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tomwalker@leisuremedia.com DLL to open £8m Worcester club
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has unveiled plans to open a new £8m sports, health and leisure facility near Worcester’s Sixways Stadium later this year – the group’s 81st site in the UK. The 5,600sq m (60,278sq
ft) development will open on 1 December and will accommodate a wide range of leisure activities, including three indoor and five outdoor tennis courts. A 900sq m (9,688sq ft) fitness suite will comprise resistance and CV equipment, free weights and Power Plates, while three studios are planned – one dedicated to group cycling classes. Elsewhere, the new DLL club will offer a
London council outlines plans for new £18m centre
Westminster City Council has outlined its proposals for a new £18m leisure centre in Queen’s Park, London, as part of an ongoing programme to upgrade local facilities. The development, which will be funded
at no cost to taxpayers, will involve the merger of the Moberly and Jubilee sites to provide one single, larger centre at Moberly. Facilities will include an eight-court sports hall, a swimming pool, a learner pool and a health and fitness suite. The new facility is due to open in 2014. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=A0J2Y
The new DLL venue will be located next to Worcester’s Sixways Stadium
proposed by DLL, which will accommodate a salt steamroom, a saunarium, a sauna, an ice machine and a large spa pool. DLL regional director Jason Andrews
25m indoor pool, a 20m outdoor pool and two physiotherapy rooms, along with a wet spa area to include a sauna and steamroom. An “exclusive area” for adults is also being
says: “We are very excited about providing the community with what will be a fantastic club offering excellent facilities, classes, programmes and expertise.”
Fit4less open new health club in Bromley
Fit4less, the low-cost fitness franchise owned by the énergie Group, remains ‘on course’ to operate 27 gyms by the end of the year after the opening of its latest site in London. The 604sq m (6,500sq ft)
club in Bromley is the chain’s 17th in the UK and includes a cardio room and a free weights area, with equipment supplied by Precor. It is the second franchise
unveiled by owner Tom Burke, who previously opened a Fit4less club in Milton Keynes and attracted more than 1,000 pre-sales for the latest facility. The énergie Group aims to operate 45 Fit4less gyms by the end of next year and already has sites across the UK, including a commercial venture with a college in Stevenage.
The Bromley club forms part of énergie’s expansion strategy for Fit4less Other new Fit4less gyms set to open in the
coming months include Bracknell, Maidstone, Northampton, Wembley and Portsmouth. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=V7p9d
Pure Gym to open second Wolverhampton location
Pure Gym, the low-cost health club chain founded in 2009, has continued its UK expansion with the opening of its second site in Wolverhampton last month. Stephen Clarke, who oversaw the launch of the first Pure Gym site in the city more
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than two years ago, has been appointed gym manager of the new facility. The new Wolverhampton club joins other
clubs to open in the West Midlands in the next two months, with West Bromwich and Walsall also set to host Pure Gyms.
The gym was designed and fitted out by motive8
motive8 unveils new corporate gym in Leeds
Health and fitness consultancy motive8 has opened a new corporate gym at a Leeds- based financial services company. The new facility was designed and fitted
out by motive8. It includes equipment supplied by Star Trac, as well as space for core exercises and stretching. Training services at the gym are provided
by motive8 North, the Leeds-based sister company of motive8, which offers personal training, exercise classes and gym membership throughout the city. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=P2b7t
£14.7m Newham leisure centre plans approved
Newham Council has approved plans for the construction of a new £14.7m leisure centre on the site of the existing Atherton Leisure Centre in Stratford, east London. The council hopes work will start on-site
in July 2013, with the complex to open in early 2015. It will offer swimming facilities, a gym and space for fitness classes. According to the council, a factor in its
decision to pursue plans for the new-build option was the presence of asbestos- containing materials at the existing facility. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=F3K8M
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