David Lloyd

This is in response to a high volume of Member feedback, and to ensure a consistent approach to managing our court bookings in the future. Please take the time to read the policy in full.

Only Adult Racquets Members are able to book tennis, badminton and squash courts and coaching in advance.

Adult advance bookings can be made eight days in advance, from 8am, Monday to Sunday.

David Lloyd Belfast only permit bookings to be made by Adult Racquets Members. Court bookings for Child and Junior Members over the age of eight must be made by the Adult Racquets Member, and booked in the Adult Racquets Member's name. Adult Racquets Members can only make bookings for children linked to their Membership.

If Members have not arrived for a pre-booked court by ten minutes after the start time, the court will be released for use by other Members.

If a booking needs to be cancelled, forty-eight hours' notice should be given. If a court is not cancelled (no show) or cancelled with less than forty-eight hours' notice, Members will lose their advance booking rights for a period of one month.

In some Clubs, non-Racquets Members can book squash and badminton courts. This is not the case in David Lloyd Belfast.

Non-Racquets Members can book a court on the day for a fee of £10 per player, but have no advance booking rights.

Booking rights follow Peak and Off-peak Membership access rights.

Individual coaching sessions can be booked directly with the Tennis Professionals. Tennis Professionals can book a court on behalf of a Member following all the stated booking policies.* The Member's Membership number and name must be stated.

* Tennis Professionals can book courts on behalf of Adult Racquets Members at 8am, with one booking per call being permitted, for a duration no longer than one hour. Bookings can be made with no restriction after 9am.

Fast Track Tennis can be booked three months in advance. Non-Racquets Members can book onto the course for a fee.

Both Adult and Junior courses can be booked three months in advance and must be paid for in full at Reception in advance of the course starting.

Weekly Tennis Clinics can be booked eight days in advance from 8am Monday to Sunday, and must be paid for in full in advance of the Clinic starting.

Members may need to pay an extra fee to play tennis at some Clubs and at certain times of the day.

If you are unable to make a court booking at your preferred time your details can be added to a waiting list. Members on the waiting list will be contacted in strict order. If Members are unavailable no message will be left. The next Member will be contacted and the first to make contact will receive the place.

David Lloyd Belfast reserve the right to pre-book courts for coaching, events, the tennis programme and maintenance.

Tennis and Badminton bookings may be limited to one hour for singles and one and a half hours for doubles per day. Peak time courts are restricted to a maximum booking time of one and a half hours at David Lloyd Belfast. Peak times will be displayed on the Tennis noticeboard.

Squash courts can be booked in forty-minute time slots.

If you have any questions or queries, please speak to a member of our team, or email sport.belfast@davidlloyd.co.uk.

KOKO will open to Members and non-Members in February, with a cleverly compiled menu of super-effective, affordable services.

Expect exciting new facilities for both women and men, featuring a retail boutique, a luxury nail bar with four manicure stations, four multi-purpose spa treatment rooms, two sun rooms, brow and lash studio, relaxation room, modern hair salon and our KOKO "touches". We offer everything you would expect from a top-quality salon.

Say goodbye to stressed-out skin and maxed-out muscles, and get ready to relax like never before –because KOKO will soon be coming to David Lloyd Belfast.

Look out for your complimentary £10 voucher towards our fabulous facials, moreish massages, classic cuts and brilliant blow drys!

We look forward to welcoming you to KOKO soon.

Contact Equip Sport today on 02890 482661 to book the tennis ball machine.

Features:

Oscillation: random, horizontal, vertical, horizontal and vertical

Speed: 20-80mph

Ball capacity: 150 maximum

Feed rate: 2-12 seconds

Elevation: Electronic 0-50°

Spin: top spin, flat or back spin

Rates:

£5/hr (machine only, no tennis balls)

£9/hr (machine and approximately 48 tennis balls)

*Full training provided before use

*To book a tennis court contact Reception on 02890 413300

Why not bring your Mum up to David Lloyd Belfast, where she can enjoy the Gym facilities, have a workout, relax and chill out in our Steam Room or Sauna, or take a dip in our indoor and outdoor pools for a half price Guest Fee of just £7.50.

Then treat her to lunch or dinner in our Clubroom.

Starters

Homemade Vegetable Soup served with Wheaten Bread

Deep Fried Brie served with a fruit Coulis

Battered Mushrooms served with Garlic Mayonnaise

Seafood Chowder served with Wheaten Bread

Main Course

Beef Basket and Portobello Mushroom with Balsamic Jus served with Green Beans and Buttered Chantey Carrots

Honey Roast Gammon served on a bed of Colcannon and accompanied with an Apple Cream Sauce

Ballotine of Chicken stuffed with Cream Cheese and Spinach wrapped in Bacon served on a bed of Beetroot and Potato Dauphinoise

Fillet Salmon served with Bearnaise Sauce

Aubergine and Vegetable Bake

All dishes served with a selection of chef's Vegetables and Potato

Dessert

Sticky Toffee Pudding served with Ice Cream

Mint Aero Cheesecake

Chocolate Fudge Cake served with Vanilla Ice Cream

Fresh Fruit Salad

Tea or Coffee

Two courses: £18.95 per person

Three courses: £21.95 per person

To organise your Mum's visit to the Club, call Reception today on 02890 413300 to be sure to book your place!

You can come along and try any of our classes before deciding whether or not you would like to commit to the remainder of the course. We have classes for all ages and abilities and we will find the best group to suit your child’s social and developmental requirements.

The current courses conclude on 1st April, so if you would like to come along to a session just call Dina Parker to discuss suitable times and classes that would best benefit your child.

Contact Reception today on 02890 413300 for further information.

