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Too many ‘dreadful’ health club managers says Terry |
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POSTED 30 Sep 2013 . BY Tom Anstey |
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Speaking at the awards ceremony for the third annual Members’ Choice Health Club Awards during Leisure Industry Week in Birmingham this week, Liz Terry, Editorial Director of Health Club Management magazine said there are too many ‘dreadful’ managers running the UK’s health clubs.
Terry said industry leaders must make radical changes to the way managers are trained and the career development available to them if the industry is to prosper and achieve its true potential.
“Health and fitness, wellness and sport will become key industries of the future globally,” she said. “The opportunities to engage people with exercise and wellbeing are huge and exciting and one of the only things that will hold us back is bad management.
“It isn’t always the managers’ fault – in some cases the companies which employ them have over-promoted them to save money or failed to train them and this has to stop,” she said. “As an industry, we need to set clear pathways for managers who trust us with their careers. We must invest in them, develop them and pay them fairly. It isn’t good enough just to promote the most willing gym instructor – management is a discipline to be valued and nurtured.”
The Members’ Choice Health Club Awards are presented in partnership with Health Club Management and are the only industry awards entirely voted for by the members of health clubs. The awards’ aim is to celebrate excellence.
“You’re among the cream of the managers in this industry,” Terry told the 320 assembled guests at the black tie event, which was hosted by the National Motorcycle Museum. “Your customers have told you that themselves – being shortlisted for this award is proof you’re doing loads of things right. Congratulations”
The full list of winners:
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY (PEOPLE AWARDS) Highly commended Katrina Pratt, fitness consultant, Aberdeen Sports Village Nedj Suleyman, personal trainer, Archway Leisure Centre Steve Macis, personal trainer, Xercise4Less Wakefield Julie Sargeant, fitness consultant & personal trainer, One Leisure St Neots Liz Velji, GP referral specialist, The Armoury Jubilee Trust Hampstead
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
SCOTLAND
BUDGET Fit4less Dundee – GOLD Fit4less Perth – SILVER Fit4less Dundee Douglas – BRONZE
MID-MARKET énergie Fitness For Women Airdrie – GOLD énergie Fitness For Women Linlithgow – SILVER énergie Fitness For Women East Kilbride – BRONZE
PREMIUM LivingWell Edinburgh Airport – GOLD Bowfield Hotel & Country Club – SILVER Westerwood Hotel QHotels – BRONZE
NORTHERN IRELAND
BUDGET Fit4less Lisburn – GOLD
PREMIUM LivingWell Templepatrick – GOLD
NORTH WEST
BUDGET Xercise4Less Wigan – GOLD Fit4less Stockport – SILVER Xercise4Less Bolton – BRONZE
MID-MARKET Pendle Wavelengths & Inside Spa – GOLD Metro Fitness Stockport – SILVER énergie Fitness Wilmslow – BRONZE
PREMIUM The Midland QHotels – GOLD Thornton Hall Country Health Club – SILVER Spa Naturel Fitness Norton Grange – BRONZE
NORTH EAST BUDGET Fit4less Tynemouth – GOLD Fit4less Hartlepool – SILVER Xercise4Less Stockton-on-Tees – BRONZE
MID-MARKET énergie Fitness For Women Morpeth – GOLD
PREMIUM LivingWell Newcastle Gateshead – GOLD
YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
BUDGET Xercise4Less Doncaster – GOLD Xercise4Less Leeds – SILVER Xercise4Less Wakefield – BRONZE
