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Oban club thrilled after scooping top award A HEALTH club in Oban has scooped a top award for its facilities. énergie Fitness Club was voted Health and Fitness Venue of the Year at the Scottish Health and Beauty Awards, held in association with 5pm Health and Beauty. 35,000 nominations were cast online and the award winners were announced at the Girls’ Day Out event at Glasgow’s SECC. Andrew Johnston from énergie Oban said: “We are absolutely thrilled to win against tough competition. Winning this award demonstrates our hard work, passion and dedication to the industry and our customers. It’s a great achievement for us to be voted the best of the best.” The club beat off competition from rivals Greens Health and Fitness in Edinburgh; Classical Pilates in Troon and The Movement Studio in Glasgow to take the title.
Conference date set THE latest National Benchmarking Service Improvement Conference will take place at Bletchley Leisure Centre in Milton Keynes on June 28. Designed for those responsible for ensuring the efficiency of leisure centres, the event will outline how the NBS can improve best practice in performance management. Sessions will focus on how to use the NBS effectively and improve customer service.
Council contract awarded PULSE has won the contract to supply fitness equipment and supporting services to Bury Council. The contract will see the company installing over 150 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance equipment across three sites. Pulse will also provide a marketing and sales solution and a fully inclusive fiveyear service and warranty package.
A number of new training techniques were launched at the annual Boxercise master class to help instructors deliver more varied classes. Hosted at Brunel University, the event was free to attend for all registered Boxercise instructors. Founder Andy Wake said: “I wanted to make sure that our instructors were looking for ways to continually develop the classes that they teach. Instructors often work on what can be a lonely freelance basis, so it’s important that every year we remind them that they are part of a bigger team and that there is support available.”