Water is not a popular word in Rye at the moment: some have none, others have supplies they don’t need but one venue which hasn’t been affected by lack of water is Rye Sports Centre. After months of campaigning and with a huge amount of hard work by a small army of individuals and groups your pool is now open!
I visited the sports centre today and in conversation with one of the duty managers he said that he was delighted with the feedback from visitors arriving at the pool yesterday. However, many people are not aware that it’s back open so please, tell your friends, family, neighbours, schools or anyone who wants to swim in this fabulous venue. Launch something on social media, tell the world – after all we don’t want a use it or lose it scenario so its future depends on all of us.
The image below confirms the pool opening times for October, and no doubt there will be adjustments as numbers increase but having the pool open, even with restricted opening times, is a mammoth achievement by all concerned.
There’s plenty of water at Rye Sports Centre and a warm welcome for you when you arrive.
Image Credits: Nick Forman .
Hooray! Many thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Here is Dr Michael Mosely’s very accessible 15 minute broadcast explaining the extraordinary health benefits of swimming –
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qtbl
went to check out the facility on Thursday – no one in the pool . One staff member visible .I agree if its not used it will be lost again .
7:30am opening means it’s much easier to get some exercise in before work, Thursday morning at 7:45am there were already about 12 people in the pool and plenty more around in the centre. The sauna is also open which is fantastic especially as the weather gets colder. Let’s keep it up!!
Great news! Well done and a big thank you to everyone who achieved this.
It’s such great news and when I heard I went on Tuesday night to sign up my membership again and was greeted by a nice member of staff and the the facility all looks so fresh too!! Although at the moment opening at 730 am with work is pretty tight to get to Battle for 845 am BUT I have made it work and hopefully as time goes on there is a chance it might open a bit earlier- even 7 am would be good!! I have been twice this week and there were good numbers so we MUST spread the word to keep this invaluable facility open! Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard behind the scenes to get this far! What a great start to the day it is!
Emailed as soon as the news broke about re-opening, regarding children’s lessons here and still haven’t heard back ♀️
Wonderful to see the pool full of life last night…