Trafford Leisure Staff Newsletter December 14

Movers, Leavers & Starters We say a big welcome to: Elliott DarlingtonUrmston Lifeguard, Marcus Mansfield- Urmston Health & Fitness Instructor, Jacqueline Penny- Sale

INSIDE...

Christmas Partys...

ISSUE #23 WINTER 2014 ALSO AVAILBLE ON YAMMER

Stay connected with what’s going on across Trafford Community Leisure Trust | www.traffordleisure.co.uk

Have a look at the staff photo booth pictures and children’s party pictures, see if you can spot yourself...

Receptionist, Hannah Smee- Urmston Health & Fitness Instructor, Michelle Tang- Urmston Lifeguard, Timothy Walford- Stretford Chester Receptionist, Christopher West- Stretford - Talbot Health & Fitness A big WELL DONE to Adam Thompson who is a

Supervisor,

member of the Grammar who also coaches into sport table tennis, on winning the single and double Table

If you see them around and about at the sites please

Tennis event at BTTAD Grand Prix. Brilliant!

make them all feel welcome.

Jobs at Trafford Leisure Below are jobs currently displayed on our website: http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/jobs-training/ vacancies/ Senior Leisure Assistant- Urmston Leisure Centre Closing Date: Thursday 18th December at 4pm Group Health & Fitness Manager (Brand Development Manager) Closing Date: Friday 19th December 2014 at 4pm.

If there is anything you would like to put in the newsletter for next month please contact Heather Gaulton by email: heather.gaulton@traffordleisure.co.uk

Transfers: Adam Thomas- From Casual payroll Urmston Swim Teacher, Emma Watson From Casual payroll Stretford Lifeguard, Emma Gordon From Casual payroll Stretford Lifeguard, Elizabth Fitzgerald From Casual payroll Urmston & Carrington, Marina

2014

Moreno Myin- From Casual payroll Leisure Assistant Old Trafford Sports Barn, Shaun Ryan- From Casual payroll Leisure Assistant Old Trafford Sports Barn,

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Helen Curtis- From Casual payroll Stretford and Sale

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Swim Teacher

We say a sad farewell to: William Bagnall- Urmston Swim Teacher, Katya Krumova- Sale Receptionist, Gary Gibson- William Wroe Golf Course Shop Assistant, Michael Scully- Altrincham Golf Course Shop Assistant, Anthony Hill- Head of Engineering I would like to say farewell to James Crossland, Duty Manager at Partington Leisure Centre, he has been with the company for years and sadly is leaving us to move back home to Hull, he will be missed by many and we wish him all the best in the future.

Why not Elf Your self and send to Yammer... http://www.elfyourself.com

FEATURING...

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Exec. Factor. Staff profile of the month. Sue Cassidy’s Retirement. IT update Dance/ Cheerleading Festival. Staff and children’s Christmas Party. Golden Moment.

The Exec. Factor

Bernie Jones T H E our Chief Executive shares with you E EC. the things that are

going on behind F A C T O R the scenes I hope those of you who attended had a great time at the Christmas Party and your children, nephews, nieces,

Sue Cassidy’s Retirement Party I wish you all your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Have a great month.

grandchildren etc. enjoyed the Staff Children’s Party last

A fantastic night was had at Flixton House for Sue Cassidy’s retirement party. Friends and work colleagues that Sue has helped and

Sunday. Judging by the photographs of both events it looks

had a positive impact on came to pay their thanks. Also people who Sue hadn’t seen in many years made an appearance as a gratitude

like a good time was had by all. Talking about good nights, that

to all her hard work and commitment over the years. Sue was very pleased and when speaking to her she spoke about how it was a

was exactly what Sue Cassidy had at her retirement party and

special night and appreciated everyone coming to celebrate with her. As a repayment to Bernie she gave him back his clicker that she

it was good to see so many ex Trust staff joining in with the celebrations. We wish her well in her retirement and hope her recovery continues to go well.

Healthy Hips and Hearts Volunteers Day

As indicated last month, just where has 2014 gone! Despite all the challenges we have had yet another great year and the Trust has continued to provide first class leisure services for the community of Trafford.

The Active Living Team spent an afternoon at Flixton

One scary Santa and his team delivering chocolates to the As the year ends, I would like to thank all of you for your efforts

House thanking their volunteers for all the valuable work

sites and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

they have been doing over the year for the older peoples

during 2014. I am confident that despite everything that is

activities inthe community. The Active Living Team gained a valuable insight into how they can grow the programme for the benefit of Trafford.

