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Health Club Awards to recognise individuals
This year’s Health Club Awards (see p29) will recognise individual members of staff based on the feedback received from members. Simon Brown, who runs the competition,
explains: “The awards are about recognising clubs for their excellence, but we also believe staff who’ve been integral to the customer experience should be recognised.” The 10 individuals on the shortlist are
Gareth Austin, exercise coach, Clayton Green Leisure Centre; Raj Chauhan, leisure & spa manager, Chesford Grange; Peter Davis, fitness motivator, Everyone Active Epping; Derek George, fitness consultant, Centurion Fitness Centre; Sarah King, group excercise instructor, Everyone Active Basildon; Steve Male, assistant leisure & spa manager, Chesford Grange; Kelly Morley, manager, Pure Gym Stoke; Tom Smith, personal instructor, Pure Gym Cardiff; Steve Warner, manager, Pure Gym Coventry; and Tracey Warrener, group exercise manager, Everyone Active West Lindsey.
SkillsActive, the sector skills council for sport and active leisure, has announced that Peter Rowley has been appointed chair with immediate effect. In his new role, Rowley will
build on developing political and stakeholder relationships, as well as providing strategic direction to members of the council’s board of trustees. Rowley wi l l also be
responsible for leading Ski l l sAc t ive through its period of change, while overseeing compliance with The Charity Commission Code of Conduct. He will continue to serve as a Sport England board member, as the funding agency’s community sport champion in the North East region, and as a member of UK Sport’s Audit Committee. SkillsActive CEO Ian Taylor says: “In line with my remit to drive the business forward,
Rowley is a leisure sector veteran and serves on the Sport England board
Peter will play a key role in strengthening our new structure. This will ensure our core products and services continue to meet the demands and needs of all the sectors we serve, and employers with whom we work.” Rowley adds: “I’m delighted to become
part of SkillsActive as it transitions from a government-funded organisation to one that is commercially- and customer driven.”
Tony Harris named Pure Gym’s new CEO Pedro Ruiz receiving his award last month
Vivafit’s Pedro Ruiz wins entrepreneur award
Pedro Ruiz, CEO of Portuguese ladies-only fitness franchise Vivafit, has been named this year’s Entrepreneur of the Year by the Portuguese Ministry of Economy. The award is in recognition of the
work put in by the Portuguese brand to become a market leader in Portugal, as well as recognising its recent international expansion accomplishments.
RLSS and IQL appoint four new regional managers
The Royal Lifesaving Society UK and Institute of Qualified Lifeguards (IQL UK) have announced the appointment of four regional customer engagement managers. The quartet – Ian Doherty, Simon Crute,
Helen Pendlington and Danielle Peele – have been tasked with building a more interactive relationship with Approved Training Centres and ensuring continual improvement of service and delivery.
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Tony Harris has been named as the new chief executive officer of Pure Gym, the low- cost fitness chain founded in 2009 and which currently has nearly 30 sites in the UK. The appointment of Harris,
former MD and finance director of Arena Leisure, will see current CEO and founder Peter Roberts become deputy chair of the company. Harris was also former CFO
of student accommodation firm Unite Group and VP of finance for Europe, Africa and Nordic at international hotel group Hilton. “Affordable gyms are redefining the
market for fitness in the UK. Pure Gym is at the forefront of this revolution with its focus on providing quality and value to a
Tony Harris is the former MD and finance director of Arena Leisure
rapidly expanding membership,” says Harris. Roberts adds: “Tony will be fundamental in the company’s rapid expansion programme, with an aim to have 40 clubs open by the end of 2012 and 65 by the end of 2013.”
YMCAfit staff recognised for STOTT PILATES training
National training provider YMCAfit has won two individual awards at the Community of Excellence Conference in Toronto, Canada, in recognition of its STOTT PILATES training. Brigitte Wrenn, who heads the team at
the YMCAfit STOTT academy, also received an award which recognised her support for
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instructors and students and promotion of the STOTT PILATES method and brand. Alison Salmond, instructor trainer at
YMCAfit, was also given the status of a lead instructor trainer – the first person to receive the recognition in the UK. Read more:
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