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Leisure centre team’s success
THE team behind Larkfield Leisure Centre has been short- listed for national recognition afterploughing £1millioninto re- developing the site. Tmactive has reached the finals
of the Community Leisure UK Awards 2019, and will learn if it haswon top ranking inMay. The honour follows the team’s
nine-month project to build group exercise studios, extend the gym, create a dedicated training area and construct Kent’s first immer- sive spin studio, providing Lark- field with more than 150 group exercise classes eachweek. The redevelopment project was
fundedentirely byTmactive, an in- dependent leisure trust,with a fur- ther £200,000 provided by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council for gymequipment. CEOMartin Guyton said: “This
was the largest single investment we havemade into one of our cen- tres since we took over the man-
agement fromthe borough council five years ago. Our customers told us they wanted more exercise classes anda better gym, andthat’s whatwe delivered.” The news comes as Larkfield
Ladies Football Club begins sport- ing a newstrip in conjunctionwith the trust. The deal is part of a cam- paign called Tmactive150, which has pledged to encourage more people to undertake a healthy 150 minutes of exercise eachweek. Mr Guyton said: “Larkfield
Ladies FC is a great example of peoplegettingtogether toget active intheir community.We are looking forward toworkingwith them.” Larkfield Ladies’ FC chairman
Russell Jeffery said: “We look for- ward to working with Tmactive, specifically by supporting andrun- ning activities for their Tmac- tive150 programme. “We’re grateful for their spon-
sorship in what is an exciting fourth season for the team.”
Cleaning up the town
THE outgoing chairman of Snodland Town Council,Debbie King,was so upset when she saw the amount of rubbish dumped in the cricket meadow, she organised a litter pick. She asked the town councillors if theywere available to help, andDilys
Crook, JamesMinter,NicolaMisy and KatherineMordecai-Woolf all vol- unteered. Debbie said: “I was delighted that we were joined by several mem-
bers of the public, including people who heard about the litter pick through Facebook. A lady called Angela,who sawus litter pick last year, gaveme her number. She came with her husband, Reg, who is in amo- bility scooter. "It’s nice to feel you aremaking a difference, and I hope it gives other people some pride in the look and appearance of the town."
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TUE 7 - SAT 11 MAY 12 Malling April 2019
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