please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message leisure connection type limited genre fitness leisure founded 1998 founder mark mccormack headquarters england wyboston bedfordshire parent danoptra gaming group slogan delivering excellence in sport health and wellbeing website www.leisureconnection.co.uk leisure connection ltd is a fitness and leisure provider and manager of facilities on behalf of local government national sporting bodies and businesses in uk . contents 1 background 2 key facts and figures 3 references 4 external links background edit leisure connection was formed from the merger of relaxion and circa leisure companies and is now part of the multinational danoptra group . in 2008 the cognetas investment company formerly electra partners europe sold their interest in danoptra to credit suisse . in recent years leisure connection has faced increasing competition for local authority contracts not just from other companies but also from not for profit leisure trusts . it has sought to replace the dwindling margins of traditional contracts with private finance initiatives and more recently running facilities owned by other companies including hotels . leisure connection s reputation has not been helped by frequent changes of chief executive reports of poor standards contracts terminated by dissatisfied councils and involvement in the clissold leisure centre a new built facility that opened in february 2002 and closed in november 2003 . in 2006 while clissold was still closed hackney council and leisure connection agreed to end their contract . since 2008 the leisure connection brand has been replaced to a large extent by harpers fitness . other brands that belong to leisure connection include camp energy aqua action swim school learning hub venue connect planet action and party animals . key facts and figures edit over 60 centres managing the centre of excellence for disability sport at stoke mandeville stadium 28 centres with squash courts 32 with badminton courts 91 swimming pools ranging from 50 metre pools to teaching pools baby splash pools and leisure pools 22 centres with indoor or outdoor tennis courts 2 centres with golf courses 11 centres with football pitches 50 000 harpers gym members over 40 000 children learning to swim each week 25 million visitors each year 4 000 employees citation needed references edit leisure connection watch consumer monitoring site royston jack 21 march 2011 . leisure connection loses harrow council contract for harrow leisure centre hatch end pool and bannister sports centre . harrow times . leisure connection fined over chemical burns to boy . bbc news . 6 december 2013 . staff writer 11 may 2012 . manifest wins leisure connection account . the drum . leisure connection narrowly lose out to apleby in league cup semi finals . news & star . 6 february 2004 . external links edit leisure connection corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leisure connection & oldid 706430373 categories sport in the united kingdomservice companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2007all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles in need of updating from april 2014all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2016 at 07 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view