INSIDE...
Neil Toner our head Green Keeper took
STAFF AWARDS..
part in a half marathon on the 8th March at Oulton Park race track. He did it in a time of 1hr 24mins and came 3rd in his age category. Well Done!
On Sunday 19th April 2015 is the Fastest and Friendliest Marathon, The ASICS
On March the 13th at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns took place for this year the final of our School Swimming Events the Secondary School Finals. Some fast swimming and great effort from all who took part. For those who don't know it St Ambrose it is a super facility with a beautiful
Greater Manchester Marathon in Trafford.
for two charities, Parkinson’s Disease and Cancer Unknown Primary (CUP). Also Tom Bragg and Luke Lundy, (Sports Coaches) are also taking part in the marathon and donating the money to The Ezme Imelia Rose 65 Appeal. This Appeal is for Lukes niece who has cystic fibrosis.
put on his flip flops for the occasion.
Paul Murray has also organised a relay
71 Fitness Tests completed and lots of new membership prospects. Well done
Stay connected with what’s going on across Trafford Community Leisure Trust | www.traffordleisure.co.uk
Centre, is running the whole marathon
the 6 Nations Trophy! Rob Lilley was in his element and even
Kellogg's. They had Lots of interest with
WINTER 2015 ALSO AVAILBLE ON YAMMER
Chris Law, Duty Manager at Sale Leisure
pool and the cherry on the cake was having our picture with
Great work by the Zest team who visited
ISSUE #26
Take a look inside at the pictures from Staff Awards and see if you have been one of the lucky winners in the raffle
team, he will be running alongside Chris West, Neil Toner and Andy Mooney, they are running as Trafford Leisure Elite Team. The women’s relay team for the trust is Philippa Williamson, Frances Cunliffe,
Sam Turner and Kelly Strickland and a big thank you to
Nicola Flemming and Hannaan Hashim.
Rachael Forde from the Active Living team who led the Nordic
We wish everybody the Best of Luck!
Walking session.
STAFF AWARDS RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS DONATED
COMPANY
WINNERS
NUMBER
Protein Powder 2.2kg, shaker bottle, water bottle and mug
Vyomax
Sam Barrow
129
2 x £50 B & Q Vouchers
THT
Stevie Brookes
63
£50 Web Voucher
Sportmax
Vicky Connor
146
2 x Bottles of JD
Noisy Drinks
Chris Johnson
95
Signed MUFC Shirt and ball ( Carrick/ Fletcher)
Bernie Jones
Ben Evans
275
*2, £50 vouchers for Sakana Chinese Restaurant
Shorrock
Diane Holgate
139
Gift Vouchers
SK Sports
Peter Martin
9
SIGNED PICTURE
TCLT
Alex Eames
137
Kindle
ZEN
Jade Samuels
76
2 x VIP Man Utd
Midshire
Andrea Carr
89
Coca cola goodies , Towel, gym towel, football
COCA COLA
Wayne Rabbetts
147
Digital camera
FRESH FAST
Chris Kirkham
100
TABLET
OPTIMISED
Nathan Heap
112
MEAL FOR TWO
OLD HALL
Carol Woolstencroft
49
Signed MUFC flag
MUFC Foundation
Simon Blair
93
Champagn and chocolates
Beavers and Struthers
Alex Cheetham
43
4
THE STEWART HEAP EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 2014
Lisa Whyte
RAFFLE.... Are you a L UCKY WINNER?
Finance Team
ENTR
C
D
AN R B E
HE T F O
YEAR
FEATURING...
Find out on PAGE 8 to see if you h won one of ave the AMAZIN G raffle prize from the Sta s ff Awards! T o collect yo prize please ur see Kevin H enderson th Centre Man e ager at Urm ston Leisure centre. Any troubles ple ase feel free contact me to by email at he ather.gaulto traffo rdleisure.co
n@
.uk
GOOD LUCK!