MID-MARKET Bircotes Leisure Centre – GOLD Fitness Flex Doncaster – SILVER Fitness Unlimited - Don Valley Stadium – BRONZE
PREMIUM Crown Spa – GOLD LivingWell Sheffield – SILVER
WALES
BUDGET Fitness4Less Newport – GOLD
PREMIUM Spa Naturel Fitness Cardiff – GOLD LivingWell Newport – SILVER
WEST MIDLANDS
BUDGET Fit4less Redditch – GOLD Fitness4Less Birmingham – SILVER
MID-MARKET Wednesbury Leisure Centre – GOLD Ryland Centre – SILVER Tipton Sports Academy – BRONZE
PREMIUM Chesford Grange QHotels – GOLD St George's Park Health Club – SILVER Spa Naturel Fitness Brandon Hall – BRONZE
EAST MIDLANDS
BUDGET Fitness4Less Northampton – GOLD
MID-MARKET énergie Fitness For Women Long Eaton – GOLD énergie Fitness For Women Arnold – SILVER Everyone Active West Lindsey Leisure Centre – BRONZE
PREMIUM The Nottingham Belfry QHotels – GOLD LivingWell Leicester – SILVER Nuffield Health Nottingham – BRONZE
EAST OF ENGLAND
MID-MARKET Everyone Active Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre – GOLD Everybody Health & Fitness – SILVER Everyone Active Stradbroke Swim & Fitness Centre – BRONZE
PREMIUM LivingWell Cambridge – GOLD
SOUTH WEST
BUDGET Fitness4Less Bristol – GOLD
MID-MARKET Everyone Active Kingsdown Sport Centre – GOLD Everyone Active Blandford Leisure Centre – SILVER Everyone Active Henbury Leisure Centre – BRONZE
SOUTHERN
BUDGET Fitness4Less Chesham – GOLD Fitness4Less Cheltenham – SILVER
MID-MARKET énergie Fitness For Women Bicester – GOLD énergie Fitness Andover – SILVER Everyone Active Stratford Park Leisure Centre – BRONZE
PREMIUM Pulse 8 – GOLD Nirvana Wellness Suite – SILVER LivingWell Milton Keynes – BRONZE
LONDON
BUDGET Fit4less Kilburn – GOLD Fitness4Less Southwark – SILVER Fit4less Caspian Wharf – BRONZE
MID-MARKET énergie Fitness Northwick Park – GOLD énergie Fitness For Women North Finchley – SILVER Archway Leisure Centre - Aquaterra – BRONZE
PREMIUM LivingWell London Docklands – GOLD LivingWell London Wembley – SILVER Dolphin Fitness – BRONZE
SOUTH EAST – Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
BUDGET Fitness4Less Watford – GOLD Fitness4Less Southend – SILVER Everyone Active Eversley Leisure Centre – BRONZE
MID-MARKET Everyone Active Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre – GOLD énergie Fitness For Women St Albans – SILVER Everyone Active Hartham Leisure Centre – BRONZE
PREMIUM LivingWell Watford – GOLD LivingWell Stansted – SILVER
SOUTH EAST - Kent, Surrey, Sussex
BUDGET Fit4less Maidstone – GOLD Fitness4Less Sutton – SILVER Everyone Active Phoenix Leisure Centre – BRONZE
MID-MARKET Everyone Active David Weir Leisure Centre – GOLD Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre – SILVER Everyone Active Cheam Leisure Centre – BRONZE
PREMIUM LivingWell Maidstone – GOLD LivingWell Dartford – SILVER Ashford International QHotels – BRONZE
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
BEST BUDGET CHAIN (5+ clubs) Fitness4Less – GOLD Fit4less – SILVER Xercise4Less – BRONZE
BEST SMALL CHAIN (3–9 clubs) Sandwell Leisure Trust – GOLD Xercise4Less – SILVER YMCA London South West – BRONZE
BEST MEDIUM CHAIN (10–30 clubs) Fitness4Less – GOLD Fit4less – SILVER QHotels – BRONZE
BEST LARGE CHAIN (30+ clubs) Everyone Active – GOLD LivingWell – SILVER énergie Fitness for Women – BRONZE
GRAND PRIX CATEGORIES
Best Budget Club in the UK Fitness4Less Chesham – GOLD
Fitness4Less Bristol – SILVER
Fitness4Less Cheltenham – BRONZE
Best Mid-Market Club in the UK énergie Fitness For Women Long Eaton – GOLD
énergie Fitness For Women Arnold – SILVER
énergie Fitness For Women Airdrie – BRONZE
Best Premium Club in the UK Crown Spa – GOLD
Chesford Grange QHotels – SILVER
Pulse 8 – BRONZE
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