Five Doncaster swimming pools, an ice rink and a bowling alley will re-open on Saturday

The Lagoons at The Dome and the pools at Adwick Leisure Complex, Armthorpe Leisure Centre, Dearne Valley Leisure Centre and Thorne Leisure Centre will re-open, following the latest Government advice.

In addition, KingPin Bowling Alley at Adwick Leisure Complex and The Ice Caps at The Dome, will also re-open from this Saturday (August 1).

Michael Hart, chief executive of Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust, who manage the venues said: “We have been slowly opening our different facilities within our venues and were extremely pleased to welcome members back to four of our gyms last week.

“We are now working to the safe reopening of five of our pools, our ice rink and bowling alley.

“With social distancing measures a necessity and to keep our staff and customers safe the reopening of our venues is being done in stages.

“The pools at Adwick Leisure Complex, Armthorpe Leisure Centre, Dearne Valley Leisure Centre, Doncaster Dome and Thorne Leisure Centre will be the first to reopen and we ask that customers planning to visit come ‘swim ready’ to reduce time spent in the changing rooms.

“Visiting the pools and enjoying bowling or ice staking will be a very different experience to what our customers are used to in this phase of reopening.

“We’ve put in place a number of measures to make sure that people feel safe and comfortable in visiting our venues.

“We know how much our customers have missed visiting our venues and we’ve missed having them with us. We are really looking forward to welcoming them back and, while we know that things will be different for the next few months, we are hoping that they’ll work with us to ensure that our facilities remain open and that more of our venues can begin to see customers once more.”

All visitors have to pre-book and capacity is reduced. Extra cleaning and hygience measures will be in place.

Visitors are asked to follow Government guidance on hand washing and social distancing. Anyone with a temperature, persistent cough, or loss of smell or taste should stay away.

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