health aNd fItNess
Keiser awarded British Athletes’ Commission deal
Fitness equipment supplier Keiser UK has become an official supplier to the British Athletes’ Commission (BAC). Te new agreement will result in all BAC
members being able to benefit from savings on Keiser UK equipment, in addition to a range of special offers. BAC is the voice of all UK Olympic,
Paralympic and World Class funded ath- letes and was set up in 2004 to represent the interests of athletes in Great Britain to the key decision makers in sport.
New register launches in Ireland
Fitness Professionals Ireland (FPI), an independent nation- wide register for Ireland’s health and fitness industry has been officially launched. Te European Health and
Fitness Association-backed register has been two years in development and is now fully integrated with the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) FPI aims to register around
600 professionals in its first year of operation, with its members meeting prescribed standards of good practice. Active IQ has announced that Dundalk
Institute of Technology will be among those to support the new register, with the institution registering its learners with the new register. EREPS director Cliff Collins said: “The
development of FPI has been undertaken thoroughly and comprehensively to provide
Te group opened its most recent site in London
Pure Gym pushes forward with UK expansion plans
Low-cost health club chain Pure Gym is continuing to push forward with its UK expansion plans, with the forthcoming opening of new sites across the country. One of the first new venues to open was
the London Oval club, which was unveiled on 27 October ahead of sites in Cardiff (17 November) and Coventry (15 December). Pure Gym is also due to open a club in
Walton-on-Tames this winter. Te group’s facilities are open 24 hours a day and offer more than 220 pieces of equipment, in addi- tional to more than 40 classes each week.
New-look leisure centre opens in Redhill
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has reopened Donyngs Leisure Centre in Redhill, Surrey, which has undergone an extensive £4.1m refurbishment. A new fitness suite was opened to users at
the venue earlier this year, which includes 100 pieces of Life Fitness equipment. A youth gym for 11-to-16-year-olds has also been created as part of the scheme. Other improvements to be carried out
at Donyngs Leisure Centre have included the development of a new soſt play area in the old gym space and enhancements to the existing fitness and dance studio.
4 Sean Holt outlines new IMSPA goals
Sean Holt, the interim chief executive officer of the new Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA), has said the body will look to draw members from a much broader cohort than its forerunners. In an interview with Leisure
Management, Holt said that while core membership will still comprise those employed by operators and suppliers, the institute hopes to attract professionals working across the physical activity sector. Te broadening of the net is part of IMSPA’s aim to represent the whole of the active lei- sure sector. IMSPA was formed as the result of a
merger of Institute of Sport and Recreation Management and the Institute for Sport,
Te new FPI is aiming to register 600 professionals during its first year
a unified register for Ireland. Te new register is founded on the agreed European standards for exercise professionals. “Ireland has shown a lead in many areas of
European development in the area of quali- fications and the launch of FPI is a further positive move in this direction.”
Holt has led the new organisation following its official launch in May
Parks and Leisure (ISPAL). While IMSPA will look to expand its reach within the active leisure sector, Holt added there would be less involvement with parks – formerly a key ele- ment of ISPAL. To read the interview go to:
http://lei.sr?a=f6Z4N.
Winchester leisure centre revamp completed
Winchester City Council (WCC) and operator DC Leisure have completed a refurbishment of the River Park Leisure Centre. Gym changing rooms have been remodelled
as part of the revamp, which comes in response to a growth in gym usage and membership.
Read Leisure Opportunities online:
www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Meanwhile, work has also been undertaken
‘behind the scenes’, including rewiring in some parts of the venue and repairs to the roof. WCC also confirmed that it is planning to
replace the centre’s cardiovascular gym equip- ment and spin bikes late this year.
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