Based at Coleg Menai’s campus in Llangefni, the new Canolfan Chwaraeon project is backed with £8m of funding from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme.

The centre, built by Read Construction on time and to budget, includes a new sports hall, large gym and studio, changing facilities, seven classrooms, laboratories and staff rooms.

Designed and built with sustainability in mind, Canolfan Chwaraeon has been formally certified BREEAM Excellent ranking it among the top 10 per cent of buildings in the UK for environmental performance.

It features a number of sustainable elements, including photovoltaic panels on the building and remote areas, providing an impressive 343kWp. As a result, the new centre is the very first net zero carbon building to be constructed by the Grŵp - meeting the latest Welsh Government sustainability guidelines and requirements.

The new facility is home to the latest technology and equipment for monitoring sporting performance and excellence, including Wattbikes, Seca machines to provide medical grade full body composition analysis, and a specialist treadmill featuring a douglas bag gas analysis system to assess Vo2max.