Exec. Factor. Staff profile of the month. Raffle Prizes. Staff Award Pictures. Active Trafford. Manchester Marathon. Golf Changes. Easter Holiday Times.
The Exec. Factor Bernie Jones T H E
E F A C
EC. T O R
our Chief Executive shares with you the things that are going on behind the scenes
Dont Forget on the...
Have a great month.
I Hope you all enjoyed staff awards night, if you didn’t manage
1st April 2015
to come you missed a fantastic night that recognised all the achievements of our colleagues. We had over 800 nominations for this years awards and although the individual centre winners and overall trust winners received certificates and trophies, many more of you were also nominated and are equally winners.
Kids Camp
Easter school holidays
Trustee Rowene Birch gave a humorous whilst at the same
will commence on the 7th
time emotional presentation on what you as staff do day in and day out in providing life changing moments and experiences
till the 21th. Times have
for the members of the community. Rowene compared her
changed and will now be
experiences of Olympic and European championships, alongside community sport and indeed cheer-leading.
8.30am till 3.30pm at Stretford Talbot Leisure Centre, Partington Leisure Centre, Sale
Once again we celebrate the trusts birthday with the first of April
Leisure Centre, Urmston Leisure Centre and
being the 12th Birthday of the trust coming in to existence and
Altrincham Leisure Centre.
you should all be proud of what you have achieved.
Name: Paul “macca” Macdonald
am in…..but I love a good action film with a story line.
Favourite Films: Too many to list and depends on what mood I
Position: Zest Brand Development
Favourite Food: Nothing out of a packet or a tin, it has got to be
Manager
fresh...love Michelin star dining. Site: Marsland House base camp Best Place I’ve been abroad: Mexico. Roles & Responsibilities: Strategic Management of the Zest Brand.
Dream Job: Apart from being Zest Brand Manager, a job where
Bio: I have worked in Leisure for over 20 years in various roles, including Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Group X Instructor, Fitness Manager, General Manager and Regional Manager to name a few. Working in Public and Private sectors including Leisure Trusts and the luxury Hotel & Spa Industry. I have also
I could wear flip flops to work, be near water and feel the sun on my face.
o e il h f o nt r f P Mo f ta
Hobbies & Interests: I Love anything to do with Board sports including
Surfing,
** These are your new Unique Selling Points that will help you create a positive outlook on the new Active Trafford scheme for our current users.
e
h t f
family stuff, being outdoors, especially being near water!
activities,
Two, Three, Four is the new pricing scheme £2.00 for swimming £3.00 for gym and classes £4.00 for Racquets – per court There will no longer be a banding system. Membership Packages for regular customers Pay as you Play Times / Membership times Book on line* No class number restrictions* Junior Active Trafford for children of Adult Active Trafford Pass Holders
Competitive.
my wife Heather and I have a 3 year old son Ethan. I love doing
outdoor
• • • • • • • • • •
3 words to describe me: Committed, Passionate and
ran my own successful business for 7 years. I live in Chorley with
and
What are the main changes?
Snowboarding,
Wakeboarding and Mountain Biking.
S
Payment Schemes: Membership Options from
£0.48 *
per day
Pay as you Play from £2**
Adult Session
£1**
Junior Session
Changes over to the new Scheme!
EASTER & SUMMER BANK HOLIDAYS 2015 Good Friday
Easter Saturday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Monday
Monday 25th May
31st August
Altrincham Leisure Centre
Open 11am 7pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
GH Carnall Leisure Centre
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Partington Sports Village
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Sale Leisure Centre
Open 9am 5pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Stretford Chester Centre
Open 7am 3pm
NORMAL OPENING
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
3rd April
4th April
5th April
NORMAL OPENING
6th April
4th May
Monday
s p i h s r e b m e M b u l C f l o G w Ne As from April/May 2015 we will have a new golf IT system which includes golf club memberships. This will give customers a chance to be to part of a club and they will be able to track there performance through a handicap which they will be able to view online. Not only does the new golf club memberships offer great benefits within the golf, such as discounts on shop items and tuition, but with them buying in to the club membership they will get a FREE Zest gym membership. This is great progression process for the golf and will help to develop golf more within the community for all ages and genders.
