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Everyone Should Swim.....For Free!
SIX Borders swimming pools are opening their doors for free for one week in an effort to encourage Borders people to keep active in the winter.
The free swimming deal, which will run during the public sessions from Monday 15 December to Friday 19 December, is part of the Borders Sport and Leisure Trust’s initiative to making ‘More Borders, More Active, More Often’. During next week, there will be no charge for all timetabled public swimming sessions at the pools in Peebles, Galashiels, Selkirk, Hawick, Kelso and Eyemouth.
Ewan Jackson, the BSLT Chief Executive, explained: “Swimming is a great way to keep active in the cold, winter months. We feel that ‘everybody should swim’ within the Scottish Borders, whether through participation - learning to swim, through schools, adults, groups or aquatic activities - or at performance level and excellence squads, and with giving a week free we're hopefully showing our commitment to that.
“Swimming pools are the ideal place to come and keep active and to enjoy your leisure time and we hope that by providing free swimming to the people of the Borders for a week more, more people will come to the centres, enjoy the facilities and services on offer and discover how they can benefit in a way that suits their lifestyle.”
As part of the scheme, those wishing to swim for free have to remember the magic pass phrase that opens the doors. The phrase is: ‘Borders Sport and Leisure – Everyone Should Swim’. Everyone will be asked for the phrase as the Trust strives to encourage more people to think of swimming as a way of keeping active over the winter months. Also, all our swimming pools operate an under 8’s ruling which means every child under 8 needs to be accompanied by an adult.
Mr Jackson added: “We hope this stimulates people a little and maybe takes a little of the stress out of the build-up to Christmas, but we do expect a large demand at all the centres so I would urge people to check the public session times at each pool because there will still be the usual swimming lesson, discos and club times, and the free entry doesn’t apply there.”
For information on the free public sessions contact your local pool:
Eyemouth Leisure Centre – 01890 750 557
Galashiels Swimming Pool – 01896 752 154
Kelso Swimming Pool – 01573 224 944
Peebles Swimming Pool – 01721 720 779
Selkirk Leisure Centre – 01750 20897
Teviotdale Leisure Centre – 01450 374 440
Fantastic Health and Fitness Promotion
Looking Good, Feeling GREAT for less than 99p per day!
From Monday 17th November through to Wednesday 31st December 08, we are offering a fantastic trial membership offer at all our leisure facilities.
Get fit with our six week promotion that includes access to all our group exercise classes*, including outreach classes, unlimited gym use and unlimited swimming all for £40.
For further details of the offer, please click here, alternatively please telephone: 01750 724 980.
Introducing BODY COMBAT® to Gytes Leisure Centre
The Gytes Leisure Centre is delighted to introduce BODY COMBAT® into the exercise studio programme.
Are you tired of just working out? Do you crave a fresh and exciting workout experience that stimulates your mind as well as your body and leaves you feeling invigorated and ready to take on life’s challenges?
If so, then Body Combat is for you!
Body Combat combines powerhouse moves and stances developed from a range of self-defence disciplines including Karate, kickboxing, Tai Chi and Tae Kwondo, into a ‘take no prisoners’, adrenaline-pumping routine.
It is an empowering, athletic workout that will have you ‘fighting-fit’ in record time!
Body Combat has been specifically designed so that everyone can participate irrespective of their fitness background. There is no sparing or one-to-one contact in Body Combat so your safety is guaranteed. Body Combat gives a complete all-body workout.
A comprehensive repertoire of blocks, strikes, kicks and punches are taught via a technique session, enabling you to maximise your workout and ultimately attain the results you want faster. Classes take place on the following days -
Monday 20.00 - 21.00
Tuesday 17.15 - 18.00
Sunday 10.00 - 11.00
For more information, contact the team at Gytes Leisure Centre
Starting Soon - New Classes at Teviotdale Leisure Centre
Ballet for Children - for further information please contact Niki Forbes tel: 07772 504 958
Pilates - for further information please contact The Practice (Sue Gould-Wright) tel: 07968 515 925
Ante & Post Natal Classes at Teviotdale
Classes start on 10th September 2008. Please click here for further information.
Current Job Vacancies
Sorry, there are no vacancies at present.
New Underwater Sea Scooters at Selkirk & Eyemouth Leisure Centre
Borders Sport & Leisure Trust are fully committed in helping get more borderers more active more often. As such we are introducing some new equipment at both Selkirk & Eyemouth Leisure Centre to encourage greater participation in sport & active leisure activities.
In the swimming pool, we are proud to introduce you to our new underwater Sea Scooters. The underwater Sea Scooters are being introduced to provide children and adults with exciting new equipment so swimming can continue to be enjoyed by all the family.
The Scooters will have dedicated timetabled sessions and swimmers will work towards four skill levels in order to provide a safe and fun environment. These levels are – 1. Introductory: 2. Snorkels and Fins: 3. Slalom/Obstacle course: 4. freestyle tricks.
To view the Sea Scooter timetable at Selkirk Leisure Centre please click here
For details of Sea Scooter sessions at Eyemouth Leisure Centre please contact the centre directly: Tel: 01890 750 557 E: eyemouth@bslt.org.uk
New Squash League Gets Underway at Teviotdale
A new squash league has started at the Teviotdale Leisure Centre for anybody who plays the sport competitively or those who are complete beginners and looking to try another form of exercise.
Squash is a great game to help you improve muscle strength and tone giving you that all body workout.
So whether you are looking to play competitively, get fit or meet new friends, click here for more details or contact the Teviotdale Leisure Centre - Tel: 01450 374 440; Email: teviotdale@bslt.org.uk
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