It is with huge regret, The Arena Sports Centre has been forced to close the swimming pool for the foreseeable future. With the ever increasing cost of utilities and recovering from Covid 19 the Sports Centre is no longer in a position to continue the running of the pool. The Centre has invested over 100K in the last 2 years and we are still requiring repairs to the pool and building. United Learning are not in a position to re-invest financially to maintain the running of the pool.

The Arena Sports Centre team have worked tirelessly to explore all avenues, I am excited to update the public on the opportunity of some interested external parties to purchase the license and lease agreement to run the Swimming Pool. Negotiations and legal requirements are being investigated. We aim to have an update before the end of the academic year, with the aim to be up and running in September. The potential external parties are in a position to heavily invest in the Swimming Pool to get it to a positive sustainable place.

We are hopeful that with our potential collaborative working with them, it will bring the long term success to the pool and aid the Bognor Regis community swimming provision for years to come.

We understand the impact on our members, swimmers, hirers and local schools and hope to help make the transition in September as smooth as possible. The pool has been a huge part of The Arena’s past and we look forward to it being part of our future too, alongside an external partner.

After a successful Easter camp we can confirm there will be a summer camp week commencing 1^st August Monday-Thursday. We are wating from the council regarding a second week at the end of the summer holidays. More information regarding both weeks to follow shortly.

The Arena will be hosting a swim teacher course in the Easter holidays. For more information contact Lucy: Lucy.Lee-Jones@theregisschool.co.uk

The Felpham and Bognor annual March Saturday tournament welcomed over 200 participants for the football and netball competition. A league and B league for both sports. The competitive round robin led to Southway primary school winning A and B football. Nyewood won the Netball B team and South Bersted won A league.

Personal training now available at the Arena with our instructors. £27.50 per session. First session half price or £96.25 for four sessions. For more information email: gym@arenasportscentre.com

Our GSD games are up and running again! These take place in our sports hall and are a great event for anyone to come and watch!

Tickets can be purchased through GSD, find the fixtures here: https://www.gsdbasketball.com/gsdba-league/

We are in the process of switching to a brand new software for our swimming lessons. This means you can track your child’s progress through our system which our swimming teachers will be updating on a regular basis. You will be given a login to be able to check at any time. Stay tuned!

The centre hosted an Indian wedding for 300 people. The sportshall was given the full transformation to be a glorious venue, to host the celebration. The amazing smell drifted throughout the centre making gym members very hungry. We will be welcoming back many of the family members with a relative using our facility for their wedding in June.

From 18th-22nd December 2021 we held our Kids Activity Camp here at the Arena Sports Centre. It was a complete success, and the children took part in activities such as Golf, Basketball, Athletics and Rock Climbing. Our camps are a great opportunity for your children to make new friends and try new sports and activities. Stay tuned for future camps!

We have a brand new all-weather multi use games area surface. Installed just before Christmas. The carpet based surface caters for: Netball, tennis, hockey and football. The bright blue surface has been greatly received. Contact reception for hire enquires.