Image: The awards are now in their second year

The winners of the Members' Choice Health Club Awards for 2012 have been announced during an awards event at the Hilton Metropole hotel in Birmingham.

Around 500 industry professionals gathered for the gala dinner - held for the second time during the Leisure Industry Week (LIW) - during which winners were announced for 31 different categories.

Everyone Active was given the award for the best national chain, beating David Lloyd Leisure and énergie Fitness for Women for the title.

Pure Gym was both named the best budget chain as well as best medium chain (10-30 clubs), with Fit4Less (silver) and Fitness4Less (bronze) making the final three in the budget category.

Pure Gym Southampton was named best club in the UK (for clubs with more than 2,000 members), narrowly beating Pure Gym Aberdeen (silver) and Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre (bronze).

énergie Fitness for Women, Eastbourne won the Club of the Year award for clubs with less than 2,000 members, edging Thornton Hall Country Healh Club (silver) and Crown Spa (bronze).

Independent operators also shone on the night, taking 11 gongs in total - including four regional golds - while Nuffield Health and Fusion Lifestyle both bagged a brace of regional golds.

More than 400 entries came from a mixture of independents, public leisure centres, hotel clubs and some of the industry's best-known brands.

The full list of winners:

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY (PEOPLE AWARDS)

Highly CommendedGareth Austin, fitness instructor, Clayton Green Sports Centre

Raj Chauhan, leisure and spa manager, Chesford Grange HotelDerek George, fitness consultant, Centurion Fitness Centre

REGIONAL CATEGORIES

SCOTLAND EAST

Pure Gym Aberdeen GOLDPure Gym Edinburgh Ocean Terminal SILVER

Aberdeen Sports Village BRONZE

SCOTLAND WESTThe Peak GOLD

Pure Gym Glasgow SILVEREnergie Fitness for Women East Kilbride BRONZE

NORTHERN IRELAND

Pure Gym Belfast GOLDFit4less Club Lisburn SILVER

NORTH WEST - North

Energie Fitness for Women Preston GOLDPendle Wavelength & Inside Spa Nelson SILVER

Energie Fitness for Women Blackburn BRONZE

NORTH WEST - SouthPure Gym Warrington GOLD

Thornton Hall Country Health Club SILVERPure Gym Manchester Urban Exchange BRONZE

NORTH EAST

Fit4less Club Hartlepool GOLDXercise4Less Stockton-on-Tees SILVER

YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER

Crown Spa GOLDPure Gym Leeds SILVER

Pure Gym Sheffield BRONZE

WALESPure Gym Cardiff GOLD

Fit4less Club Port Talbot SILVERLivingWell Newport BRONZE

WEST MIDLANDS - North

Pure Gym Stoke on Trent GOLDPure Gym Wolverhampton SILVER

Sandwell Leisure Trust, Smethwick Swimming Centre BRONZE

WEST MIDLANDS - SouthPure Gym Coventry GOLD

Pure Gym Birmingham City SILVERChesford Grange Hotel BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - North

Nuffield Health Mapperley GOLDEnergie Fitness for Women Long Eaton SILVER

The Nottingham Belfry BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - EastForest Pines Hotel Broughton GOLD

Everyone Active West Lindsey Leisure Centre SILVEREveryone Active Cleethorpes Leisure Centre BRONZE

EAST MIDLANDS - South

Loughborough Leisure Centre GOLDPure Gym Leicester SILVER

LivingWell Leicester BRONZE

EAST OF ENGLANDEveryone Active Stradbroke Leisure Centre GOLD

Energie Fitness for Women Ely SILVEROne Leisure Huntingdon BRONZE

SOUTH WEST - South

Pure Gym Bournemouth GOLDEnergie Fitness for Women Teignmouth SILVER

David Lloyd Leisure Exeter BRONZE

SOUTH WEST - NorthThe Fitness Hub GOLD

Centurion Fitness Centre SILVERAnytime Fitness Bristol BRONZE

SOUTHERN - North

Fit4less Club Chesham GOLDLivingWell Reading SILVER

LivingWell Newbury North BRONZE

SOUTHERN - SouthPure Gym Southampton GOLD

David Lloyd Leisure Southampton SILVEREnergie Fitness Club Andover BRONZE

LONDON - North

YMCA Central London GOLDH2 Bike Run Soho SILVER

The Laboratory Spa & Health Club Muswell Hill BRONZE

LONDON - SouthWavelengths Leisure Centre GOLD

Pure Gym London Wandsworth SILVERPure Gym London Oval BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - North (Essex)

Everyone Active Central Park Leisure Centre GOLDEveryone Active Waltham Abbey Leisure Centre SILVER

Everyone Active Basildon Sporting Village BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - North (Herts & Middlesex)Everyone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre GOLD

Everyone Active Grange Paddocks Leisure Centre SILVEREveryone Active Fanshawe Leisure Centre BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - South (Surrey & W. Sussex)

Nuffield Health Surbiton GOLDPure Gym Walton on Thames SILVER

Energie Fitness Club East Grinstead BRONZE

SOUTH EAST - South (Kent & E. Sussex)Energie Fitness for Women Eastbourne GOLD

David Lloyd Leisure Maidstone SILVERAshford International BRONZE

BEST BUDGET CHAIN (5+ clubs)

Pure Gym GOLDFit4less SILVER

Fitness4less BRONZE

BEST SMALL CHAIN (3-9 clubs)Fitness4less GOLD

YMCA London South West SILVEROne Leisure BRONZE

BEST MEDIUM CHAIN (10-30 clubs)

Pure Gym GOLDQHotels SILVER

Fit4less BRONZE

BEST NATIONAL CHAIN (30+ clubs)Everyone Active GOLD

David Lloyd Leisure SILVEREnergie Fitness for Women BRONZE

GRAND PRIX CATEGORIES

Best Club in the UK (less than 2,000 members)

Energie Fitness For Women, Eastbourne GOLDThornton Hall Country Health Club SILVER

Crown Spa BRONZE

Best Club in the UK (2,000 members or more)Pure Gym Southampton GOLD

Pure Gym Aberdeen SILVEREveryone Active Spelthorne Leisure Centre BRONZE