The FIT4 Sports Foundation at South Downs Leisure offers a specially discounted membership designed to support and empower talented athletes within our local community. If you currently compete at, or beyond, county-level standards, you could qualify for this exclusive benefit.
Through the FIT4 Sports Foundation, South Downs Leisure ensures competitive athletes gain affordable access to top-class fitness facilities—including swimming pools, gyms, and a wide selection of group fitness classes—across multiple centres in Adur, Worthing, and the surrounding areas. Whether you’re training for athletics, aquatics, or team sports, this membership aims to remove financial barriers, allowing you to focus on achieving peak performance.
To explore eligibility and benefit from this opportunity, please speak to a Membership Advisor at either Worthing Leisure Centre, Splashpoint Leisure Centre, Lancing Manor Leisure Centre or Southwick Leisure Centre.
Piper Kelly
Piper recently held a summer membership and has been using the gym at Worthing Leisure Centre over the holidays. She is a member of Worthing Harriers Athletics Club and regularly competes for the club in the Hammer throw.
As a first year U15 athlete, she won the Sussex County Championships this May and has represented Sussex twice this year at Inter-County level, achieving a 3rd place finish with a personal best of 40.95m at the South of England Inter-Counties in Oxford last weekend. This performance ranks her 10th in the UK overall and 2nd among first year U15s. She is currently ranked 1st in Sussex.
Sally Hughes
I started playing table tennis at just 8years old at my local primary school in Worthing and though I enjoyed many sports I always had a favourite.
I was first called up to play for Sussex aged 11 and have held the county title at all age groups and represented England at Junior level.
This season I am the Sussex Womens Champion and in 2025 I reached the Quarter Finals of the Womens Doubles and Last 16 of the Womens Singles at the National Championships.
Currently I represent Worthing Table Tennis Club locally and volunteer my time to introduce local people to the sport.
With the support of FIT4 I am looking forward to continuing my fitness journey and furthering my achievements in Table Tennis.
Liz Hosford
From overcoming life-changing illness to becoming one of Great Britain’s most decorated transplant athletes, Liz Hosford’s journey is a powerful story of resilience, talent and gratitude.
At just 19, after contracting Henoch Schonlein Purpura, Liz was given the Gift of Life by her mum, Christine, who donated a kidney. That act not only saved her life but paved the way for a career as a professional musician — now Professor of Double Bass at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Junior Dept) — and a remarkable sporting career.
Introduced to the British Transplant Games in 1991, Liz found a new passion, competing alongside fellow transplantees while championing the importance of organ donation. Over the years, she’s taken part in every Games, winning around 150 medals, and in 1993 earned her first place on the Great Britain team for the World Transplant Games. Since then, she’s claimed nearly 90 medals on the world stage, captained teams, and in 2021 became the first GB athlete to be inducted into the World Transplant Games Federation Hall of Fame.
In August 2025, Liz took part in her 17th World Transplant Games in Dresden — competing in multiple events and captaining the volleyball team — all in memory of her late mum, Christine, whose ultimate sacrifice made every moment possible. Liz extends her thanks to Andy Neal, her dedicated performance coach, for his invaluable physical and mental training support throughout her journey
Hope Yelling
A talent for athletics was spotted at an early age through the dedicated coaching of Simon Evans at Worthing Harriers. Initially she showed promise as a high jumper, reaching 11th in the national rankings at u13 and 43rd at u15 with a height of 1.58m. As an u15 she transitioned into long jump and reached 18th nationally with a jump of 5.35m. Progression as an u17 took her into triple jump, finishing 10th in the country in 2020 with 11.39m and 10th again in 2021 with 11.21m.
Injuries during the 2021 season curtailed progress and injuries combined with health issues prevented any competition in the 2021-2022 season. She is currently back in full training and support from South Downs Leisure is greatly appreciated in her quest to get back to her best in the 2023 season as an u20 athlete.
Tracey Williams
I completed and won the 2024 British Middle Distance Triathlon Champion in my age group at the 2024 British Championship race in Eastbourne. This achievement means that I have pre-qualified for a place in the 2025 European Middle Distance Triathlon Championship Team.
It feels surreal to think that just a short time ago, I was an absolute beginner who joined FIT4 in October 2023. The support and training I received through my membership have been instrumental in reaching this success. I’m grateful for the guidance and community that helped me along the way, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
Cassius Humphrey
Cassius has been playing water polo since he was 8, starting with Drenched and graduating to Worthing Water Polo. He also plays for Sussex and the South East regional team and trains weekly with the National Academy at their Talent Centre in Croydon. He has been part of the National Academy training squad since January 2022.
Cassius was part of the U15 team which took the silver medal at the National Age Groups championships (NAGs) in Sheffield in 2021 and part of the U17 team who were awarded bronze at the NAGs in Sunderland in 2023.
Scarlet Margaroli
I started training and competing in triple jump around 3 years ago and since then I’ve competed nationally twice and have a sports scholarship with the University of Kent. I’m proud to hold the title of U20 Sussex indoor and outdoor champion for 2022 and to have been selected to represent Sussex in English Schools in 2022.
I use the track and jumps pit regularly for training with Pat at Elevate Sports Coaching, and the FIT4 gym membership is really going to help with my strength and conditioning for my sport. Triple Jump has allowed me to travel around the UK to compete as well as meet many other talented athletes and I’m excited to see how far I can progress in this sport