K2 Leisure Centre

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

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/

List of facilities

2018 Snooker Open

K2 was host to the English snooker Open 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.[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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