Market Harborough - Sport and Leisure

Sport and Leisure

Football: Market Harborough has two teams: Harborough Town and Borough Alliance. Both cater for a variety of ages. Harborough Town F.C. has three senior teams, including a ladies' team. The Northampton Road clubhouse has received Football foundation, council and Bowden's Charity grants and awards, as well as sponsorship money, for improvements. Borough Alliance FC was founded in 2003 with a home ground at Symington's recreation ground.

Squash and Racketball Club. Located in Fairfield Road, it has 3 courts and a bar area. Two men's teams in Leicestershire Leagues, 3 teams in the Northants League and a Ladies Team in Leicestershire. Junior coaching with a junior team which shares its facilities with MHCC.(www.harboroughsquash.co.uk)

Cricket: Market Harborough Cricket Club has two cricket teams; Market Harborough CC and Harborough South CC. The former plays in the Leicestershire Premier Cricket League

Rugby: Market Harborough Rugby Club is near the leisure centre and until recently known as Kibworth Rugby Union Club.

Golf: The Market Harborough Golf Club sits to the south of the town itself; much of the golf course actually crosses over into Northamptonshire and is only about a mile from the Northants village of Great Oxendon. It is an 18-hole course and was set up in 1898.

Leisure: A leisure centre has a swimming pool, gym, sauna, steam room and cafe and is open to members and non-members. There are two skateparks: one in Little Bowden and one in the grounds of the youth centre on Farndon Road. The town once had a cinema known as The Ritz, from 1939 till 1978. Now closed, there is a campaign to have it re-opened (www.harboroughcinema.com). The town has a nightclub called Enigma.