THE Quedam Shopping Centre, Yeovil is one of the most successful shopping centres in the South West.

The Centre is open in design and has more than 40 shops, with the main retailers being names like M&S, Bhs, Monsoon, Iceland HMV, New Look, Boots and from late July 2011 – Republic.

Like Yeovil Town Ladies FC, the Quedam Centre makes a national impact above what it should if judged in terms of resources available to it and this is one of the main reasons why Centre shares such close ties with both the Ladies team and Yeovil Town Football Club generally. At the present time, as well as being the main sponsors of the Ladies team, the Centre also partners YTFC in a number of areas, including being the clubs official sponsor regarding the ‘Kick Racism Out’ and ‘Give Racism the Red Card’ campaigns.

The Quedam Centre is an integral part of the community of Yeovil

and aside from its alliance with Yeovil Town Football Club, it also backs, works with or part sponsors over a dozen local organisations,

including the Yeovil Vision, Yeovil Chamber of Trade, Yeovil Town Centre Partnership, Yeovil Jets Basketball team, Yeovil Olympiads, Yeovil Shopmobility, Ivel Barbarians RFC and the Quedam netball team.

One unusual fact about the Quedam is that on 30th June 2008 a 22 strong team from Tamburino Restaurant (led by owner Domenico Taravella), made 2,291 Pizzas in the Centre to set a new world record length of 476.7 m (1,563 ft 11 in) in the category of world’s longest line of Pizzas. That record still stands today (as of July 1st 2011).

To find out more about the Quedam, check out:

Their website - www.quedamshopping.co.uk

Twitter feed - twitter.com/QuedamCentre

Facebook page - facebook.com/pages/Quedam-Shopping-Centre/174206565966199