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ISSUE NO 19 January / February 2008
HEALTH CLUBS SPAS GYMS LEISURE CENTRES
IN THIS ISSUE
Olympics to triple
Dance platforms
original budget
help reduce crime
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell
has told the British public the
Funky dance platforms are 2012 Games shouldn’t cost
helping to reduce crime in the more than £9.1bn. This is three
country’s most deprived times the original estimate but
areas. Another council has the information released in the
found the craze is getting most detailed figures yet, said
kids off the streets and active. there were no surprises.
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North Ireland sport
Fitness study gives
Cannons launches
gets 20 year fillip
knock out facility
The biggest boost to sport and The first health club to give
fitness in Northern Ireland has
boost to UK gyms
dedicated space to a boxing
been announced in a strategy Gymnasiums and health centres have been urged to take area has opened. Boxing is
which aims to revolutionise advantage of research which shows that fitness is more proving popular among city
sport in the province over the important than thinness in retaining mobility, strength and workers in London particularly
next 20 years. balance in middle age. as a stress reliever.
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Hastings school Pool drownings Kids exercise
shares facility scare as pools more away from INSIDE
with community “underprepared” school says survey THIS ISSUE
The opening of a games area in The view that leisure centres Children do more exercise
20 P
AGES
East Sussex, is being are under prepared in dealing during their school holidays than
acclaimed as a classic example with such accidents has led term-time, a new report
OF THE LA
TEST
of how schools facilities can be to new action to get staff published in conjunction with the PRODUCTS &
used for the wider community. better trained. Open University has claimed.
INDUSTR
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