SINGAPORE – After a three-year wait, the ActiveSG Queenstown Sport Centre will officially open on Aug 8.

The facility, which was Singapore’s first neighbourhood sport centre, had been closed since May 2023 for upgrading works before its soft opening on June 30.

The refreshed facility features a new annexe building which houses an ActiveSG gym and two activity rooms, spanning about 1,000 sq m. 

The gym has both conventional and inclusive strength training equipment including HUR machines, which use pneumatic technology (air pressure) and lever arms to support safe, accessible workouts for seniors, persons with disabilities and those with mobility concerns.

Programmes available at the sport centre’s gym activity rooms include kickboxing, yoga and Zumba.

Other facilities within the sport centre have also been enhanced to better support high performance training and competitions.

The home of rugby returns to Queenstown with a field which has been upgraded to meet World Rugby standards.

Measuring 98m by 68m, the field uses an artificial grass system specially designed for the sport.

Newly constructed team changing rooms with dedicated restrooms also provide athletes with a private space for preparations and debriefs.

In a first for an ActiveSG facility, the upgraded running track now features three artificial turf lanes and another two surfaced with ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, the material used for conventional athletics tracks.

The sport centre’s 4.5m diving pool, featuring 10m and 3m platforms and a 1m springboard, has been retained.

It will be complemented by a new dry-dive facility to provide an additional training environment for Team Singapore divers.

The swimming complex, comprising a competition pool, a learner’s pool and two wading pools, has also been refreshed with new poo...