INDUSTRY NEWS And the winner is...

Winners of the FIA & Matrix Flame Awards 2012 were announced at a gala ball in front of an audience of 800 delegates from across the UK health and fitness sector.

The winners were: CATEGORY: Club of the Year (under 1000 members) WINNER: LivingWell Health Club - Maidstone

CATEGORY: Club of the Year (1000 - 3000 members) WINNER: Chartham Park Golf & Country Club

CATEGORY: Club of the Year (over 3000 members) WINNER: Benton Hall Golf and Country Club

Donna Hubbard, Gymophobics

CATEGORY: Centre of the Year WINNER: Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre

CATEGORY: Educational Club of the Year - Universities WINNER: Ethos Sports Centre

CATEGORY: Educational Club of the Year – Schools & Colleges WINNER: Featherstone Sports Centre

CATEGORY: Corporate Club of the Year WINNER: HSBC Fitness and Wellbeing Centre

FUTURE OF FLAME WINNER: Donna Hubbard, Gymophobics

David Stalker, CEO, FIA said: “I would like to congratulate all of our fantastic finalists for these much-coveted awards. I say it every year but the standards of the competition really have been so high; it’s becoming virtually impossible to narrow the finalists down. In many of the categories it has been so, so close; this is a really encouraging sign of how strong our industry is, and how high the standards of operation and customer care are across the board.”

CATEGORY: Spark of Innovation – Operator WINNER: Everyone Active – ‘Everyone Active Online’

CATEGORY: Spark of Innovation – Supplier WINNER: YMCAfit and Aspire – ‘Instructability’

CATEGORY: Health Club Operator of the Year WINNER: The Club Company

CATEGORY: Leisure Centre Operator of the Year WINNER: Everyone Active

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