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Premier Training appoints operations director


Tom Walker


Health and fitness training provider Premier Training International has pro- moted Dave Christophi to the Board of Directors, as operations director. In his new role, he will work with the


regional sales managers and oversee the operations within its London Academy. Christophi qualified with Premier in 1999


and went on to complete a Sports Science degree before returning to Premier as a careers advisor, where he then progressed to regional business manager.


Trust unveils new Swansea club Tom Walker


A new budget health club called Simply Gym is to open in the Llansamlet district of Swansea in June. Te club, touted as the city’s


first no-frills fitness club, will offer memberships from just £9.99 a month and is to boast 100 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance equipment supplied by Technogym. Equipment at Simply Gym


will include the new Arke functional training line, Excite Bikes and Run equipment with Visio entertainment and Group Cycle bikes. Te gym will also benefit from a full range


Te Bay Life-operated Simply Gym will launch in Llansamlet this June


of accessible equipment catering for disabled users and a ‘Ladies Only’ private workout area, as well as showers and changing rooms. Simply Gym will be operated by the Swansea-based independent, not-for-profit


Te new studio features York Barbell equipment


Personal trainers open new oxford fitness studio


PeTe Hayman


Two Oxford-based personal trainers, James Shields and Sam Bennett, have teamed up to open their own personal training centre. StudioPT has a fully fitted functional gym


along with a selection of cardio equipment, power-bags and medicine balls supplied by Daventry-based York Barbell. Shields, a former British Army soldier, has


worked in fitness for six years while Bennett turned to a career in personal training fol- lowing an injury that ended his aspirations of becoming a professional rugby player.


evolution Fitness secures truGym deal


PeTe Hayman


Equipment supplier Evolution Fitness has completed a multi-site deal to supply the growing club estate of truGym. Parm Singh, director of truGym, told


Leisure Opportunities that Evolution will also assist with gym design and fit out and work with the group going forward. “Te quality of the product far outper-


forms others we have seen and the design doesn’t look intimidating, which is impor- tant seeing as up to 40 per cent of members have never been to a gym before,” he said.


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trust, Bay Leisure, which also operates Wales’ most visited leisure attraction – the LC – in the centre of the South Wales city. Richard Proctor, chief executive of Bay


Leisure, said: “Our research has revealed that there is a significant demand for a low-cost gym offering in the east of the city.”


Fusion to reopen High Wycombe pool PeTe Hayman


Fusion Lifestyle has revealed that the open air swimming pool at Holywell Mead leisure complex in High Wycombe is to reopen on 27 May. Te operator – selected by


Wycombe District Council to operate the facility as part of a 50-year lease – has carried out work to bring the Grade II-listed pool back into use. Fusion will invest more


than £1m in revamping the complex, with the first phase to see the pool reopen for the summer. Te second stage will see the pool building and adjacent Rye Centre revamped to house a new 40-station gym. Work is due to begin on stage two of Fusion’s


investment plans this autumn, with facilities to be completed by spring 2012.


Te reopening of the pool is the first phase of Fusion’s investment plans Fusion chief executive officer Peter Kay said:


“Te team has put an enormous amount of effort into getting the pool ready in a short space of time and we’re looking forward to wel- coming swimmers back over the summer.”


Pulse secures Bury Council supplier deal PeTe Hayman


Pulse has secured a contract that will see it pro- vide more than 150 pieces of equipment across three facilities owned by Bury Council. Castle Leisure Centre; Ramsbottom Pool; and Fitness Centre and Radcliffe Pool and


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


Fitness Centre will all be kitted out by Pulse as part of the company’s latest contract. Pulse has confirmed that it will also provide


marketing and sales solutions and a five-year service and warranty package as part of its agreement with the local authority.


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