DERRY City and Strabane District Council’s Leisure Services department are reminding the public that some of their services will be operating on reduced opening hours on certain days over the next week.
The partial closures are to accommodate mandatory staff training and will affect services at the Foyle Arena, Brandywell Stadium, City Baths, Templemore Sports Complex, Brooke Park Sports Centre and Bishops Field in the city as well as Riversdale Leisure Centre, Derg Valley Leisure Centre and the Melvin Sports Complex in Strabane.
Head of Community Development and Leisure at Derry City and Strabane District Council, Barry O’Hagan, urged the public to familiarise themselves with the timetable for the planned closures to help minimise disruption.
“Our aim is to minimise inconvenience by carrying out these mandatory training sessions at our leisure facilities during our quietest time of the year for usage numbers and times of the day that are more likely to be quiet,” he explained.
“The full list of changed opening hours are available on Council’s Facebook page and can be viewed at and I would encouragewww.derrystrabane.com/leisure the public to familiarise themselves with the timetables so you can plan your leisure activities around the slight changes.
“We appreciate the public’s cooperation and the training sessions will allow us to continue to offer the highest level of service in 2019 and beyond.”
The Leisure Centre closures begin on December 11th 2018 at the Foyle Arena, Brandywell Stadium and City Baths, the sessions will be completed by December 19th and orning and evening sessions are largely unaffected,
Full list of closures:
Foyle Arena, Brandywell Stadium, City Baths Only
11th & 12th of December 2018
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (Foyle Arena only)
9.00am – 6.00pm Building Closed to Public
6.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public
19th December 2018
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (Foyle Arena only)
9:00am – 3:00pm Building Closed to Public
3.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public
Riversdale LC, Derg Valley LC, Melvin SC only
13th & 14th of December 2018
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (RLC 14th Dec only)
9.00am – 6.00pm Building Closed to Public
6.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public
19th December 2018
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (Riversdale Only)
9:00am – 3:00pm Building Closed to Public
3.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public
Templemore SC, Brooke Park L&S Centre, Bishops Field Only
17th/18th December
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (Templemore SC only)
9.00am – 6.00pm Building Closed to Public
6.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public
19th December 2018
6.30am – 8.30am Building Open to Public (Templemore Only)
9:00am – 3:00pm Building Closed to Public
3.00pm – 10.00pm Building Open to Public