K2 Leisure Centre

K2 is a sports and leisure facility covering 57,194 m2 [1] in Pease Pottage Hill Crawley.[2]

K2 Leisure Centre
General information
Town or cityCrawley
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°5′50″N 0°11′29″W
Completed2005
Website
https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/k2-crawley/

Development

The building belongs to Crawley Borough Council and was completed in 2005 for £25.76m.[1] It replaced Crawley leisure centre (built in 1964) the same year, which was sold for £32m in order to fund K2 (Crawley also received £5m through land swaps with the county council).[3] John Thraves; Crawley Council member is quoted as saying "I am very pleased to tell rate-payers of Crawley that it has not cost them a penny" in an interview with the BBC.[3] In January 2018 it received upgrades to its gym equipment worth £300,000.[4]

Management

In November 2018 it was taken over by SLM[5] operating as Everyone Active, along with the gym, sports hall and café in the Bewbush Centre and the 3G pitch and pavilion in Broadfield.[6]

List of facilities

2018 Snooker Open

K2 hosted the English Open snooker tournament in October 2018.[10] On the first day of the open, current title holder, Ronnie O'Sullivan described the venue as "a bit of a hellhole", stating "all I can smell is urine."[11] World Snooker responded to these comments praising the centre in a statement that said that "K2 Crawley is an excellent venue with very good facilities."[12] World Champion Mark Williams concurred and is quoted as saying "We play in leisure centres all over the place and this is one of the better ones."[13] Mark Davis (a pro since 1991) reached his first ranked final in his career after beating O'Sullivan on the penultimate day of the tournament.[14] Stuart Bingham went on to win the final, breaking down in tears when he discovered he had won, he was unaware that winning more than half of the total frames would be enough to secure victory despite a 20 plus year snooker career including a world title.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Sport England" (PDF).
  2. "Extra parking spaces for K2 Leisure Centre approved". Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  3. "Olympic pool sports centre opens". 2005-11-14. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  4. "Residents join Crawley K2 in celebration of £300k upgrade". Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  5. Council, Crawley Borough. "New management for K2 Crawley". www.crawley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  6. Council, Crawley Borough. "New management for K2 Crawley". www.crawley.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  7. "K2 Crawley unveils their brand new, state-of-the-art gym and indoor cycling studio - Crawley News 24". www.crawleynews24.co.uk. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  8. "K2 has a new innovative indoor golf programme - Crawley News 24". www.crawleynews24.co.uk. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  9. "David Such Osteopathy K2 Leisure Centre Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 9BQ - Crawley Observer". findit.crawleyobserver.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  10. "Crawley to host Snooker's English Open - Crawley News 24". www.crawleynews24.co.uk. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  11. ""All I can smell is urine": O'Sullivan slams "hellhole" venue". The Argus. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  12. Dobson, Mark (2018-10-15). "Ronnie O'Sullivan hits out over 'urine' smell at English Open snooker venue". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  13. Ingle, Sean (2018-10-16). "Bemusement in Crawley over Ronnie O'Sullivan's 'hellhole' comments | Sean Ingle". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  14. "English Open: Mark Davis beats Ronnie O'Sullivan to reach first ranking final". BBC Sport. 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  15. "Snooker news - Stuart Bingham beats Mark Davis in nailbiting English Open final". Eurosport. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-22.


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