Penistone Leisure Centre

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Great News! A Grant from Penistone Ward Alliance…

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…Of £4,648.30 to go towards paint, shelving and flooring for the newly refurbished areas of the Leisure Centre!

A massive ‘thank you’ to the councillors who believe in the benefit that our project will bring to the community. We appreciate your backing!

Great news, and just in time for our Volunteer Session to paint the new Gym Room next weekend! Can you spare a few hours next weekend (Sat 22nd/Sun 23rd Feb) to make us look (more!) beautiful?!

Click ‘Interested’ or ‘Going’ on the Facebook Event Here, to help us get word out, and to let us know if you can help!

If you can’t help us by painting, please help us by SHARING!

Got Kids Aged 5-8? Bring them to Nerf Scrimmage!!

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We still have places available on our half term Nerf Scrimmage Event on Saturday 22nd February at 9:30-11:30am.

This session is suitable for 5-8 year olds is a fast paced and fun team game involving Nerf Guns and box forts! It’s loads of fun and guaranteed to tire them out. The session runs for an hour, then there’s a break for drinks & snacks (the tuck shop is open!), and then another 50 minute game.

Tickets cost £8pp and must be booked in advance (see the link at the bottom of the article!)- Bring your own Nerf Gun, or hire one of ours for £2 extra on the day! Price includes safety equipment, and the game is marshaled to ensure everyone has a fun time!

There are still a couple of spaces left on the Nerf Scrimmage session for kids aged 7-11 on Monday 17th February too, so grab them whilst you can!

Book your tickets or for more information, click here

International Women’s Day!

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It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March 2020, and we’re delighted to be joining forces with Penistone parkrun to encourage the women of the Penistone area to partake in the brilliant sporting opportunities we have on offer! It’s all part of the ‘This Girl Can’ Campaign.

If you’ve never been to Penistone parkrun or aren’t even sure what one is- it’s a weekly, timed 5km run/walk which takes place every Saturday at 9am. It is run by volunteers (like us!) completely free of charge and is incredibly inclusive and welcoming. It starts at Penistone Showground (at the skate park) and the route runs around the field and then up the Trans Pennine trail to the crossroads at Millhouse Green and back again. You get your time by downloading a barcode from their website (just print it out and bring it along with you) and your time will be emailed to you a couple of hours later! Come along the week after and beat your time… Be warned, it’s addictive!

On Saturday 7th March, Penistone parkrun are encouraging as many women as possible to come along at 9am and join in to run, walk or volunteer you choose! The team are putting on refreshments at the bowling club afterwards where there will be representatives and information about lots of the local classes/sporting opportunities we have on offer in the area.

Penistone Leisure Centre will have a display with information about our big refurbishment project, classes and gym.

So come along and join in! We’d love to see you there!

Please SHARE this post, or TAG the friend you’re planning on bringing!

Do You Want the Good News or the Bad News?

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Let’s start with the bad news… If you fancied a go at our Ceramics Workshop-It’s SOLD OUT! Oh no! But if you’d like to express your interest in future events you can add your name to the waiting list here!

The good news is that there are still a handful of places available on our 10am Slime Workshop (£3 per child!) with Creation Station on Monday 17th February (11am session is SOLD OUT!) and on our Nerf Scrimmage (£8 per child) event on Monday 17th February 11:30am-1:30pm.

As usual we will have daily public skating sessions from 2-4pm Mon 17th- Fri 21st February and at the weekends as usual! At just £3 per skater it’s a great warm/dry activity to do with the kids!

Take a look at the ‘Events and Holidays’ Page of our Website for full details and for information on how to book your spaces on the classes!

More Updates on the Refurbishment & Temporary Weekday Closures THIS WEEK at Penistone Leisure Centre.

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More great progress this week here at Penistone Leisure Centre! The new back room Gym is nearly watertight now, with the lovely big windows in, and new fire exit doors being installed. The scaffolding should be coming down on Wednesday too!

Here’s the inside view currently. We’re still on the hunt for volunteers to help us paint the new room on the weekend of Sat 22nd/Sun 23rd Feb- Can you help? Drop us a message if you can help us to get the room painted and looking smart!

Unfortunately due to the levels of noise/dust which are being created by jobs like cutting through the hall walls to create the new viewing windows into the hall, we are having to close the Centre in the DAYTIMES ONLY on Wed 12th/Thurs 13th/Fri 14th February. This will affect Daytime Gym users, private bookings and people who attend Walking Netball on Fridays (Coach Hannah is contacting regular attendees) If you are a daytime gym user with a weekly pass, please contact us, and we will extend your pass to ensure you can use the gym for the number of days you have paid for.

All evening classes will go ahead as usual, and extra cleaning is being done to ensure that the centre is left in a clean/tidy state after the builders have been working.

The Leisure Centre will be OPEN AS USUAL all throughout half term week (Mon 17th-Sun 23rd Feb). All Half term activities will go ahead as planned and daytime Gym sessions will go ahead as usual that week, PLUS extra gym Sessions Monday-Friday 2-4pm during Public Skating sessions. There will be no builders on site during half term.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused by our temporary daytime closures and the trustees, volunteers and staff are working extremely hard to timetable works as efficiently as possible to avoid as much disruption as possible.