The Knowhere Guide

Sports in Colchester, Essex*

Colchester, Essex Football, Rugby, Hockey, etc, Playing Fields, Sports Centres

Sports Clubs and Facilities

• leisure world is the best place for sports...they have some really good pools and they have great squash and badminton courts..generally the schools are the best for fields and other courts as long as you can get to them without being caught or having to pay for them. highwoods has a great gym and sports hall at the gilberd which is relatively cheap.
• Essex Uni offers great facilities to the public too
• col u is cheap to get in but its near the garrison n all the bloody squaddies
• You boarders out there have to try mountainboarding. Me and my mates went to the only Mountainboard shop in essex, Skeleton Coast and hired some boards. it was the best man. The guys who who work there do lessons and we went out on Saturday and they taught us how to board proper. Power slides and jumps man. I have begged my Mom to get me one for xmas.
• ipswich dry ski slopes great for snowboarding.
• lesure centre or the gilberd school has good facilitys open to the public!!
• Colchester United!!! Essex's top footie team. Fininshed in the top half of Division Two last year as well as reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup, beating Coventry City 3-1 on the way! Promising side now managed by Phil Parkinson, one of the best new managers in the country. Star player: Karl Duguid! Play at Layer Road.
• Rollerskating at rollerworld is great fun and keeps you fit.
• Home to Colchester United. Can the council hurry up and build cuckoo farm? Im used to the plush surroundings of Carrow road
• Layer Road is the place to be, 5,000 capacity and still has terraces. Clock end has gone and Layer Road end is for the away supporters. Pot noodles at half time, are you listening Delia with your gourmet pies and Premier League, Col U is where it. What will Cuckoo Farm be like?
• colchester swimming pool has three cool flumes! theres something for everyone there.
• The Climbing wall at the Uni is pretty fun.
• Colchester Are shit at football
• Home to the legendary Colchester United F.C., the famous U's are currently in the second division, they have one of the most fantastic football stadiums in Colchester and are well worth the £11 admission fee to watch them for an hour and a half.
• Errr, the leisure center, bowling alley, cricket club, golf club...probably more, can't honestly say.

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Last updated: 2007-09-19