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new leisure centre and gym opens in kent village
A new Hartwell Architects-designed leisure facility has opened its doors to the public on the Spinney Lane sports ground site in Aylesham, near Canterbury, Kent. Freedom Leisure will operate the
new Aylesham Welfare Leisure Centre in partnership with the Aylesham and Snowdon Social Welfare Scheme. Facilities at the WW Martin-built venue
include a 26-station Life Fitness suite incorporating cardiovascular, resistance and free weights equipment, along with 10 outdoor grass sports pitches.
The “Olympic Boulevard”, a £1.2m extension to Malbank School and Sixth Form College in Nantwich, Cheshire, has been opened for use by students and the local community. With 1,300 students, the
institution has strong links in promoting sport and the values of the Olympic Games, which has seen it receive both national and international recognition. The school’s sporting
links inspired the design of the Olympic Boulevard extension, which off ers a 100sq m (1,076sq ſt ) gym fi tted with Precor cardiovascular and strength equipment. Working in partnership with the Parents and
Teachers Organisation and the Youth Charter for Sport, Malbank School and Sixth Form College secured 50 per cent of the funding.
Personal training revenue grew by 300 per cent
gll extends personal training contract
Leisure trust GLL has extended its personal training contract with Your Personal Training after more than 2,000 of its members used the service. During the period, the number of
personal trainers working at GLL sites increased from 10 to 80, and personal training revenue grew by 300 per cent. Joe Oliver, managing director of Your
Personal Training, says: “We’ve seen a vast increase in members taking up personal training services, which has led to a dramatic increase in revenue for the operator.”
fusion lifestyle takes over charnwood leisure venues
Charnwood Borough Council has said that Fusion Lifestyle has taken over management of Soar Valley Leisure Centre, Mountsorrel; South Charnwood Leisure Centre in Syston; and Loughborough Leisure Centre. Fusion will invest more than £1.9m in
enhancing the facilities at all three centres as part of the deal, while more than £2.4m will be invested in new equipment. T e 10.5-year contract will also see Fusion
spend £3.9m on repairs and maintenance. CBC is expecting to save around £4.6m over the lifetime of the deal.
10 T e facility’s new dual-use health club was equipped by Precor Cheshire Council contributed the remainder
of the balance, with the extension also housing a Starbucks internet café, a family learning centre and an ICT suite. Headteacher Jeannette Walker says: “To have
state of the art equipment available for our students and our community is fantastic.”
aspire secures contract for budget gym
Aspire Sports & Cultural Trust - which operates both GL1 Leisure Centre and Oxstalls Tennis Centre in Gloucester - has expanded its services by opening a budget gym in Cheltenham. Located at Gloucestershire
C o l leg e C amp u s, Cheltenham, the new site has been branded ‘Xpress Fitness’ and will offer monthly memberships from £15. Xpress Fitness Cheltenham
features a number of CV and resistance stations, an exercise studio and outdoor multi-use sports area. According to a spokesperson, the trust aims to establish a portfolio of budget gyms in the region. Steve Elway, chief executive of Aspire, says: “We are growing our brand into wider areas
T e trust plans to establish a portfolio of budget gyms in the region
and markets. Since the trust’s inception, we have worked hard to improve the quality of facilities and hope to build on our reputation and deliver quality, aff ordable services in this new community”.
local authority to close stratford leisure centre
Newham Council will consult with local residents over plans for a new facility on the site of Stratford’s Atherton Leisure Centre, which is to shut on 31 December. It is expected that a full public consultation will get underway in mid-November to help
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shape plans for the new facility, which will be built on the Atherton site. T e council agreed to close the centre, which
is sited less than a mile from the Olympic Park, due to increasing costs relating to the ceiling over its main swimming pool.
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