8 Liverpool sports clubs to kickstart your 2025 

New Year is a time when many of us think about taking up a new hobby or getting in shape. Thankfully, our city is blessed with phenomenal venues that can help you do both. 

Here are 8 sports clubs you can try in 2025 if you’re looking for something a little bit different. 

Watersports – Liverpool Watersports Centre

Although the thought of it may give you a chill – nothing beats the thrill of watersports at Liverpool Queens Dock. 

Liverpool Watersports Centre offers loads of activities for individuals and groups, including swan pedalos, kayaks and canoes, powerboating, paddle boarding, and open-water swimming. 

They’ve also got a floating aqua park the kids will love. So, what are you waiting for? 

Dive in here.  

Combat Sports – Masda Gym and No Limits

Liverpool is famous for its fighting spirit. And there’s nowhere better to test your mettle than Masda Gym, on the outskirts of the city centre. 

Offering boxing, Muay Thai, MMA, Jiu Jitsu, and 121 personal training, Masda welcomes martial arts experts and fighting novices to hone their skills with the gym’s top-level coaches 7 days a week. 

Could you be the next Paddy the Baddy or Meatball Molly? Find out here. 

If you prefer dedicated boxing training, then No Limits Gym in the Baltic Triangle is where it’s at. Described as ‘Liverpool’s Number One Boxing and Community Facility’, No Limits no-nonsense setting is ideal for getting in shape and learning to jab like Natasha Jonas. 

Drop-in and memberships are available. Details here. 

Tennis – Liverpool Tennis Centre and Wirral Indoor Tennis Centre

Thanks in part to the efforts of The Liverpool International Tennis Tournament, the popularity of the sport continues to grow in our city. 

Wavertree’s Liverpool Tennis Centre serves the community with first-class facilities, offering court hire, coaching, classes, and competitions available to players of all abilities. More here. 

Meanwhile, Wirral Indoor Tennis Centre in Bidston offers budding and seasoned tennis lovers an excellent space to develop their skills. 

Ace. 

Climbing – The Climbing Hangar

Specialists in bouldering, ‘the purest, most dynamic form of indoor climbing’, The Climbing Hangar offers a place to climb, train or hang out with your mates. 

Not only is bouldering simple to get started, there’s also a good chance you’ll be better than you thought. 

If watching is more your game, The Climbing Hangars cafés serve fresh coffee and hot food made site – making it a peak activity for the whole family. 

Book here. 

Hockey – Liverpool Sefton Hockey Club 

LSHC is the city’s most successful hockey club, with the Women’s 1s in the North West Women’s Premier League and the Men’s 1s in North Division 1.

With 5 women’s teams, 3 men’s teams, a junior-aged squad, a mixed team, and an over 35s women’s team, the club caters for players of all abilities, from elite level to beginners, at their Back2Hockey sessions. 

Who knows, you may become the city’s second hockey gold medallist after Sam Quek. 

Visit their website. 

Netball – Various

Still believe you’ve got what it takes to become a world-class goal attack? 

Well, you’re in luck because Liverpool has plenty of options for netball lovers. 

Powerleague & Play Netball both host professionally organised weekly leagues with umpires and scorers so you can concentrate on the game. You don’t need to be a team to play, either. Powerleague & Play Netball welcome individuals of all ages and abilities. 

There’s also the Liverpool Netball League, which has five divisions and sets the standard for Merseyside clubs, umpires and coaches. 

Snooker – North West Snooker Academy 

The North-West Snooker Academy (NWSA) is one of the region’s premium snooker practice facilities. Players can access four Xing Pai Star tables, each featuring a TV-quality camera so you can watch footage of your practice or replay your first 147 on a loop. 

Sign up here. 

Or, if you’re looking for a more casual game, we recommend a membership at Riley’s Sports Bar, where you can also play pool and darts while enjoying live sports on the big screen. 

Website this way. 

Darts – Tops Darts Club and Liverpool Open Darts League

Speaking of darts, if you want to feel cocky on the oche next time you’re in the pub, then Tops Darts Club at Cheers on Bold Street is the ideal place to perfect your 9-dart finish. 

The venue has 12 interactive lanes with 8 different games to choose from. Book here. 

You’ll soon be ready to join the Liverpool Open Darts League for top-notch training and competition.

Already planning your 2025 in Liverpool? 

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