On Sunday 11 January, Queen’s Park Sports Centre will be hosting an open day and is encouraging people to come along and join them in celebrating 10 years of the sports centre.
The open day will include a range of activities for all of the family from fitness classes to swimming lessons and vouchers will be hidden for customers to find, there’s loads to get involved in.
All of the individual sessions will be bookable in advance via reception in person, or by calling 01246 345 555. Fitness classes, racket sports and netball are available to book online
Councillor Amanda Serjeant, deputy leader of Chesterfield Borough Council, said: “It's a genuine pleasure to be part of celebrating this ten-year milestone of Queens Park Sports Centre serving our communities. The vision we had for an inclusive space, providing activities to get people moving and bringing them together has been more than realised. “I encourage anyone, especially those who may not previously have taken part in exercise to come along to the open day and take advantage of the activities on offer on the 11 January.”
The old Queen's Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield closed at the end of December 2015, making way for the new, modern facility that opened in January 2016 on the adjacent annexe site; the old building was later demolished in early 2017.
We have taken a look in our archives at the former sports centre, the new venue as well as some great photographs of Queen’s Park.
5. Chesterfest' music event
Chesterfest' music event in Queen's Park. Gail Hannan & Abi Grocutt of 'Funky Monkey & Friends', 2015. Photo: Barrie Codling
6. Park Rangers
Chesterfield's Queens Park Rangers Geoff Cartwright, Dan Crews and Rod Henman carried out work on the Parks lake and inspect the Canadian geese in 2006 Photo: Barry Richardson
7. Tai Chi
Tai Chi winners at Queens Park in 2006 l to r Hannah Cantrell 8yrs. Aleisha Wright 10yrs. William redish 7yrs. Buddha Maitreya, Tarin Beach 10yrs. Photo: Terry Walden
8. Budding designers
Budding garden designers from Netherthorpe school scooped 1st and 2nd prizes for the design of beds outside the Queen's park leisure centre for Chesterfield in Bloom. Bl-r: 2nd prize winners Luke Hawkins, Kelly Blandford, Alex Hyndman and Cassie Robson, fl-r: 1st prize winners Charlotte Holmes and Yasmin Richardson (absent from 1st team Rebecca Taylor and Ashleigh Glossop). Photo: Marisa Cashill