Manchester Rugby Union Football Club has secured £50,000.00 of Olympic legacy funding from Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund. Local MP Mark Hunter attended a special event to present the five figure cheque to Manchester Rugby Club President, Ewan McCray.

The funding will enable the installation of new floodlighting at the ground. The floodlighting will allow the club to extend the area that is used for training purposes, enabling more teams to train in the evenings and use the current training area less intensively.

Sport England's Chair, Richard Lewis, said:

"This investment will create a fantastic sporting legacy for Manchester.

"This fund has really hit the mark with sports clubs. It shows we're offering the legacy that people want for their local community. For hundreds of clubs and tens of thousands of people, 2012 will be the year their local sports facilities got better."

Commenting, Mark said:

"I am delighted that Manchester Rugby Club has received this investment. It is great to see this type of funding coming into grass roots community sport - enabling sports clubs to sustain and encourage new participants.

It is a fitting way to support and celebrate the London 2012 Games by providing better local facilities for people to use and enjoy for the foreseeable future."