Tag: sports centre

Blantyre Leisure Centre Update

Blantyre’s swimming pool will re-open on Monday 2 May 2022 following the maintenance closure. Some people have been asking us if the Health Suite and children’s pool are re-opening? Well, we can confirm that the full Health Suite is re-opening on the same day as the main pool. Both the sauna and the steam room […]

Update Blantyre Leisure Centre

South Lanarkshire Council have provided an update for Blantyre Leisure Centre customers. “As you know sadly we had to close the gym at Blantyre this week due to our air handling unit not working. In the current climate we had to close to keep our customers safe in line with the safety ventilation guidelines. The […]

Rumours of Sports Centre Demolition

Over the last few weeks, we’re getting asked with increasing frequency if rumours are true that Blantyre Sports Centre is to be demolished. Well, we can offer some clarification to nip this in the bud. Whilst more than just rumour, this is an exploratory plan that’s not going to happen anytime soon. The suggestion was […]

Inadequate Facilities for Club

A local Tae Kwon Do club has been left feeling let down after the Blantyre Leisure Centre moved them to a smaller hall within the premises, a hall which was inadequate for their club. ‘Cho’s Blantyre Tae Kwon Do’ have been hiring the large games hall in the Sports Centre for some time but have […]

Theft from A child

We were sorry to read about a disgusting theft from a little boy today at Blantyre Sports Centre. Five year old Nicholas McCartney had been out with his Auntie today, Monday 29 July 2019 and he spent some of his birthday money buying 2 toy cars. As his birthday treats continued, they next went swimming […]

Flocking to Blantyre

Here’s a strange story. Just look at these clever birds. A reader has shared this information after keenly observing some strange behaviour by pigeons in Low Blantyre. The birds are flying down to the Sports Centre Roof just off Glasgow Road and are actually WAITING for the 4pm bus to arrive at the nearby bus […]

Fab Blantyre Fun Day!

What a brilliant afternoon was had today by many families who came along to the Coalfields Regeneration Trust’s Blantyre Family Fun Day! Over 700 people attended the fun day out at the Sports Centre, today Sunday 10 February 2019, the day being hailed marvellous success! Coalfields have an incredible £20,000 funding for Blantyre and several […]