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£10m cost for Spalding leisure complex scheme


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A South Holland District Council report has revealed the cost of plans to revamp Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex. According to the report, the estimated


costs of renovating the complex will come to £7.2m, rising to £10m once “design and client supervision” costs are considered. Councillors have now agreed to earmark


£20,000 to draw up a detailed business case for the scheme, with the proposed design having been guided by a survey carried out on behalf of the council by Leisure-net.


SOLL unveils new Abingdon club pETE hAymAn


SOLL Leisure Group has unveiled a new-look fitness facility as part of a £215,000 revamp of The Park Club, a private health club in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Te 27,000sq ſt (2,508sq m)


club incorporates a 5,000sq ſt (465sq m) gymnasium, which has been fitted with 120 sta- tions supplied by Life Fitness and Matrix Fitness. XN Leisure is supplying the


leisure management system and the Harlands Group has been chosen to provide the membership and the ‘Join Online’ offer. Other facilities include a 20m x 8m swim-


ming pool; a sauna and steamroom; a sports injury clinic; and two therapy rooms. The revamp was undertaken following an agree- ment signed in September, which saw SOLL Vale take on a 22-year lease of the club.


Two facilities have benefited from improvements


King’s Lynn leisure centre upgrade work completed


Tom wALKER


Te Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk has completed the upgrad- ing of two of its leisure centres. Te two Bodyworks-branded gyms at the


Lynnsport centre and St James Swimming and Fitness Centre have been refitted with equipment supplied by Life Fitness. Te equipment installed utilises the Life


Fitness Journey concept and includes the Elevation Series cv equipment with Inspire consoles for iPod connectivity and use of the Life Fitness Virtual Trainer.


FIA confirms support for disability sport initiative


Tom wALKER


Te Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has lent its support for Yoodo Sports – a new initiative to help people with disabilities take up and enjoy physical activity. The scheme, which is the result of a


partnership between Leonard Cheshire Disability and Sport England, will pilot in Yorkshire this year and is based on bring- ing disabled people together with activity ‘buddies’ – people who may or may not have an impairment themselves but want to help others play sport or be active.


6 SOLL Vale agreed a deal for a 22-year lease of the venue last September SOLL Leisure Group managing director


Mark Jaggers said: “We are very pleased with the successful introduction of the Park Club aſter a strategic review of the group’s opera- tions. I am certain that existing and future members of the club will be delighted with the facilities on offer and the improvements.”


Renfrewshire investment plans move forward pETE hAymAn


Renfrewshire Council’s plans for a multi-mil- lion pound investment in local leisure facilities has moved forward. Two planning applications – for an adult day care centre as part of the £7.1m upgrade of


Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre and a £6.3m sports facility at Johnstone High School – have been given the green light. Te facilities will form part of the council’s


wider £92m investment in schools, commu- nity and leisure facilities.


Eze Fitness to operate Scarborough club Tom wALKER


Health club operator Eze Fitness has acquired a lease for the independently owned Eden Health and Fitness Club in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Te two-storey, 10,500sq ſt


(975sq m) club was founded and developed by local entre- preneurs, the Millard family, who have now let the property to Eze. Christie + Co acted on behalf of the family. Eden is the seventh club


in the Eze portfolio and the company’s first in Yorkshire, joining existing operations in the North West and Northern Ireland. Eze managing director Sean Tornton, said: “We look forward to providing gym goers in and around Scarborough with a high-qual- ity and competitively-priced facility.”


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Eze has expanded its portfolio to seven sites with the latest acquisition Tornton added that the company is in the


process of looking for additional, similarly- sized clubs to acquire in the UK, as part of its plans to expand its reach.


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