caerphilly County Borough Council, South Wales. The Centre's facilities include a FIFA 2 star 3G Football Pitch, an IRB 22 ratified 3G Rugby Pitch, 2 conference rooms, a strength and conditioning room, medical & first aid rooms, a community room, 2 grandstands; 1 on each pitch and 2 balconies overlooking both pitches for performance analysis purposes.{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11159417.Centre_for_sport_excellence_named/|title=Centre for sport excellence named|work=South Wales Argus}} File:CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence Night 2.jpg File:Centre for Sporting Excellence reception area.jpg

Both grandstands have seating for 500 spectators. The office space on the 1st floor hosts the Newport Gwent Dragons coaching & management staff and some regional Welsh Rugby Union staff are also based at the centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/944633/centre-for-sporting-excellence-opens-in-ystrad-mynach/|title=Centre for Sporting Excellence opens in Ystrad Mynach|work=Caerphilly Observer}}

The Newport Gwent Dragons use the facility as a training base, along with local educational establishment Coleg y Cymoedd.{{cite web|url=http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/News/Article/34490|title=News Article - Newport Gwent Dragons|publisher=|access-date=2014-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108095406/http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/News/Article/34490|archive-date=2014-11-08|url-status=dead}}

The Centre was opened with the help and support of the Welsh Rugby Union, Welsh Football Trust, Sport Wales & Welsh Government funding. The principal contractor who built the site was Heron Bros Ltd of Northern Ireland.

{{cite web|url=http://www.theesto.com/member-news-menu-link/centre-for-sporting-excellence|title=ESTO - Centre for Sporting Excellence|publisher=}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.heronbros.com/sport-stars-give-seal-of-approval-to-centre-for-sporting-excellence/|title=Sport Stars Give Seal of Approval to Centre for Sporting Excellence|publisher=}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11159417.Centre_for_sport_excellence_named/|title=Centre for sport excellence named|work=South Wales Argus}}