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Budding Bonds on a budget and would-be Madonnas saving money flock to UK's community gyms
27-Oct-08
You don't have to be a Daniel Craig or Madonna to enjoy the benefits of a personal trainer, according to fitness specialists Harpers. Despite the credit crunch, Harpers' gyms in local authority leisur...
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Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre hits UK Quest high!
17-Oct-08
Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, managed by Leisure Connection on behalf of Sport England, has just been awarded Quest's 'Excellent' rating with an outstanding estimated score of 89% after a rigor...
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GB Paralympians re-open Blackwater Leisure Centre after £240,000 investment
01-Oct-08
Leisure Connection re-opened its new-look Harpers fitness gym at the Blackwater Leisure Centre on Thursday 2nd October. This forms part of a new nationwide initiative to re-brand all Harpers gyms to o...
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Dorking Sports Centre to benefit from £290,000 refurbishment
29-Sep-08
Leisure Connection is to re-launch its new-look Harpers fitness gym at the Dorking Sports Centre on the Monday 13th October. This forms part of a new nationwide initiative to re-brand all Harpers gyms...
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Loddon Valley Leisure Centre benefit from £120,000 youth fitness initiative
09-Sep-08
Leisure Connection is launching The Pod, a £120,000 youth fitness facility, at its Loddon Valley Leisure Centre. The Pod will include ZigZag's interactive fitness equipment, specially designed t...
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Stoke Mandeville Stadium celebrates 60 years of Wheelchair Sport with the opening of its new Tennis
12-Aug-08
John Curry CBE, Chairman of the All England Ground Plc., helped celebrate 60 years of wheelchair sport by opening two new tennis courts at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
Stoke Mandeville Stadium has provi...
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Harpers Re-launch new look flagship leisure facility in Norwich
08-Aug-08
Leisure Connection re-launched the first new-look Harpers fitness gym - at its flagship site - the Riverside Swimming Centre in Norwich on the 14th August. This forms part of a new nationwide initiati...
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Leisure Connection teams up with Fit for Sport to deliver summer kids camp
27-Jun-08
As the summer holidays draw ever closer, Leisure Connection has teamed up with Fit for Sport to provide Ofsted registered holiday programmes for children across nine Leisure Connection sites...
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Sally is slimmer and now she's a swimming!
13-Jun-08
An Olympic gold medallist is to meet a North East slimmer who has gone to great lengths to shed the pounds and has also inspired a national slimming chain.
Sally Scott, of Peterlee, enrolled on the...
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The Swim Gym Marathon Challenge
21-May-08
Leisure Connection is launching a £90,000 fundraising drive to support disabled athletes ahead of the 2012 Paralympic Games. This is as part of nationwide campaign called Wheel Appeal, which has...
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Leisure Connection launches new training package that will transform public access provision.
16-Apr-08
Leisure Connection, the name behind Harpers Fitness, is launching a new concept in public access health club provision.
From May 2008 they will be rolling out, across their estate of 70+ centres, a...
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