Upgrade plan for sports facility named after pupil

Kyle Asquith, 15, died in 2013 from a brain haemorrhage

A school in Leeds hopes to extend the offering of sports facilities opened in memory of a former pupil.

Cockburn School, on Gipsy Lane, Beeston, aims to install floodlights to improve access to an all-weather facility named after Kyle Asquith.

Kyle died in 2013 aged 15 from a brain haemorrhage, with his donated organs helping to save the lives of five people.

The sports facility opened in April, with the secondary school seeking planning permission from Leeds City Council for lights to illuminate tennis courts and a 3G pitch.

The sporting facility at Cockburn School in Beeston is named after the former pupil

A design report said: “The facility, once floodlit, will extend the sporting provision for school and community use already in place on the main school site."

Floodlights were not included in the original plans for the pitches, but underground space was left for electrical cables, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

The report continued: “This infers that the facility was developed and intended to accommodate floodlighting to allow it to be used to its full capacity.”

The Kyle Asquith Foundation, established in the teenager's memory, has raised thousands of pounds for the NHS Blood and Transplant Charity Fund.

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