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Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014: The winners list in full
By Jak Phillips
TV personality Mark Durden-Smith presented the awards for the fourth year running Credit: Liz Terry
Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014 this evening (30 September), which saw a cross-section of top-performing operators collect accolades based solely on the views of their members.
More than 250 health and fitness leaders gathered on the first evening of Leisure Industry Week to celebrate industry achievements over the past 12 months. Nearly 35,000 votes were cast for the various entrants - a mixture of small independents, public leisure centres, hotel clubs and some of the best known brands in the industry.
Now in its fourth year, the award scheme is unique because the winning clubs are decided by ratings given by members when completing an online survey. The awards, presented in partnership with Health Club Management magazine, measure the quality of customer service, facilities and value for money provided.
Clubs compete regionally in three categories – Budget, Mid Market or Premium and there are national categories for chains and the Grand Prix award for Best Club in the UK. As well as recognising clubs, the awards also put the spotlight on individual staff in the People Awards category.
As in recent years, TV personality Mark Durden-Smith continued his role as ebullient host of the awards, serving as an entertaining compere throughout the evening and uttering the sweet sounds of victory for the deserved winners.
The winners list in full
THE PEOPLE AWARDS CATEGORY
Five Highly Commended Winners trophies were presented.
David Gibson Fitness Instructor & Personal Trainer Westwoods Health Club
Fitzroy Reid Sales Manager Fit4less Kilburn
Holly Lynch Fitness Instructor Pendle Wavelengths & Inside Spa
Scott Parish Gym & Fitness Instructor Portway Lifestyle Centre
Tracey Warrener Group Exercise Manager Everyone Active West Lindsey
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
CHANNEL ISLANDS
Mid Market
GOLD - La Grande Mare Health Club
EAST MIDLANDS
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Northampton
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women Arnold
SILVER - Everyone Active West Lindsey
BRONZE - Training Shed Daventry
Premium
GOLD - The Nottingham Belfry QHotels
EAST OF ENGLAND
Mid Market
GOLD - Everyone Active Mid Suffolk
SILVER - Everyone Active Stradbroke Swim and Fitness Centre
BRONZE - Everyone Active Cambourne Fitness & Sports Centre
Premium
GOLD - LivingWell Health Club Cambridge
LONDON
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Southwark
SILVER - Fit4less Cricklewood
BRONZE - Fitness4Less Canning Town
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness Club Northwick Park
SILVER - New Chiswick Pool (Fusion Lifestyle)
BRONZE - énergie Fitness Club Fulham
NORTH EAST
Budget
GOLD - Fit4less Hartlepool
Mid Market
GOLD - Everyone Active Saltburn Leisure Centre"
SILVER - énergie Fitness for Women Morpeth"
NORTH WEST
Mid Market
GOLD - Pendle Wavelengths & Inside Spa
SILVER - St Peter's Leisure Centre (Burnley Leisure)
BRONZE - Padiham Leisure Centre (Burnley Leisure)
Premium
GOLD - The Midland QHotels
SILVER - Crow Wood Leisure
BRONZE - Crewe Hall QHotels
NORTHERN IRELAND
Budget
GOLD - Fit4less Lisburn
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness Club Coleraine
SCOTLAND
Budget
GOLD - Fit4less Dundee Hilltown
SILVER - Fit4less Dundee Douglas
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women East Kilbride
SILVER - énergie Fitness For Women Airdrie
BRONZE - énergie Fitness For Women Dundee
Premium
GOLD - Westwoods Health Club
SILVER - The Westerwood QHotels
SOUTH EAST – Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Southend
SILVER - Fit4less Harlow
BRONZE - Fitness4Less Watford
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women Watford
SILVER - énergie Fitness for Women St Albans
BRONZE - Topnotch Health Club Brentford
Premium
GOLD - LivingWell Health Club Heathrow Terminal 4
SOUTH EAST - Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Sutton
SILVER - Fitness4Less New Malden
Mid Market
GOLD - Everyone Active Spelthorne
SILVER - Everyone Active David Weir
BRONZE - Everyone Active Westcroft
Premium
GOLD - LivingWell Health Club Maidstone
SILVER - Ashford International QHotels
SOUTH WEST
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Bristol
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness for Women Plympton
SILVER - Strode Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre (Avalon Leisure)
BRONZE - Everyone Active Henbury Leisure Centre
SOUTHERN
Budget
GOLD - Fit4less Chesham
SILVER - Fitness4Less Cheltenham
BRONZE - Fitness4Less Chesham
Mid Market
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women Fenny Stratford
SILVER - énergie Fitness Club Andover "
BRONZE - Fusion Health Club (National Badminton Centre)
Premium
GOLD - Oxford Belfry QHotels
WALES
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Newport
Premium
GOLD - LivingWell Health Club Newport
SILVER - LivingWell Health Club Cardiff
WEST MIDLANDS
Budget
GOLD - Fitness4Less Birmingham
SILVER - Fitness4Less Brierley Hill
Mid Market
GOLD - Ryland Centre (SLT)
SILVER - Portway Lifestyle Centre (SLT)
BRONZE - Haden Hill Leisure Centre (SLT)
Premium
GOLD - Chesford Grange QHotels
SILVER - Spa Naturel Fitness Brandon Hall
BRONZE - The Shrewsbury Club
YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
Budget
GOLD - i-motion gym Rotherham
Mid Market
GOLD - Fitness Unlimited (EIS-Sheffield)
SILVER - Fitness Unlimited (Springs Leisure Centre)
BRONZE Fitness Unlimited (Hillsborough Leisure Centre)
Premium
GOLD - Crown Spa Scarborough
SILVER - Tankersley Manor QHotels
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
BEST BUDGET CHAIN (5+ clubs)
GOLD - Fit4less Health Clubs
SILVER - Fitness4Less Health Clubs
BEST SMALL CHAIN (3-9 clubs)
GOLD - Sandwell Leisure Trust
SILVER - Avalon Leisure Centres
BRONZE - Fitness Unlimited Leisure Centres
BEST MEDIUM CHAIN (10-30 clubs)
GOLD - Fitness4Less Health Clubs
SILVER - QHotels Health Clubs
BRONZE Fitness Village Health & Fitness Centres
BEST NATIONAL CHAIN (30+ clubs)
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women Health Clubs
SILVER - Everyone Active Leisure Centres
BRONZE - Fusion Lifestyle Leisure Centres
GRAND PRIX CATEGORIES
BEST CLUB IN THE UK (BUDGET)
GOLD - Fit4less Chesham
SILVER - Fitness4Less Cheltenham
BRONZE - Fitness4Less Chesham
BEST CLUB IN THE UK (MID MARKET)
GOLD - énergie Fitness For Women Fenny Stratford
SILVER - énergie Fitness For Women Arnold
BRONZE - énergie Fitness For Women Plympton
BEST CLUB IN THE UK (PREMIUM)
GOLD - The Nottingham Belfry QHotels
SILVER - Crown Spa Scarborough
BRONZE - The Midland QHotels
Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene
for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club
Awards 2014 this evening (30 September), which
saw a cross-section of top-performing operators
collect accolades based solely on the views of their
members.
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