Name: Craig Lomas

Hobbies & Interests: Football (Keen Man United Fan) Keeping

Fit, Socialising, Spending time with my two boys being the best

Position: Centre Manager

Dad I can be.

Favourite Films: Anchor Man

Young Green keeper of the year

Site: Sale Favourite Food: Thai or Italian Best Place I’ve been abroad: Yosemite National Park Roles & Responsibilities: Overseeing of day to day operations at Sale Leisure Centre covering all aspects including Staffing / Customer Service / Standards / Budget Adherence Sales – General Dogs Body

Altrincham Leisure centre will be starting a

Dream Job: Man United Manager

new staff football session on Thursday afternoon’s 2.30 till

3 words to describe me: Passionate, Enthusiastic,

3.30pm. This will be led by Dean

Motivated

Collier and will start in January

Bio: Born in Buxton, Live in Cheadle Hulme, Married with 2

ft

and no time! Been in the leisure Industry for over 17 years working from Lifeguard and Football Coach to Duty Manager

o e il h f o nt r f P Mo f ta

and General Manager. Love working in Leisure as we can actively make a positive contribution to people’s lives and when we give a great service we can make peoples day and lives happier and healthier. Best part of the job working with people of all ages and developing and improving the team members.

2015. The session will be free

he

small boys Taylor and Jacob so very used to having no sleep

to all staff Well done to Ben Evans from Altrincham Golf Course, who was the runner up in the ‘Young Greenkeeper of the year’

Happy New Year Happy New You!

category at the national IOG awards on the 4th December this was held at the MK stadium in Milton Keynes and was hosted by TalkSPORT presenter Mark Saggers.

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IT Update

Cheerleading/Dance Festival

Over the Christmas and New Year period we encourage you to utilise the support contracts we have in place to report any issues you may have with Plus2 or the Trusts IT Network: Plus2 issues – Please call Gladstone on 08451 201 011.

On the 10th December at George Carnall we held a Dance and Cheerleading Festival where all the schools which we work with came together to show all their hard work to their family and other schools. This was a great success with 17 schools from Primary to High schools attending, this would not have gone ahead if it wasn’t for Sarah Aldcroft who organised this event. Sarah works with the coaching team as our dance specialist, her expertise and passion is in the delivery of Cheerleading within the Trafford schools. She works effortlessly along with Heather Gaulton

Alternatively email support@gladstonemrm.com

Gladstone support times are:

•

Normal week day - Monday to Friday 7am - 7pm

•

Weekend service - Saturday and Sunday answer phone at 9:30am and 4:30pm

•

Bank holiday service - answer phone at 9:30am and 4:30pm

and Poppy Olah within the schools in order to prepare the young people to come together and celebrate in the way of an Annual Cheerleading/Dance Festival.

Trust IT & Network issues call Optimised IT on 01565 722 280.

Alternatively email support@optimisedit.com Optimised IT support times are:

Trafford Service Football Tournament Congratulations to

Partington Sports Village

minute charity spin with a turn out of 60 people. This was

An excellent turn out at Stretford Talbot Centre for the 100

who entered this year’s

lead by James Jackson, Pete Lockwood and Jan Stefka. This

Trafford Service Football

takes place every year to raise money for CRY (Cardiac Risk

Tournament.

in the Young), they work to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac deaths and offer bereavement support to

The Trust entered two

families affected. This year they have raised over £600, not

teams (Partington Sports

only did this raise money for charity but was also great fun.

Village and In Bob we

Trust). The tournament was

great fun with Partington Sports Village winning and In Bob We Trust finishing mid table. It was nice of Chris Bollard to get

Monday to Friday – 9am – 5.30pm

•

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday – answer phone service at 9:30am and 4:30pm

Stretford Charity Spin

•

Congratulations to Jon Francis on recieving gold on his Profile

his PSV team to take it easy on In Bob we Trust and it finished a 5-3 victory to them.

The team, Ryan Mellor, Reece Nathans, Chris Bollard, Jordan Wagster, Simon Holt and James Fannon played against 6 groups and got through to the final and won with the final score 4 - 3 and took home the honour of being the best Trafford Service team of the year.

