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Plans to close Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre have sparked a furious backlash by district residents. As first revealed on www.the-resident. co.uk on Tuesday, a council-commissioned report recommends that the centre be demolished after the contract with DC Leisure runs out at the end of November next year. The report was this week backed by Cllr Jonathan Chowen, district council Cabinet member for leisure, who said the centre
faced a repair bill of up to £1.5 million and other leisure facilities were available in the area. A large part of the site is owned by Horsham District Council and West Sussex County Council, but district council chief executive Tom Crowley said it was too early to say what it might be used for or whether Tesco was interested in developing it. Closure of the 25-year-old leisure centre is likely to be approved by the Conservative-dominated district council at meetings on Thursday next week and on December 21. But the expected decision leaves an uncertain future for sports clubs including
Broadbridge Heath Football Club, Horsham Blue Star (athletics), Horsham Joggers, Horsham Hockey Club, Horsham Arun Badminton Club and Sussex Thunder (American football). British Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls train at the centre, which the Grenada Olympic Association will use as a training camp for two or three weeks before the London 2012 Olympics. Users of the centre’s other facilities, including Kinetika Gym, are also less than impressed by Cllr Chowen’s assertion that leisure facilities in the district and just outside – at the K2, Crawley – have improved since the centre opened. Continued on Page 4
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