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Raw Iron Gym to open in Staffordshire
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Planning decision on two-storey fitness club expected by end of December
£720,000 revamp
for Fife gyms
By Luke Tuchscherer Seven gyms within council-
owned leisure centres in Fife are
An application has been to be refurbished. Fife Sports and
submitted for a two-storey Leisure Trust and Fife Council are
health and fitness centre in investing £720,000 to upgrade
Burntwood, Staffordshire. the fitness suites at Cowdenbeath
The new club is to be owned Leisure Centre, Cupar Sports
and operated by Raw Iron Gym, Centre, Bowhill Swimming Pool,
which already owns the Muscle Levenmouth Swimming Pool and
Beach fitness centre. Sports Centre, Dalgty Bay Sports
If the plans are approved, and Leisure Centre, The Beacon
the club will be built over two Leisure Centre and East Sands
floors and will include a Leisure Centre. The refurbishment
separate women’s only gym Plans include the creation of a women-only gym within the club schedule will run over a
facility, a dance studio and three-month period, with all
fitness studios, as well as a business and open up a better plans to build a separate gyms being completed by the end
full-sized boxing ring. facility for our existing gym for women.” of January. The council will
The owner of Raw Iron Gym, members. We’ve always been Edwards added that if provide £360,000 for
entrepreneur Ian Edwards, said: known as a men’s body Lichfield District Council refurbishment and redecoration,
“Muscle Beach has been going building gym. approves the scheme, then while the leisure trust will
now for almost 21 years and "We now want to be able to Muscle Beach would close supply the same amount for
it’s getting a bit worn out. attract a wider audience so down. A decision is expected Technogym equipment.
We want to expand the that’s why we have introduced before 24 December.
Doncaster urged to
adopt trust model
Gymophobics Huddersfield enters administration
Two leisure centres in
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, are at
By Tom Walker branch or to a similar, neigh- risk of closure unless the local
bouring gym, énergie Fitness. authority transfers the operation
The women-only Gymophobics David Broadbent, client of local facilities to the trust that
health and fitness club in partner at Vantis, said: "The currently runs the Dome venue. A
Huddersfield has closed after business has ceased to trade report to Doncaster Council's
entering administration. and we are now in the process overview and scrutiny
The club's owners, who of realising all assets for the management committee has
operated the club on a benefit of creditors." called on councillors to back
franchise basis, had experi- The Gymophobics brand is plans for an expanded Dome
enced severe difficulties in owned by Richard and Donna Trust to take over the
maintaining membership sales. A Gymophobics work out Hubbard. There are currently management of all swimming
Vantis Business Recovery more than 40 franchised pools and leisure centres in the
Services has been appointed letters advising them that they clubs operating in the UK, all of town. In July 2008, Cheshire-
administrator of the business are entitled to transfer part of which are unaffected by the based consultants Neil Allen
and members have been sent their membership to another Huddersfield closure. Associates conducted a study to
examine potential options for the
management of leisure facilities
Corporate gym launched at Wembley Stadium
in Doncaster, which identified an
expanded trust model as the
The Football Association has opened a So far the gym has attracted more than 200 preferred way forward rather
corporate health club for its staff at Wembley members out of a total FA workforce of 560 at than the current 'in-house' model.
Stadium, London. the stadium. David Brame, managing director The report said: "If we do not
The facility, managed by corporate specialist of Bladerunner, said: "The beauty of this move to a trust model the current
Bladerunner and equipped by Life Fitness, specific project is that many of the employees pressures on budget for financial
includes 18 pieces of kit ranging from based at Wembley have a strong interest in year 2010-11 could potentially
resistance machines to CV stations. sport and fitness." lead to closure of not less than
two leisure centres.
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