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Partington Sports Village Trafford Service Football Tournament

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Staff and Childrens Christmas Party

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Staff and Childrens Christmas Party

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IT Update

Cheerleading/Dance Festival

Over the Christmas and New Year period we encourage you to utilise the support contracts we have in place to report any issues you may have with Plus2 or the Trusts IT Network: Plus2 issues – Please call Gladstone on 08451 201 011.

On the 10th December at George Carnall we held a Dance and Cheerleading Festival where all the schools which we work with came together to show all their hard work to their family and other schools. This was a great success with 17 schools from Primary to High schools attending, this would not have gone ahead if it wasn’t for Sarah Aldcroft who organised this event. Sarah works with the coaching team as our dance specialist, her expertise and passion is in the delivery of Cheerleading within the Trafford schools. She works effortlessly along with Heather Gaulton

Alternatively email support@gladstonemrm.com

Gladstone support times are:

•

Normal week day - Monday to Friday 7am - 7pm

•

Weekend service - Saturday and Sunday answer phone at 9:30am and 4:30pm

•

Bank holiday service - answer phone at 9:30am and 4:30pm

and Poppy Olah within the schools in order to prepare the young people to come together and celebrate in the way of an Annual Cheerleading/Dance Festival.

Trust IT & Network issues call Optimised IT on 01565 722 280.

Alternatively email support@optimisedit.com Optimised IT support times are:

Trafford Service Football Tournament Congratulations to

Partington Sports Village

minute charity spin with a turn out of 60 people. This was

An excellent turn out at Stretford Talbot Centre for the 100

who entered this year’s

lead by James Jackson, Pete Lockwood and Jan Stefka. This

Trafford Service Football

takes place every year to raise money for CRY (Cardiac Risk

Tournament.

in the Young), they work to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac deaths and offer bereavement support to

The Trust entered two

families affected. This year they have raised over £600, not

teams (Partington Sports

only did this raise money for charity but was also great fun.

Village and In Bob we

Trust). The tournament was

great fun with Partington Sports Village winning and In Bob We Trust finishing mid table. It was nice of Chris Bollard to get

Monday to Friday – 9am – 5.30pm

•

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday – answer phone service at 9:30am and 4:30pm

Stretford Charity Spin

•

Congratulations to Jon Francis on recieving gold on his Profile

his PSV team to take it easy on In Bob we Trust and it finished a 5-3 victory to them.

The team, Ryan Mellor, Reece Nathans, Chris Bollard, Jordan Wagster, Simon Holt and James Fannon played against 6 groups and got through to the final and won with the final score 4 - 3 and took home the honour of being the best Trafford Service team of the year.

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Partington Sports Village Trafford Service Football Tournament

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The Exec. Factor

Bernie Jones T H E our Chief Executive shares with you E EC. the things that are

going on behind F A C T O R the scenes I hope those of you who attended had a great time at the Christmas Party and your children, nephews, nieces,

Sue Cassidy’s Retirement Party I wish you all your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Have a great month.

grandchildren etc. enjoyed the Staff Children’s Party last

A fantastic night was had at Flixton House for Sue Cassidy’s retirement party. Friends and work colleagues that Sue has helped and

Sunday. Judging by the photographs of both events it looks

had a positive impact on came to pay their thanks. Also people who Sue hadn’t seen in many years made an appearance as a gratitude

like a good time was had by all. Talking about good nights, that

to all her hard work and commitment over the years. Sue was very pleased and when speaking to her she spoke about how it was a

was exactly what Sue Cassidy had at her retirement party and

special night and appreciated everyone coming to celebrate with her. As a repayment to Bernie she gave him back his clicker that she

it was good to see so many ex Trust staff joining in with the celebrations. We wish her well in her retirement and hope her recovery continues to go well.

Healthy Hips and Hearts Volunteers Day

As indicated last month, just where has 2014 gone! Despite all the challenges we have had yet another great year and the Trust has continued to provide first class leisure services for the community of Trafford.

The Active Living Team spent an afternoon at Flixton

One scary Santa and his team delivering chocolates to the As the year ends, I would like to thank all of you for your efforts

House thanking their volunteers for all the valuable work

sites and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

they have been doing over the year for the older peoples

during 2014. I am confident that despite everything that is

activities inthe community. The Active Living Team gained a valuable insight into how they can grow the programme for the benefit of Trafford.

Name: Craig Lomas

Hobbies & Interests: Football (Keen Man United Fan) Keeping

Fit, Socialising, Spending time with my two boys being the best

Position: Centre Manager

Dad I can be.

