K2 Leisure Centre

Leisure centre in Crawley, England

K2 Leisure Centre

K2 is named after the second highest mountain in the world

General information
Town or city| Crawley
Country| United Kingdom
Coordinates| 51°5′50″N 0°11′29″W﻿ / ﻿51.09722°N 0.19139°W﻿ / 51.09722; -0.19139
Completed| 2005
Website
https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/k2-crawley/

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

## Development

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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

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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

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* Olympic size swimming pool
* Kid's Pool
* Gym[7]
* Climbing wall[7]
* Creche
* Sauna & Steam Room
* Indoor golf[8]
* Sports shop
* Cafe
* Squash courts
* 8-Lane Running Track[1]
* Athletic Equipment
* Hairdressers
* Racket Sports Facility
* Osteopath Clinic[9]
* Bowls court
* Trampolines

## 2018 Snooker Open

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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 reached his first career ranking final after beating O'Sullivan in the semi-final.[14] Stuart Bingham went on to win the final, breaking down in tears following his victory, his first triumph since his return from a 6-month ban for betting on matches.[15]

## See also

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* West Sussex
* Thomas Bennett Community College
* Health Club
* New Towns Act 1946

## References

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

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