Stretford Talbot Centre
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Urmston Leisure Centre
Open 8am 4pm
Old Trafford Sports Barn
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
The Grammar
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Altrincham & William Wroe Golf Courses
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Below is what the memberships have to offer:
Packages Available:
Easy Access Membership £50 then pay
per round & per comp Club Membership CONGU Handicap Entry to open golf group Online Profile Online booking One round of golf at Altrincham or William Wroe
Full Membership £599
7 days unlimited golf Club Membership CONGU Handicap Entry to all competition (including open golf group) Online Profile Online booking & competitions Discount on shop items Discount on tuition
Lancashire Golf Union
England Golf
Cheshire union of Golf
co
Young People
Under 11ʼs = FREE (must be accompanied by an adult) 11 - 17 year old = £70 Annual 18 - 21 year old = £140 Annual 22 - 25 year old = £210 Annual
STAFF AWARDS Another successful staff awards night to celebrate and recognise staff who have been going that extra mile. Everyone made a great effort on the night, not only with their attire but on the tables that were dressed as an Oscar theme. Altrincham Leisure Centre came first with their Indiana Jones table - well done! Congratulations to everyone who won an award and a special well done to the Finance Team for winning Centre Brand Of The Year and Lisa Whyte who won The Stewart Heap Employee Of The Year, a great achievement and one to be proud of, WELL DONE! A massive THANK YOU to Joanne Fitzsimmons, Andrea Carr, Simon Blair, Heather Gaulton, Chris Johnson, Emily Roche, Fran Cunliffe, Kevin Henderson, Dale Farnell, Ben Acton, and Chris Law for making the night run successfully, the room looked FANTASTIC! Bring on Staff Awards 2015...
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STAFF AWARDS Another successful staff awards night to celebrate and recognise staff who have been going that extra mile. Everyone made a great effort on the night, not only with their attire but on the tables that were dressed as an Oscar theme. Altrincham Leisure Centre came first with their Indiana Jones table - well done! Congratulations to everyone who won an award and a special well done to the Finance Team for winning Centre Brand Of The Year and Lisa Whyte who won The Stewart Heap Employee Of The Year, a great achievement and one to be proud of, WELL DONE! A massive THANK YOU to Joanne Fitzsimmons, Andrea Carr, Simon Blair, Heather Gaulton, Chris Johnson, Emily Roche, Fran Cunliffe, Kevin Henderson, Dale Farnell, Ben Acton, and Chris Law for making the night run successfully, the room looked FANTASTIC! Bring on Staff Awards 2015...
3
EASTER & SUMMER BANK HOLIDAYS 2015 Good Friday
Easter Saturday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Monday
Monday 25th May
31st August
Altrincham Leisure Centre
Open 11am 7pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
GH Carnall Leisure Centre
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Partington Sports Village
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Sale Leisure Centre
Open 9am 5pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Open 9am 5pm
Stretford Chester Centre
Open 7am 3pm
NORMAL OPENING
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
Open 11am 7pm
Open 7am 3pm
3rd April
4th April
5th April
NORMAL OPENING
6th April
4th May
Monday
s p i h s r e b m e M b u l C f l o G w Ne As from April/May 2015 we will have a new golf IT system which includes golf club memberships. This will give customers a chance to be to part of a club and they will be able to track there performance through a handicap which they will be able to view online. Not only does the new golf club memberships offer great benefits within the golf, such as discounts on shop items and tuition, but with them buying in to the club membership they will get a FREE Zest gym membership. This is great progression process for the golf and will help to develop golf more within the community for all ages and genders.
