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Leisure Connection admits safety breach in pool death


Management company Leisure Connection has admitted a health and safety breach over the death of a seven-year-old girl at Blackwater Leisure Centre in Essex. Michelle Gellard was pulled uncon-


scious from the centre’s swimming pool on 14 June 2008. Staff were unable to resusci- tate her and she was later pronounced dead at Colchester General Hospital. Leisure Connection, which runs the centre on behalf of the local council, admitted fail- ing to ensure the safety of a member of the public at a hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court. Te company is to be sentenced in March 2013. Details: http://lei.sr?a=m7R0t


Glasgow deal for Technogym


Fitness equipment supplier Technogym has secured a contract with leisure trust Glasgow Life, which man- ages 26 sports and leisure facilities in the city on behalf of Glasgow City Council. As par t of the deal


Technogym will upgrade all Glasgow Life-operated fitness and active leisure facilities with new equipment. The new installations


will include equipment from the company’s Visioweb – a digital platform for cardiovascular equipment – and Vario ranges, as well as a number of its Kinesis func- tional training stations . Archie Graham, chair of Glasgow Life, said:


As part of the deal, Technogym will be looking to upgrade all 26 centres Glasgow Life’s managed centres include


“Over the next three years this partnership with Technogym will provide the people of Glasgow with an unrivalled leisure experience.”


Te refurbished centre is operated by Fusion


Loughborough Leisure Centre reopens


Loughborough Leisure Centre has reopened following a £2.1m redevelopment. Facilities at the centre, which is owned


by Charnwood Borough Council and oper- ated by leisure trust Fusion Lifestyle, now include a new 75-station gym space, a new indoor cycling studio and a refurbished group exercise studio. Te new facilities opened as part of the


first phase of renovations which are due for completion in mid-December. Te final phase will see the launch of a refurbished main exercise studio and upgraded chang- ing rooms. Details: http://lei.sr?a=x6w1W


Exercise in later life keeps brain healthy


A study by the University of Edinburgh has shown that people who exercise later in life may better protect their brain from age-re- lated changes than those who do not. Researchers found that people over the


age of 70 who took regular exercise showed less brain shrinkage over a three-year period. Shrinkage is linked to problems with memory and findings suggest that exercise is potentially one important pathway to maintaining a healthy brain. Details: http://lei.sr?a=X9b9m


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the recently opened £113m Emirates Arena and the Tolcross International Swimming Centre which is due to open in mid-2013. Details: http://lei.sr?a=v2D1N


Power Plate bought out of administration


US-based PPI Acquisitions has acquired vibration fitness equipment supplier Power Plate out of administration. The company’s adminis-


trators – Duff & Phelps, the same firm which handled the administration of Rangers FC – confirmed that it had agreed a deal which includes all of Power Plate’s business and assets. Te sale process has entered


into an exclusivity period while the contractual terms are completed and during which time PPI Acquisitions will be operating the Power Plate business under license from the administrators. Additionally, PPI Acquisitions has entered


into an exclusive manufacturing agree- ment with the current manufacturer of


A Power Plate session – the machines are used in gyms across the UK


Power Plate products. With this agree- ment in place, PPI Acquisitions will be the sole source for the complete line of Power Plate branded products world wide. Details: http://lei.sr?a=e7e5p


Leisure centre opens as part of Bridgewater project


A new leisure centre in Bridgewater has opened as part of a £20m redevelopment of Robert Blake and Elmwood School. The centre was opened under Somerset


County Council’s Building Schools for the Future Project (BSFP). Robert Blake and


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


Elmwood Leisure, which will be managed by 1610 leisure trust, will provide a state of the art gym and exercise studio as well as a four court sports hall. In addition to this a grass football pitch, MUGA and all weather pitch will be available. Details: http://lei.sr?a=d5u7f


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