WARRINGTON is experiencing an unprecedented increase in sporting activity, in the wake of the London Olympics.
All six LiveWire leisure centres across the borough have experienced a noticeable clamour for Olympic sports over the last six weeks.
And LiveWire, the town’s new leisure and lifestyle trust, is making every effort to meet the demand and encourage even more Warrington people to get fit.
Jan Souness, managing director of LiveWire Warrington said: “We hope that the successes of Team GB will encourage everyone to take advantage of all the exciting sporting and physical provisions available across our LiveWire sites.
“There has been a noticeable rise in demand for Olympic sports in the area over the last four to six weeks which is fantastic, but we want even more people in the town to get fit, healthy and active which is why we’re putting on a ‘try an Olympic sport for free day’ on Sunday September 2.
“We’ll also be trialling 6am gym openings in September in response to requests from regular users.”
The sports boom seemed to start after the Olympic Torch Relay passed through the town on Thursday, May 31.
Thousand of residents lined the damp streets and entered into the spirit of the Games.
Since then the new £32 million Orford Jubilee Hub has continuously reached its maximum capacity for swimming sessions in both pools. Additional badminton and volleyball sessions are now being scheduled in due to huge increase in demand.
Great Sankey Leisure Centre has seen daily bookings for badminton and spinning increase by 20 per cent and 30 per cent respectively The centre also re-opened its gymnastics waiting list now has more than 300 on it.
Badminton usage at Culcheth has increased by 48 per cent from the start of July to mid-August against the same period last year
The centre has also been receiving regular enquires about table tennis which have been accommodated.
Junior swimming at Broomfields Leisure Centre has reached its highest take up in the last two years and bookings for gymnastics courses have gone through the roof with the largest increase being in 3-5 years. All classes are now full with a waiting list of over 100 and growing.
There has been a 30 per cent increase in outdoor tennis bookings at Birchwood Leisure and Tennis Centre, and the Woolston Neighbourhood Hub has seen a dramatic increase in swimming and fitness suite use by juniors since the start of the Olympics.
Olympic sports people will be able to try for free on September 2 include tennis, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, trampolining, badminton, football, etc.
WARRINGTON is experiencing an unprecedented increase in sporting activity, in the wake of the London Olympics.
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