Stretford Talbot Centre
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Urmston Leisure Centre
Open 8am 4pm
Old Trafford Sports Barn
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
Open 8am 4pm
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
The Grammar
CLOSED Bank Holiday
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
CLOSED Bank Holiday
Altrincham & William Wroe Golf Courses
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
NORMAL OPENING
Below is what the memberships have to offer:
Packages Available:
Easy Access Membership £50 then pay
per round & per comp Club Membership CONGU Handicap Entry to open golf group Online Profile Online booking One round of golf at Altrincham or William Wroe
Full Membership £599
7 days unlimited golf Club Membership CONGU Handicap Entry to all competition (including open golf group) Online Profile Online booking & competitions Discount on shop items Discount on tuition
Lancashire Golf Union
England Golf
Cheshire union of Golf
co
Young People
Under 11ʼs = FREE (must be accompanied by an adult) 11 - 17 year old = £70 Annual 18 - 21 year old = £140 Annual 22 - 25 year old = £210 Annual
The Exec. Factor Bernie Jones T H E
E F A C
EC. T O R
our Chief Executive shares with you the things that are going on behind the scenes
Dont Forget on the...
Have a great month.
I Hope you all enjoyed staff awards night, if you didn’t manage
1st April 2015
to come you missed a fantastic night that recognised all the achievements of our colleagues. We had over 800 nominations for this years awards and although the individual centre winners and overall trust winners received certificates and trophies, many more of you were also nominated and are equally winners.
Kids Camp
Easter school holidays
Trustee Rowene Birch gave a humorous whilst at the same
will commence on the 7th
time emotional presentation on what you as staff do day in and day out in providing life changing moments and experiences
till the 21th. Times have
for the members of the community. Rowene compared her
changed and will now be
experiences of Olympic and European championships, alongside community sport and indeed cheer-leading.
8.30am till 3.30pm at Stretford Talbot Leisure Centre, Partington Leisure Centre, Sale
Once again we celebrate the trusts birthday with the first of April
Leisure Centre, Urmston Leisure Centre and
being the 12th Birthday of the trust coming in to existence and
Altrincham Leisure Centre.
you should all be proud of what you have achieved.
Name: Paul “macca” Macdonald
am in…..but I love a good action film with a story line.
Favourite Films: Too many to list and depends on what mood I
Position: Zest Brand Development
Favourite Food: Nothing out of a packet or a tin, it has got to be
Manager
fresh...love Michelin star dining. Site: Marsland House base camp Best Place I’ve been abroad: Mexico. Roles & Responsibilities: Strategic Management of the Zest Brand.
Dream Job: Apart from being Zest Brand Manager, a job where
Bio: I have worked in Leisure for over 20 years in various roles, including Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Group X Instructor, Fitness Manager, General Manager and Regional Manager to name a few. Working in Public and Private sectors including Leisure Trusts and the luxury Hotel & Spa Industry. I have also
I could wear flip flops to work, be near water and feel the sun on my face.
o e il h f o nt r f P Mo f ta
Hobbies & Interests: I Love anything to do with Board sports including
Surfing,
** These are your new Unique Selling Points that will help you create a positive outlook on the new Active Trafford scheme for our current users.
e
h t f
family stuff, being outdoors, especially being near water!
activities,
Two, Three, Four is the new pricing scheme £2.00 for swimming £3.00 for gym and classes £4.00 for Racquets – per court There will no longer be a banding system. Membership Packages for regular customers Pay as you Play Times / Membership times Book on line* No class number restrictions* Junior Active Trafford for children of Adult Active Trafford Pass Holders
Competitive.
my wife Heather and I have a 3 year old son Ethan. I love doing
outdoor
• • • • • • • • • •
3 words to describe me: Committed, Passionate and
ran my own successful business for 7 years. I live in Chorley with
and
What are the main changes?
Snowboarding,
Wakeboarding and Mountain Biking.
S
Payment Schemes: Membership Options from
£0.48 *
per day
Pay as you Play from £2**
Adult Session
£1**
Junior Session
Changes over to the new Scheme!
INSIDE...
