New giant-size ping pong and darts could be on the way to the Golf Dome in Hartlepool

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Steven Smith is the entrepreneur who brought Footpool to the golf dome in Seaton Carew last year.

Now he’s hoping to bring football darts and football ping pong to the dome after lockdown as he continues to think about providing facilities for Hartlepool.

He wants to make sure there’s plenty on offer for the people of Hartlepool after the pandemic. Steven told the Hartlepool Mail: “We won’t be beaten.

Steven Smith who has spoken of his plans for the golf dome.

"We are wanting to bring a lot more to the domes after lockdown, such as more fitness classes including one I have designed myself which is HITBOX - a range of high intensity workouts mixed with boxing.”

He said there would be ‘a lot of fun, new and hard working classes’ but there would be other attractions as well.

"We also want to do football darts and football ping pong. It is something new, different and nowhere has it in the North East.”

“Football darts is a human sized dart board where you kick the fabric coated balls to play darts. Ping pong is the same rules as standard ping pong but you use a football. It is played all over the world now and I think soon it will come a sport.”

Steven Smith pictured playing Footpool at the Domes, Seaton Carew. Picture by FRANK REID.

It all comes just months after Steven unveiled the 14ft long and 8ft wide Footpool game.

During the pandemic, Steven paid tribute to the town’s key workers by opening up his new indoor Drive and Putt mini golf centre to them – for free.

This time, he said, he wanted to ‘again help the workers of NHS by giving them a permanent discount on all my services, for their hard work

and dedication towards Covid.”

Steven Smith who dedicated a day to key workers at the golf dome last summer.

Steven’s facilities at the golf dome, in Tees Road, also include the private driving range booths, snack bar and a childrens play area.

There are hand sanitising stations and a track and trace system at the venue on Tees Road which already is home to Steven’s Body Doctors fitness business.

He also thanked everyone who supported him through the pandemic last year and especially members of his Body Doctor boot camp at the golf dome, adding: “Without them we wouldn’t be open or functioning anymore.”

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Steven Smith from The Body Doctor. Picture by FRANK REID

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