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Fear Academy students, parents, and fans take great pride in knowing their
teams are playing on some of the nicest facilities in Wilmington and in
the state of North Carolina.
The New CFA Athletic Complex: Home to Cape Fear Academy’s
field hockey, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, boys’ lacrosse, and girls’
lacrosse teams. The complex has two fields located across South College
Road from the main Cape Fear Academy campus. Both fields are equipped
with state-of-the art Electro Mech scoreboards sponsored by Wilmington
Orthopaedic Group. The complex features a coaches tower located between
both fields that allows access for filming, announcing, and storage for
all teams. The coaches tower also has a state-of-the-art sound system
installed by Finklestein’s of Wilmington. The playing surface of the
West field closet to South College Road is a synthetic turf field made
by Sportexe and constructed by Sports Construction Management. The playing
surface of the East field at the new complex is Celebration Bermuda grass
designed by McBride’s Lawn Service.
Pictures of Both Fields (coming soon)
Pictures of coaches tower (coming soon)
Picture of scoreboards (coming soon)
The field house located at the new complex was constructed by Thomas
Construction and completed in October 2009. The field house contains
four locker rooms, concessions area, public restrooms, coaches offices,
and a central meeting room which overlooks the entire complex.
Pictures of field house (coming soon)
Picture of meeting room (coming soon)
Picture of concessions (coming soon)
Picture of locker rooms (coming soon)
Bruce B. Cameron Gymnasium – Home to Cape Fear Academy’s boys’
basketball, girls’ basketball, volleyball, and cheerleading teams. The
facility was built and dedicated in 1972 and has a capacity of 675 for
home games. The playing surface is a maple floor with new floor graphics
added in 2006. The gymnasium has retractable bleachers, a new sound system,
two Electro Mech scoreboards, and three locker rooms.
Picture of Bruce B. Cameron Gymnasium (coming soon)
The Bellamy Fitness Area: The Bellamy Fitness Area opened
September 2000 in the Beane Wright Student Center. The fitness area is
filled with exercise and weight equipment. It has a large flat-screen
TV and sound system for individual and school team workouts.
Picture of the weight room (coming soon)
The Bellamy Tennis Center: Home to the boys’ and girls’ tennis
teams. The Hurricanes compete and practice on six hard tennis courts
built in 2006. It is located on the southwest corner of the campus providing
ample parking and easy access for players and fans alike. CFA has hosted
four NCISAA state champions on these courts and surrounding facilities
in Wilmington.
Picture of the Bellamy Tennis Center (coming soon)
The Cape Fear Country Club: Home to the Hurricanes’ golf team. CFA is
privileged to call the Cape Fear Country Club its home course. The
course is less than 10 minutes from CFA's campus. The 18-hole "Cape
Fear" course at The Cape Fear Country Club facility in Wilmington, North Carolina
features 6,856 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72.
The course rating is 72.4 and it has a slope rating of 134. It was
designed by Donald J. Ross, ASGCA/(R)Kris Spence. Cape Fear Academy
thanks all of the membership of Cape Fear Country Club for their generous
support of the Hurricanes' golf program.
Hugh MacRae Park: Home to Cape Fear Academy’s boys’ cross
country and girls’ cross country teams. The all-grass course accommodates
cross country loops in this fantastic spectator course. Hugh MacRae Park
is arguably the most intriguing and popular park in all of Wilmington.
The YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear: Home to the Hurricanes boys’
and girls’ swim teams. The facility is located on College Road only 5
minutes from campus and features an inflatable bubble to cover a 6-lane,
25-meter pool.
CFA New Facilities - 2010-2011 Construction
In the summer of 2010, CFA will begin construction of a new gymnasium
and transformation of the current gymnasium into a performing arts
center. The new gymnasium will feature a competition gym floor that
will be 94-ft long main court with two crossing 84-ft long courts.
The seating for the new gym will be . The facility will include a walking
track on the second floor around the main court, 6 classrooms, 4 storage
areas, 6 locker rooms, training room, concessions area, development
offices, athletic offices, and a new fitness/weight room.
In the building process, CFA will lose one of their two athletic fields
on campus. The current main field will be redone and shifted. The new
field will be reseeded with Bermuda grass over the summer and fall
and will be playable by the spring of 2011 for Middle School sports
teams.
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