The opening of a new £1.75m indoor 3G pitch at Inverclyde Sports Centre in Largs, Scotland, is set to transform community sport in the area.

Designed and built by Collinson, the 60x40m hall’s playing surface meets IRB and FIFA standards and can be configured as a single seven-a-side pitch or two five-a-side pitches using a retractable dividing curtain. Facilities include a spectator area and changing rooms.

John Kent, sportscotland’s principal of the National Sports Training Centre at Inverclyde, said: “It has always been a vision of Inverclyde to have this indoor facility, and this development will now enhance opportunities for sports people from all over Scotland, as well as the local community, to come and enjoy sport in an indoor environment.”

Called Weir 3G Indoor Hall, the facility has been named in recognition of local Euromillions-winning couple Christine and Colin Weir, who donated £1.5m towards the building. The Weirs won a total of £161m in 2011.