Health & Fitness news
BOOM! Cycle opens in Shoreditch
American model Hilary Gilbert has teamed up with British entrepreneur Robert Rowland to open a 2,500sq ſt (230sq m) purpose-built indoor cycling studio in London. Located in Shoreditch, BOOM! Cycle is the fi rst in what will be a chain of indoor cycling gyms in and around the capital - and possibly the UK. BOOM! will off er clients the fl exibility
of pay-per-class pricing rather than a fi xed monthly membership. T e average class fee will be £12.50, with discounts given for both block and group bookings.
FIA names new board members
New board members have been appointed to the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) for a three-year period to 2015. A total of 10 people have
been added to the board, all of whom will attend four board meetings a year and be FIA ambassadors at FIA events and media opportunities. T e new members are: Scott
Lloyd, David Lloyd Leisure; Martin Long, LA Fitness; Malcolm McPhail, Stockport Sports Trust; John Oxley, Active Nation; and David Bibby, Sports and Leisure Management. Pete Todd, Pontefract Leisure Club; Neil
David Lloyd Leisure’s Scott Lloyd is one of the new FIA board members
Mosley, Imperial College; Dave Pugh, St Helen’s Council; James Preece, British Military Fitness; and Sue Anstiss, Promote PR have also been named as new FIA board members. FIA CEO David Stalker said: “Looking ahead, we are faced with the prospect of
Facilities include a 90-station gym and 25m pool
Newcastle’s Jubilee 2 centre opens to the public
T e new £10m Jubilee 2 leisure complex in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staff ordshire, has opened to the public. Facilities include a 25m, eight-lane
swimming pool; a 12m training pool with moveable fl oor and aqua gym equipment; a 90-station fi tness suite; and a sauna area with steamrooms and feature showers. A 12m climbing wall; a 4m bouldering
and traverse wall; and an interactive chil- dren’s activity zone also form part of the Wm Saunders Partnership-designed build- ing, built by NBC.
Nuffi eld reveals members’ Health MOT data
Data collected from members of Nuffi eld Health clubs show that seven out of 10 have shown signifi cant increases in their overall health. T e fi gures come from the opera- tor’s Health MOT initiative, launched in 2009, which is off ered to every new club member at point of joining. Follow up tests are then conducted to ascertain the prog- ress of each member. Managing director Laura Kerby said that
a total of 36,000 people have now com- pleted a second MOT, giving a “strong body of evidence” for the charity to analyse.
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increasing our influence on public health delivery, where we are partnering with some of the world’s biggest brands and a whole host of other equally profound and far reaching ini- tiatives, and of course the 2012 Games. “FIA board members have the unique
opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the future of our industry.”
Denise Lewis opens DLL’s Farnham Club
David Lloyd Leisure’s (DLL) new £12m sports and health club in Farnham, Surrey, has been opened by Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis. Facilities at the 6,000sq m
(64,583sq ft) venue include the group’s largest Amida Spa, which spans more than 1,000sq m (10,764sq ſt ) and has six treatment rooms. Four relaxation rooms; a
nail studio; a spa plunge pool; a spray tanning salon; and steam experience rooms also form part of the spa, while an outdoor area features sauna cabins and a hydro spa pool. A new agreement signed by DLL last month
will see Aromatherapy Associates, Rodial and Alpha-H supply products for treatments and therapies at Farnham’s Amida Spa.
DLL’s Farnham club was opened by Olympic champion Denise Lewis Elsewhere, a 25m swimming pool and sep-
arate children’s pool; a 1,337sq m (14,391sq ſt ) gym with cv and resistance machines; a 470sq m (5,059sq ſt ) DL Kids area; and a physiother- apy and osteopathy clinic are also available.
Pendle facilities in line for investment
Members of Pendle Borough Council’s exec- utive have backed plans to invest £160,000 in a refurbishment and replacement programme for leisure facilities across the area. Full council has been urged to approve the proposal, with additional capital expenditure
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to be funded using windfall income from a successful claim for overpaid VAT. If the investment is approved on at a meet-
ing scheduled for 15 December, it is thought work could commence in early 2012 and will be undertaken on a phased basis.
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