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The Gym has been awarded £500 by Localgiving and Postcode Community Trust, a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. This funding boost will help us continue to provide a valuable fitness service to our members.
Chairman Richard Birbeck said: "We are delighted to have received the support of this charity. The grant will help us to continue to run our Community Gym, now in its fifth year, and benefit our members, including those referred to us by local Medical Practices under our Exercise Referral Scheme. We have now had over 13,000 user visits since we started in 2014 and hope to be able to continue to provide this essential local community service long into the future". ------0------ |
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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR OPENING HOURS
The Committee has decided to follow previous practice and close over the Christmas and New Year
holiday period, partly because in our experience the numbers of people using the Gym are so low.
The Gym will open on Friday 21 December as normal, and then
close over the holiday and re-open on Friday 4 January 2019.
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The Committee has decided to follow previous practice and close over the Christmas and New Year
holiday period, partly because in our experience the numbers of people using the Gym are so low.
The Gym will open on Friday 21 December as normal, and then
close over the holiday and re-open on Friday 4 January 2019.
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NEW FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE
The Gym has signed up with GoRaise to generate funding through online purchases
that members and supporters have made. Please see the poster below
and support us by registering and using the site.
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The Gym has signed up with GoRaise to generate funding through online purchases
that members and supporters have made. Please see the poster below
and support us by registering and using the site.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our thanks to those who came along to our 2018 AGM. The formal minutes are now below.
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[posted 18 September 2018]
Our thanks to those who came along to our 2018 AGM. The formal minutes are now below.
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[posted 18 September 2018]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Last night's AGM was really well-attended and we had a lot of contributions from members,
particularly during the Open Forum. The formal minutes will appear here in due course.
Until then we would like to thank everyone for their interest and input.
With Dennis Passingham stepping down as Chairman, Richard Birbeck has taken over and
Ted Shread is our new Secretary. We also welcome Clive Rowland and Angela Capper to the Committee.
[posted 18 September 2018]
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NEW EQUIPMENT
The pictures below show Dave Swinborne bench-pressing
a modest (!!!) 50 kilos to test our new weights bench.
The pictures below show Dave Swinborne bench-pressing
a modest (!!!) 50 kilos to test our new weights bench.
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DID YOU KNOW?
that we have 34 people who have used the Gym on more than 100 occasions?
The top of the table as of 30 September is:
300+
Mike Balmer (359), Sue Schopp (329), Christine Sparkes (311) and Dennis Passingham (309)
200+
Jim Riley (283), Ali Copsey (266), Bill Baxter (256), Colin Shearmur (248), Ian Martin (244),
Jim Bell (229), Ted Shread (210) and Lesley Cant (209)
100+
Karen Moore (190), Fred McEvett (189), Richard Birbeck (161), Julie Lane (158), Derek Beckingham (156),
Adrian Moore (153), Trevor Moore (150), Carole Baxter (146), Denise Turner (143), Jill Riches (138),
Margaret Sloper (128), Dave Swinborne (125), Catherine Knight (125), Roy McLean (123),
Linda Alden (116), Clive Rowland (115), Caroline Rowland (113), Katherine Henery (112), Bob Demain (110),
Sharon Vout (106) and Janice Mullen (101)
[Those in italics do not currently come to the Gym]
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DID YOU KNOW?
that we have 34 people who have used the Gym on more than 100 occasions?
The top of the table as of 30 September is:
300+
Mike Balmer (359), Sue Schopp (329), Christine Sparkes (311) and Dennis Passingham (309)
200+
Jim Riley (283), Ali Copsey (266), Bill Baxter (256), Colin Shearmur (248), Ian Martin (244),
Jim Bell (229), Ted Shread (210) and Lesley Cant (209)
100+
Karen Moore (190), Fred McEvett (189), Richard Birbeck (161), Julie Lane (158), Derek Beckingham (156),
Adrian Moore (153), Trevor Moore (150), Carole Baxter (146), Denise Turner (143), Jill Riches (138),
Margaret Sloper (128), Dave Swinborne (125), Catherine Knight (125), Roy McLean (123),
Linda Alden (116), Clive Rowland (115), Caroline Rowland (113), Katherine Henery (112), Bob Demain (110),
Sharon Vout (106) and Janice Mullen (101)
[Those in italics do not currently come to the Gym]
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GYM HITS THE 13,000 MARK
Early July 2018 saw the 13,000th visit to the Gym since it opened in April 2014.
That's an average of around 250 visits every month.
We would like to thank all our members, new and longer-term,
for their continuing support for this community facility.
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Early July 2018 saw the 13,000th visit to the Gym since it opened in April 2014.
That's an average of around 250 visits every month.
We would like to thank all our members, new and longer-term,
for their continuing support for this community facility.
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SOUTH NORFOLK
COMMUNITY AWARDS 2018 Many thanks to those members who nominated the Gym as Community Group of the Year in the 2018 South Norfolk Community Awards. We have been told that we did not get short-listed this time, unlike last year when we were runner-up. Nonetheless we appreciate your support. |
JIM BELL, 1947-2018
It is with great sadness that we note the passing last month of Jim Bell, one of the Gym's staunchest members between May 2014 and November 2017 during which time he notched up 229 visits and is still in the Top Ten users. Jim was a thoroughly nice chap who always had time to speak with people. His Geordie humour was always appreciated and he never took himself too seriously. Our condolences go to his wife and family. He will be sorely missed. |
Our Latest NEWSLETTER is below
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[posted 7 May 2018]
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[posted 7 May 2018]
DETAILS OF THE CURRENT PRICING STRUCTURE ARE SET OUT BELOW.