Image: The awards are now in their second year

The winners of the Members' Choice Health Club Awards for 2012 have been announced during an awards event at the Hilton Metropole hotel in Birmingham.

Around 500 industry professionals gathered for the gala dinner - held for the second time during the Leisure Industry Week (LIW) - during which winners were announced for 31 different categories.

Everyone Active was given the award for the best national chain, beating David Lloyd Leisure and énergie Fitness for Women for the title.

Pure Gym was both named the best budget chain as well as best medium chain (10-30 clubs), with Fit4Less (silver) and Fitness4Less (bronze) making the final three in the budget category.

Pure Gym Southampton was named best club in the UK (for clubs with more than 2,000 members), narrowly beating Pure Gym Aberdeen (silver) and Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre (bronze).

énergie Fitness for Women, Eastbourne won the Club of the Year award for clubs with less than 2,000 members, edging Thornton Hall Country Healh Club (silver) and Crown Spa (bronze).

Independent operators also shone on the night, taking 11 gongs in total - including four regional golds - while Nuffield Health and Fusion Lifestyle both bagged a brace of regional golds.

More than 400 entries came from a mixture of independents, public leisure centres, hotel clubs and some of the industry's best-known brands.

The full list of winners:

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY (PEOPLE AWARDS)
Highly Commended
Gareth Austin, fitness instructor, Clayton Green Sports Centre
Raj Chauhan, leisure and spa manager, Chesford Grange Hotel
Derek George, fitness consultant, Centurion Fitness Centre

REGIONAL CATEGORIES

SCOTLAND EAST
Pure Gym Aberdeen GOLD
Pure Gym Edinburgh Ocean Terminal SILVER
Aberdeen Sports Village BRONZE

SCOTLAND WEST
The Peak GOLD
Pure Gym Glasgow SILVER
Energie Fitness for Women East Kilbride BRONZE

NORTHERN IRELAND
Pure Gym Belfast GOLD
Fit4less Club Lisburn SILVER

NORTH WEST - North
Energie Fitness for Women Preston GOLD
Pendle Wavelength & Inside Spa Nelson SILVER
Energie Fitness for Women Blackburn BRONZE

NORTH WEST - South
Pure Gym Warrington GOLD
Thornton Hall Country Health Club SILVER
Pure Gym Manchester Urban Exchange BRONZE

NORTH EAST
Fit4less Club Hartlepool GOLD
Xercise4Less Stockton-on-Tees SILVER

YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
Crown Spa GOLD
Pure Gym Leeds SILVER
Pure Gym Sheffield BRONZE

WALES
Pure Gym Cardiff GOLD
Fit4less Club Port Talbot SILVER
LivingWell Newport BRONZE

WEST MIDLANDS - North
Pure Gym Stoke on Trent GOLD
Pure Gym Wolverhampton SILVER
Sandwell Leisure Trust, Smethwick Swimming Centre BRONZE

WEST MIDLANDS - South
Pure Gym Coventry GOLD
Pure Gym Birmingham City SILVER
Chesford Grange Hotel BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - North
Nuffield Health Mapperley GOLD
Energie Fitness for Women Long Eaton SILVER
The Nottingham Belfry BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - East
Forest Pines Hotel Broughton GOLD
Everyone Active West Lindsey Leisure Centre SILVER
Everyone Active Cleethorpes Leisure Centre BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - South
Loughborough Leisure Centre GOLD
Pure Gym Leicester SILVER
LivingWell Leicester BRONZE

EAST OF ENGLAND
Everyone Active Stradbroke Leisure Centre GOLD
Energie Fitness for Women Ely SILVER
One Leisure Huntingdon BRONZE

SOUTH WEST - South
Pure Gym Bournemouth GOLD
Energie Fitness for Women Teignmouth SILVER
David Lloyd Leisure Exeter BRONZE

SOUTH WEST - North
The Fitness Hub GOLD
Centurion Fitness Centre SILVER
Anytime Fitness Bristol BRONZE

SOUTHERN - North
Fit4less Club Chesham GOLD
LivingWell Reading SILVER
LivingWell Newbury North BRONZE

SOUTHERN - South
Pure Gym Southampton GOLD
David Lloyd Leisure Southampton SILVER
Energie Fitness Club Andover BRONZE

LONDON - North
YMCA Central London GOLD
H2 Bike Run Soho SILVER
The Laboratory Spa & Health Club Muswell Hill BRONZE

LONDON - South
Wavelengths Leisure Centre GOLD
Pure Gym London Wandsworth SILVER
Pure Gym London Oval BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - North (Essex)
Everyone Active Central Park Leisure Centre GOLD
Everyone Active Waltham Abbey Leisure Centre SILVER
Everyone Active Basildon Sporting Village BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - North (Herts & Middlesex)
Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre GOLD
Everyone Active Grange Paddocks Leisure Centre SILVER
Everyone Active Fanshawe Leisure Centre BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - South (Surrey & W. Sussex)
Nuffield Health Surbiton GOLD
Pure Gym Walton on Thames SILVER
Energie Fitness Club East Grinstead BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - South (Kent & E. Sussex)
Energie Fitness for Women Eastbourne GOLD
David Lloyd Leisure Maidstone SILVER
Ashford International BRONZE

BEST BUDGET CHAIN (5+ clubs)
Pure Gym GOLD
Fit4less SILVER
Fitness4less BRONZE

BEST SMALL CHAIN (3-9 clubs)
Fitness4less GOLD
YMCA London South West SILVER
One Leisure BRONZE

BEST MEDIUM CHAIN (10-30 clubs)
Pure Gym GOLD
QHotels SILVER
Fit4less BRONZE

BEST NATIONAL CHAIN (30+ clubs)
Everyone Active GOLD
David Lloyd Leisure SILVER
Energie Fitness for Women BRONZE

GRAND PRIX CATEGORIES

Best Club in the UK (less than 2,000 members)
Energie Fitness For Women, Eastbourne GOLD
Thornton Hall Country Health Club SILVER
Crown Spa BRONZE

Best Club in the UK (2,000 members or more)
Pure Gym Southampton GOLD
Pure Gym Aberdeen SILVER
Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre BRONZE