GYMNASTS have proposed the swimming pool building at Moss Farm become a centre of excellence for their sport.

Landowners Cheshire West and Chester Council are working with Cheshire Gymnastics on plans to convert the space at the outdoor sport complex once Memorial Court opens in Northwich town centre.

It would be the first of its kind in the region.

“This has been a dream of ours for more than a decade,” said Mark Hudson, who runs Cheshire Gymnastics with his wife Laura.

“We’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to come along and, while we’re at an early stage, we’re excited about the potential.

“It would be unique for the North West to have a venue where people of all ages and abilities can go to try gymnastics.”

He told the Guardian architects are studying the feasibility of the club’s vision.

They have been tasked too with working out how much it could cost to make it a reality.

The council has consistently said it has no money set aside to spend on an overhaul of Moss Farm, a position it confirmed again when asked on Friday.

In November, clubs currently based at Moss Farm said they wanted a mixed-use facility that complements what is already there.

They felt that would be the best way of persuading more people to play sport.

Cheshire Gymnastics, which has operated from Mid-Cheshire College in Hartford since the Hudsons set it up in July 2012, would lease the building from the authority if the plan is successful.

Mark said: “We’d put competition-standard equipment in there for all disciplines of gymnastics, including trampolining and free running.

“We want it to be a real hub, catering for those at the top end of the sport as well as others who’ve never tried it.

“To us, the base of the pyramid is equally important.”

The group, which runs sessions for members at venues in Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Middlewich, Nantwich and Sandbach, was the council club of the year in 2014 at their annual sports awards.