Favourite Films: Anchor Man

Young Green keeper of the year

Site: Sale Favourite Food: Thai or Italian Best Place I’ve been abroad: Yosemite National Park Roles & Responsibilities: Overseeing of day to day operations at Sale Leisure Centre covering all aspects including Staffing / Customer Service / Standards / Budget Adherence Sales – General Dogs Body

Altrincham Leisure centre will be starting a

Dream Job: Man United Manager

new staff football session on Thursday afternoon’s 2.30 till

3 words to describe me: Passionate, Enthusiastic,

3.30pm. This will be led by Dean

Motivated

Collier and will start in January

Bio: Born in Buxton, Live in Cheadle Hulme, Married with 2

ft

and no time! Been in the leisure Industry for over 17 years working from Lifeguard and Football Coach to Duty Manager

o e il h f o nt r f P Mo f ta

and General Manager. Love working in Leisure as we can actively make a positive contribution to people’s lives and when we give a great service we can make peoples day and lives happier and healthier. Best part of the job working with people of all ages and developing and improving the team members.

2015. The session will be free

he

small boys Taylor and Jacob so very used to having no sleep

to all staff Well done to Ben Evans from Altrincham Golf Course, who was the runner up in the ‘Young Greenkeeper of the year’

Happy New Year Happy New You!

category at the national IOG awards on the 4th December this was held at the MK stadium in Milton Keynes and was hosted by TalkSPORT presenter Mark Saggers.

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Movers, Leavers & Starters We say a big welcome to: Elliott DarlingtonUrmston Lifeguard, Marcus Mansfield- Urmston Health & Fitness Instructor, Jacqueline Penny- Sale

INSIDE...

Christmas Partys...

ISSUE #23 WINTER 2014 ALSO AVAILBLE ON YAMMER

Stay connected with what’s going on across Trafford Community Leisure Trust | www.traffordleisure.co.uk

Have a look at the staff photo booth pictures and children’s party pictures, see if you can spot yourself...

Receptionist, Hannah Smee- Urmston Health & Fitness Instructor, Michelle Tang- Urmston Lifeguard, Timothy Walford- Stretford Chester Receptionist, Christopher West- Stretford - Talbot Health & Fitness A big WELL DONE to Adam Thompson who is a

Supervisor,

member of the Grammar who also coaches into sport table tennis, on winning the single and double Table

If you see them around and about at the sites please

Tennis event at BTTAD Grand Prix. Brilliant!

make them all feel welcome.

Jobs at Trafford Leisure Below are jobs currently displayed on our website: http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/jobs-training/ vacancies/ Senior Leisure Assistant- Urmston Leisure Centre Closing Date: Thursday 18th December at 4pm Group Health & Fitness Manager (Brand Development Manager) Closing Date: Friday 19th December 2014 at 4pm.

If there is anything you would like to put in the newsletter for next month please contact Heather Gaulton by email: heather.gaulton@traffordleisure.co.uk

Transfers: Adam Thomas- From Casual payroll Urmston Swim Teacher, Emma Watson From Casual payroll Stretford Lifeguard, Emma Gordon From Casual payroll Stretford Lifeguard, Elizabth Fitzgerald From Casual payroll Urmston & Carrington, Marina

2014

Moreno Myin- From Casual payroll Leisure Assistant Old Trafford Sports Barn, Shaun Ryan- From Casual payroll Leisure Assistant Old Trafford Sports Barn,

rd

fo Traf

Helen Curtis- From Casual payroll Stretford and Sale

Leisu

re

Swim Teacher

We say a sad farewell to: William Bagnall- Urmston Swim Teacher, Katya Krumova- Sale Receptionist, Gary Gibson- William Wroe Golf Course Shop Assistant, Michael Scully- Altrincham Golf Course Shop Assistant, Anthony Hill- Head of Engineering I would like to say farewell to James Crossland, Duty Manager at Partington Leisure Centre, he has been with the company for years and sadly is leaving us to move back home to Hull, he will be missed by many and we wish him all the best in the future.

Why not Elf Your self and send to Yammer... http://www.elfyourself.com

FEATURING...

8

Exec. Factor. Staff profile of the month. Sue Cassidy’s Retirement. IT update Dance/ Cheerleading Festival. Staff and children’s Christmas Party. Golden Moment.