Neil Toner our head Green Keeper took
STAFF AWARDS..
part in a half marathon on the 8th March at Oulton Park race track. He did it in a time of 1hr 24mins and came 3rd in his age category. Well Done!
On Sunday 19th April 2015 is the Fastest and Friendliest Marathon, The ASICS
On March the 13th at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns took place for this year the final of our School Swimming Events the Secondary School Finals. Some fast swimming and great effort from all who took part. For those who don't know it St Ambrose it is a super facility with a beautiful
Greater Manchester Marathon in Trafford.
for two charities, Parkinson’s Disease and Cancer Unknown Primary (CUP). Also Tom Bragg and Luke Lundy, (Sports Coaches) are also taking part in the marathon and donating the money to The Ezme Imelia Rose 65 Appeal. This Appeal is for Lukes niece who has cystic fibrosis.
put on his flip flops for the occasion.
Paul Murray has also organised a relay
71 Fitness Tests completed and lots of new membership prospects. Well done
Stay connected with what’s going on across Trafford Community Leisure Trust | www.traffordleisure.co.uk
Centre, is running the whole marathon
the 6 Nations Trophy! Rob Lilley was in his element and even
Kellogg's. They had Lots of interest with
WINTER 2015 ALSO AVAILBLE ON YAMMER
Chris Law, Duty Manager at Sale Leisure
pool and the cherry on the cake was having our picture with
Great work by the Zest team who visited
ISSUE #26
Take a look inside at the pictures from Staff Awards and see if you have been one of the lucky winners in the raffle
team, he will be running alongside Chris West, Neil Toner and Andy Mooney, they are running as Trafford Leisure Elite Team. The women’s relay team for the trust is Philippa Williamson, Frances Cunliffe,
Sam Turner and Kelly Strickland and a big thank you to
Nicola Flemming and Hannaan Hashim.
Rachael Forde from the Active Living team who led the Nordic
We wish everybody the Best of Luck!
Walking session.
STAFF AWARDS RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS DONATED
COMPANY
WINNERS
NUMBER
Protein Powder 2.2kg, shaker bottle, water bottle and mug
Vyomax
Sam Barrow
129
2 x £50 B & Q Vouchers
THT
Stevie Brookes
63
£50 Web Voucher
Sportmax
Vicky Connor
146
2 x Bottles of JD
Noisy Drinks
Chris Johnson
95
Signed MUFC Shirt and ball ( Carrick/ Fletcher)
Bernie Jones
Ben Evans
275
*2, £50 vouchers for Sakana Chinese Restaurant
Shorrock
Diane Holgate
139
Gift Vouchers
SK Sports
Peter Martin
9
SIGNED PICTURE
TCLT
Alex Eames
137
Kindle
ZEN
Jade Samuels
76
2 x VIP Man Utd
Midshire
Andrea Carr
89
Coca cola goodies , Towel, gym towel, football
COCA COLA
Wayne Rabbetts
147
Digital camera
FRESH FAST
Chris Kirkham
100
TABLET
OPTIMISED
Nathan Heap
112
MEAL FOR TWO
OLD HALL
Carol Woolstencroft
49
Signed MUFC flag
MUFC Foundation
Simon Blair
93
Champagn and chocolates
Beavers and Struthers
Alex Cheetham
43
4
THE STEWART HEAP EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 2014
Lisa Whyte
RAFFLE.... Are you a L UCKY WINNER?
Finance Team
ENTR
C
D
AN R B E
HE T F O
YEAR
FEATURING...
Find out on PAGE 8 to see if you h won one of ave the AMAZIN G raffle prize from the Sta s ff Awards! T o collect yo prize please ur see Kevin H enderson th Centre Man e ager at Urm ston Leisure centre. Any troubles ple ase feel free contact me to by email at he ather.gaulto traffo rdleisure.co
n@
.uk
GOOD LUCK!
Exec. Factor. Staff profile of the month. Raffle Prizes. Staff Award Pictures. Active Trafford. Manchester Marathon. Golf Changes. Easter Holiday Times.