Ponds Forge

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Image:PondsForge.jpg Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in the City of Sheffield, England that contains an olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and kids pools, water slides and other sports facilities. It was opened in 1991 as a venue for the World Student Games, which the city hosted that year. As well as the World Student Games, Ponds Forge has hosted several major swimming tournaments. Also in recent years has been host along with the nearby Don Valley Stadium to channel fours 'The Games'. Whereby celebrities compete against each other in different events. The name Ponds Forge is borrowed from the steel works that formerly occupied this site.

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