HEALTH & FITNESS IN BRIEF


Les Mills launches new training modules Fitness provider Les Mills has


launched its new Advanced Instructor Module (AIM) training, which has been designed to boost standards in group exercise instruction. Certified instructors delivering the eight Les Mills fitness programmes in clubs across the world will complete a day-long session to learn enhanced technique training and coaching. An additional two-day module aims to develop coaching and connection, with instructors given the chance to present and receive feedback.


New operator for Daventry facilities Local authority-owned leisure


facilities in Daventry, Northamptonshire, will be operated by a new charitable company, following SOLL Daventry's decision to withdraw. The town's leisure centre and sports park. The New Street tennis courts and pitches at Fishponds, Headlands and The Hollows are all owned by Daventry District Council and will be operated by the new company. SOLL Daventry decided to pull out of operating the venues due to "economic conditions" after three years in charge.


Milestone for Carshalton leisure scheme The development of a new £4.3m leisure complex at Carshalton College (CC), south London, has reached a milestone, following the completion of all external and ground works. Contractors are now set to move onto the final stage of the build process, which will comprise the internal fit out of the facility and is scheduled to be completed in August. The complex – a partnership between CC and Pulse - will boast a 70- station fitness suite and two dance studios.


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New £25m leisure complex to finally open following delays in construction phase Harlow Leisurezone set for June launch


By Pete Hayman


Harlow Leisurezone – a new £25m leisure complex being developed as part of the wider regeneration of the Essex town


– is set to open its doors to the public on 23 June. Facilities at the new centre


will include a 25m swimming pool with seating for 300 spectators, a learner pool, an indoor tennis hall and a sports hall built to national club standard for badminton, basketball and trampolining. A gym, three fitness studios,


four squash courts and a health spa will also be on offer at the Leisurezone, as well as a lounge bar/restaurant, a daycare nursery and a café. Abingdon-based contractor


Leadbitter had been due to hand the complex over to the Harlow Gateway Partnership by Christmas 2009, before an issue with the installation of fire


New fitness fa- cility for Perth


Perth and Kinross Leisure has opened the new-look Rodney Fitness Centre in Perth, following the completion of work to revamp the facility. Life Fitness has installed


28 pieces of equipment from its Elevation Series Engage cv range as part of the main fitness gym, which has also benefited from new lighting, paintwork and flooring. Rodney Fitness Centre,


which offers 'pay and play' or membership provision, also incorporates a strength fitness area and an aerobics studio with 40 classes a week.


Facilities at the centre include a gym and three fitness studios


dampers delayed the scheme. The partnership comprises Harlow Council; Harlow and District Sports Trust (HDST); the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Homes and Communities Agency. Harlow Council leader


Andrew Johnson said: "[Leisur- ezone] puts Harlow back at the forefront of sporting provision in the region and is a tremen- dous asset to Harlow."


HDST chair Pat Hay added:


"The sporting and leisure opportunities at Harlow Leisurezone are absolutely outstanding and it will be one of the best facilities in the country. Harlow residents will be able to enjoy so many more activities under one roof." Harlow Town FC and the East


of England Development Agency also support the wider £50m Gateway revamp scheme.


William Penn scheme completed By Pete Hayman


A new 25m swimming pool and 12m teaching pool have been unveiled at the William Penn Leisure Centre in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, to mark the completion of a major overhaul of the venue. The scheme, which also


included the creation of changing facilities and a poolside spectator area, has come in £2m over budget and two years late following groundwork problems and a legal dispute. Other facilities at the new-look William Penn Leisure Centre include a 80-station fitness studio and two dance studios within the Beaumonts Health Club; a


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The facility boasts a 12m teaching pool for kids


sports hall; squash courts and a multi-use games area. Hertsmere Leisure, which


operates the facility on behalf of Three Rivers District Council, has relaunched the centre's Swim Academy Lesson Programme and will also run the National Plan for Teaching Swimming.


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