Mountbatten Centre

The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979, and was extended with a pool under a waveform roof in 2009.^[1] The "Mountbatten Centre" is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth. The original design was by Ken Norrish the then city architect.^[2] The extension was designed by Saunders Architects.^[2]

Facilities

8 lane 50 m pool^[3]
12.5 m teaching pool
150 station fitness gym
5-a-side pitches
Eight badminton courts
Basketball courts
Two netball courts
Athletics track
Outdoor cycle velodrome
All weather pitch
Café bar
Squash courts
Dance studio
Martial arts room

Notable sporting events

The Mountbatten centre has become a known venue in the UK, this is due to popular sporting events taking place there.

Sky Sports Boxing^[4]
Robot Wars
Snooker World Seniors Championship 2012 - 2013
World Cup of Pool 2014
British Cycling^[5]
SER ASA Swimming Championships
Hampshire Open Fencing Tournament^[6]

Sports teams

Portsmouth City Smugglers - Basketball
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts British American football Team. The Dreadnoughts are named after the famous battleship HMS Dreadnought. The team trains and plays home games on the playing fields in Alexandra Park adjacent to the stadium.
Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club - Home since the pool at Mountbatten Centre opened in 2009, Portsmouth Northsea has been going since 1929 and has international reputation through the likes of Olympic swimmers Katy Sexton, Gemma Spofforth and Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman.

References

^ Saunders Architects https://sportsleisurelegacy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/3-SAUNDERS.pdf
^ ^a ^b O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 483. ISBN 9780300225037.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ [1]
^ "Road: Mansell wins opening race at Mountbatten Centre". British Cycling.
^ Design 2020, Access by. "Hampshire Fencing Open | Hampshire Fencing Clubs".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

50°49′26″N 1°04′59″W / 50.824°N 1.083°W / 50.824; -1.083

[1] Saunders Architects https://sportsleisurelegacy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/3-SAUNDERS.pdf

[Bailey483-2] O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 483. ISBN 9780300225037.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[5] "Road: Mansell wins opening race at Mountbatten Centre". British Cycling.

[6] Design 2020, Access by. "Hampshire Fencing Open | Hampshire Fencing Clubs".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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