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sutton facilities in line for major refurbishment
Sutton Council has announced that two facilities – Cheam Leisure Centre and Sutton Arena, London – are to benefit from a joint £950,000 refurbishment. Everyone Active – the trading name of
Sports and Leisure Management (SLM) – is funding the schemes, which will see Cheam Leisure Centre receive a £600,000 makeover, including a new gym entrance. Te remaining £350,000 will be invested
in extending the gym at Sutton Arena. Both schemes are to be completed ahead of an £11m rebuild of Westcroſt Leisure Centre.
25 MARCH 12 sainsbury’s sport
relief mile Hundreds of Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile events will be held across the country on Sunday 25 March. People can choose from 1, 3 and 6 miles and can take part as a family team, with friends, individually or up against the clock. Entry is £6 for adults and £3 for children, or £15 for a family of four. Or why not organise your own event? Money raised will be spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. Details:
www.sportrelief.com
One of the largest mass studies on the benefits of exercise has revealed that just 15 minutes of physical activity a day can boost a person’s life expectancy by up to three years. Taiwan’s Department of
Health carried out research between 1996 and 2008 and involved 416,175 individuals in standard medical screening programmes, with people placed into one of five categories of exercise volumes. The results of the study
were published in the medical journal Lancet and showed that, when compared with the ‘inactive’ group, those in the ‘low volume’ group who exercised for an average of 15 minutes a day had a 14 per cent reduced risk of all-cause mortality and three more years of life expectancy.
18–22 JULY 12 Te gym will be used by elite student athletes
new performance gym opens at bath university
A new £100,000 performance gym has been unveiled at the University of Bath to help boost the preparations of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls. Te university worked with the English
Institute of Sport, Sport England, TASS and UK Sport to undertake the project, which is an extension to an existing venue. An integrated testing platform to provide in-depth physical analysis, a video feedback system and a system providing feedback on
£31m redcar leisure plans move forward
Detailed plans for a new £31m leisure, business support and community facility in the heart of Redcar have been submitted to the local planning authority for consideration. Outline plans drawn up by S&P Architects
and Plus3 Architects were given the green light by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) earlier this summer. Middlesbrough-based Buckler Demolition
has already started work to clear the site at Kirkleatham Street and Coatham Road, which will be the location for the development. Facilities will include a six-lane, 25m
Davina McCall fr nted the 2011 event strength and power outputs are on offer at the new performance facility.
swimming pool, a training pool and a leisure pool as well as a dance and performance space, a fitness suite, junior gym and sports hall.
london to paris bike ride Children’s charity Action Medical Research is offering a new women-only London to Paris bike route in 2012. Recognising the popularity of women’s cycling in the UK, the charity launched its fi rst female-only 100-mile cycle event – fronted by Davina McCall – last year. The new 325-mile, four-day route is part of the charity’s established London to Paris tour, which has been running for 10 years and which sees cyclists following four different courses before all meeting in Paris to fi nish the route together. Registration is £99 and minimum sponsorship is £1,400. Monies will help fund vital medical research into conditions affecting babies and children. Details:
www.action.org.uk
pyrenees snow shoe challenge
Facilities will include three pools, gym and sports hall Business space for small to medium-sized
firms and community facilities also form part of the scheme, along with public spaces. Willmott Dixon is the lead contractor.
There’s just over a year to train and raise funds (£295 deposit and £1,995 minimum sponsorship) for this new event by Charity Challenge. A relatively unknown activity, snow-shoeing is the ideal way to explore the winter landscapes of the Pyrenees. Participants will walk between six and eight hours a day in the mountain range that crosses from France to Spain and the Aiguestortes National Park. Details:
www.charitychallenge.com
15 minutes of activity a day can prolong life expectancy by three years Various celebrities will be joining in the mile events across the country Each additional 15 minutes of daily exercise
beyond the initial 15 minutes further reduced all-cause mortality by 4 per cent and all-cancer mortality by 1 per cent. Tese benefits were applicable to all age groups and both sexes.
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