CLUBS AND PARTNERS AT HOUGH END LEISURE CENTRE

Centre of Manchester Aquatic Swim Team

The City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team (COMAST) was originally formed in 2001 and has grown strength from to strength to more than 300 members. 

We are a Swim England Performance Centre working in partnership with Arena Water Instinct, GLL and Manchester Metropolitan University.

Hough End hosts some of our academy and satellite squads on Tuesday & Thursday 6pm to 8pm and Saturday 5pm to 7pm.

Manchester Diving Group

Manchester Diving Group is an independent, non-commercial club for recreation divers from all training backgrounds. Based in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy we dive around the UK and abroad. Our clubhouse is furnished with a well-stocked equipment room with a compressor and nitrox station. We have a boat house with a 5.5m Humber R.I.B. which is available to qualified club members, a seminar room for theory lectures and a large social space and bar. We aim to promote SCUBA diving in a safe and friendly way which emphasises the most important aspect of the sport - having fun!  

If this is something that interests you, all you will need to do is get in contact with us to arrange a date. We'll ask you to come to the club building on Barlow Moor Road by 7:40pm on the evening of your dive. You'll meet your instructor, collect some appropriately fitted diving equipment and head to the pool from there. Your instructor will typically help you to get comfortable breathing underwater, get you started on controlling yourself and your equipment in the water, and then push you further if you're comfortable. 

We don't normally train people under the age of 16, so we don't often offer try dives to under 15s. We're flexible about this though, please get in touch and ask us if you're not sure.

Session Day: Friday 8pm to 9pm.

Payment: £10 per session, £1 for lockers.

Northern Wave Swimming Club

The Northern Wave Swimming Club is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender swimming club based in centres across Manchester. Most of our members are LGBT+ but we do welcome friends of our community. All you need for your first session is your swimwear, a towel, a pair of goggles, and water - to drink. 

We serve competent swimmers aged 18 years or over who want to improve their technique, train for fitness and/or compete in masters competitions. This session will be 3 lanes of coached swimming so we ask that you are comfortable swimming 2 lengths without stopping.

New members are welcome and can fill in the online form prior to attending or arrive 15 minutes before the session to register.

Session Day: Wednesday 8pm to 9pm

Payment: £5 standard/£3 concession

Method: Card payment on arrival or standing order

Prehab4Cancer

Prehab4Cancer and Recovery Programme is a free exercise, nutrition and wellbeing scheme in Greater Manchester. Designed to help people with a recent diagnosis of cancer prepare for, and cope better with their treatment. 

Evidence shows that actively improving your physical and mental health can help you recover more quickly from surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and reduce the chance of further problems during and after your treatment, as well as many other benefits.

Small changes can make a big difference. You may only have a couple of weeks between finding out you have cancer and your treatment starting, the latest research shows that even a small number of prehab sessions can make a difference. The Prehab4Cancer programme is designed to help people take an active role in their cancer care and live as well as possible with and beyond cancer. 

To find out further information or to see if you are eligible.

Playfootball

Playfootball are premium FA accredited, small sided football venues offering floodlit, all-weather 3G and 4G pitches for competitive leagues and pitch hire. 

If you are looking to play football at Hough End Leisure Centre, you'll be able to hire 1/3, 1/2, or full pitch. Pitch hires are available for footballers of all abilities, our Hough End venue based in South Manchester is your place to play.

Our local artificial pitches in Hough End come with goals, floodlights and quality 3G surfaces. 

These pitches are available to book online every week up to 30 days in advance. 

Manchester Laces

Manchester Laces are a football club who are inclusive to all women, non-binary and transgender people. They are inclusive to all football abilities. 

 

THURSDAY TRAINING

Location: Hough End Playing Fields, 480 Princess Road, M20 1HP

Time: 6-7.30pm and 7.30-9pm depending on your squad

What? Training groups for all squads with coaches, equipment and top facilities

Fletcher Moss Rangers

One Saturday morning in 1986, a couple of dads were kicking a ball about in Fletcher Moss Park with their sons. Soon they were joined by more boys and a game started. Who would have thought that this would be the start of Fletcher Moss Rangers?

 

With a need to build on our success, the next step was to attempt to gain F.A. Charter Standard status (now classed as FA Accredited). At the end of season 2001/2002, we applied for the FA Development Club Charter Standard. Putting many new policies in place, investing in placing people on FA courses to enhance the esteem of its members. After what was felt, a long painful wait, we had the great pleasure to be informed that we had been successful in our application. Fletcher Moss Rangers Football Club was now among the elite, just a handful of clubs with the Charter Standard Award.

 

Now having the distinct pride to run up to 30 teams. We can boast one of, if not the biggest but the most diverse junior football club in Manchester. The club has now grown to an enormous size with teams aged from 6 year old to young adult. Boys and girls, men and women.

Manchester Youth Super League

The MYSL was set up to create an environment that gave our players the best of what a league could do. By creating a fun environment that challenged and help them develop, we wanted to offer the best place for them to love their football/futsal and develop into the best players they can be.

What we offer?
Brilliant central venues
Longer game time
Correct levels of teams
Various cup competitions
Academy visits and games
Longer season
End of season Cup Finals
Saturday and Sunday Leagues

South Manchester Squash and Racketball Club

We are a community club based in Manchester (UK). We offer sessions for Squash and Racketball at Hough End Leisure Centre, on a membership as well as pay-per-play basis. We welcome players (18 years upwards) at all levels for both sports, from beginners to advanced, all genders and abilities. Equipment is provided by the club.

Squash Only
£16/monthly Membership, each session of 1h30min; 1 session per week.

Racketball Only
£16/monthly Membership, each session of 1h30min; 1 session per week.

Squash and Racketball
£24/monthly Combined Membership of Squash and Racketball; each session of 1h30min. 1 session per week for Squash and 1 session per week for Racketball - total of 2 sessions per week.

Pay-per-Play £7/session of 1h30min

Chorlton Girls

Chorlton Girls Junior Football Club is looking for Girls between the ages of 6 and 12 years old to join our fast growing teams.

Benefits
+ Free playing kits
+ Safe, fun and enjoyable sessions
+ Experienced, qualified and DBS checked coaches (mostly females)
+ Competitive League matches (by choice)
+ Visits by role models

Contact Anthony on 07921935380 or Chuks on 07737639004.

Hough End Griffins

2005 - The birth of the Griffins!

Five Chorlton men sat in their local pub in May 2005 talking about the possibility of starting a football team for their children. This idea has developed into a FA Charter Standard Club that children from across the area have engaged in regulary.

Hough End Griffins now run teams from Under 7's to Under 16's, with four girls teams as well as a weekly Soccer School for 5-7 year olds, and has attracted some fantastic local young talent.

The aim is to involve local children and parents in developing a strong, local, community-focused club. Chairperson Ian "Boz" Walker says "We have a fantastic committee, great coaches and we have received great support from The Hough End Centre and Broughton Park Rugby Club. Exciting times are ahead!"

Director of Coaching and founder member Paul Evans likewise is excited about the future "We want to get as many kids as possible off the street and into sport. It's a great way of making friends and we have won many plaudits already with the style of football we teach where we encourage all the kids to play with a smile and express themselves"

For more information about Hough End Griffins please contact Dan Taylor at info@houghendgriffins.com

 

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