At David Lloyd Belfast, we tailor our parties around the birthday child to ensure their day is one to remember. We can arrange appropriate activities to make a first birthday special, right up to catering for those in their early teens.

In booking a party with us, you and your child can custom build their party by choosing their favourite activities. Choose from games sessions, where we can play running and catching games, set up assault courses or try to battle against the coaches and steal their treasure in Pirates' Dodge Ball. If a sports party would have more appeal, we can run multi-sports sessions or provide coaching in rugby, football, tennis and dance. The fun doesn’t stop there though. We can also provide arts and crafts sessions, nail and face painting, and free play in our Crèche area for those who aren’t so keen on running around.

If you’ve had a party with us before, why not get in touch and see if we can create the perfect combination of old favourites and new activities to keep things fresh? We can even give your party a theme with decorations and themed activities – Pirates and Princesses, Superheroes and Football Madness are some of our most popular picks from 2011!

We have a range of packages and different food options for you to consider before making your booking with us, so why not contact our Family Activity Co-ordinator, Hannah Maxwell, to see if we can make this birthday a special one?

Junior Tennis is off to a flying start in 2012...

Our new All Stars Tennis term has started with a bang! Bookings have been huge – we now have 20% more players involved in weekly squads than we had last year and we have every intention to deliver the best quality coaching programme in Northern Ireland throughout 2012.

Every child has received their personalised Lesson Plan booklet which gives parent and child a clear breakdown of what every session will involve and what the progressions will be. With sections for the coach to fill in giving weekly feedback, sections for the children to complete with what they have covered, what matches they have played and some coaching tips each week, these booklets are a valuable tool for monitoring each child’s progress.

In the middle of January we started our competitive Box Leagues for all age categories. Each box has four players who can arrange the matches at a time which suits both players, book the courts and compete. We will post the results in next month's Club Chat email.

We have also run two of our Under 8's, 9's and 10’s Grand Prix events. Currently leading the way are Rachel McCrum (u8), Jonny McCracken (u9) and Harry McCracken (u10). With four tournaments still to go before July there will be many opportunities to gain more points and get into one of the top two positions in each age category, to compete in the Grand Final and take home some silverware!

On the last Saturday in January we ran our Australian Open Theme Night. With the final only hours away we got the children involved in lots of fun on-court team games, some highly competitive individual matches and a funny game of “Kangaroo Tennis”. After the activities we went round to the Function Room for our Party Platter Dinner before the kids went home to bed (and the coaches went home to watch the Men’s Final on TV). All in all, a great laugh and the parents all seemed to have disappeared out for a romantic dinner while we kept the kids entertained and fed! Check out our Upcoming Events page for details of other upcoming Theme Nights.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support – we hope that you are happy with the All Stars product in the Club and we look forward to developing the programme to meet the needs of all the children involved. So any feedback or ideas that you have are always welcome!

F.I.T. Swimming

Monday from 5.30-6.15pm

£7 per week

(Stage 8+) Swimming classes

· Age 10-16

· Advanced swimming technique

· Tumble turns

· Timed swims

· Endurance

· Water polo in outdoor pool

· Lifesaving skills

· Great fun!

· Coach - Dina Parker

Come along any Monday and have a free trial

For further information contact Reception today on 02890 413300 or contact Dina Parker on sport.belfast@davidlloyd.co.uk

All we ask is that you let your child experience one of our classes, then have a chat with them at home to see how they enjoyed it. We have over one hundred and seventy Members currently involved in the weekly programme, who all have a passion for the sport. But we understand that it can be intimidating for players who have never played before. We have classes to suit all ages (age 3+) and all ability levels, so call our Junior Racquets Professional today and organise your free trial session, with absolutely no obligation to return.

If your child is currently involved in Tennis Squads outside of David Lloyd Belfast, we would be more than happy for them to experience one of our All Stars Squads so you can give us feedback on how you think we compare. We are so confident in our product that we are happy to show anyone the structured coaching sessions we deliver on a daily basis, the free match play sessions, competitions, and Fitness and Social Programmes.

If you are interested, please contact Glenn Maitland today on sport.belfast@davidlloyd.co.uk or contact Reception on 02890 413300.

Kick off the new year with some exciting new courses at David Lloyd Belfast…

Get fighting fit with our new Tae Kwon Do class! Experience the ultimate discipline of Korea's national martial art. First class starts Saturday 11th February.

New Advanced Kettlebells course. A total-body workout in one amazing piece of equipment. Instructor: Rob McCarroll.

If you haven’t yet joined in any of our Group Exercise classes this year you have been missing out on all the fun! We have a wide range of classes to suit everybody. Check out the timetable available at davidlloyd.co.uk/belfast.

If you are new to Group Exercise and want to find out more about what we have to offer at David Lloyd Belfast, why not book into a Group Exercise Welcome on Tuesday at 9am or Friday at 7.30pm.

To book, contact Reception today on 02890 413300. We look forward to seeing you.

Hi there!

My name is Hannah Maxwell and I’d like to introduce myself as the new Family Activities Co-ordinator at David Lloyd Belfast. A lot of you will already be familiar with me as I have worked in the Club since 2008 as a DL Kids Coach, and took over the management of the Crèche early last year. Through my role as a Kids Coach over the past four years, I have experience in running our DL Kids classes, theme nights, Holiday Active and more birthday parties than I could count. During this time I’ve also built a good rapport with both children and parents making use of our products.

In my role as a coach here at David Lloyd Belfast I have been heavily involved in the programme and observed the previous Family Activities Co-ordinator, Glenn Maitland, in the way that he worked to build such a successful programme. Whilst we are currently running a hugely popular programme, I believe that we can continue to make improvements in order to ensure everyone is able to get the most out of their Membership at David Lloyd Belfast.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Regards,

Hannah Maxwell

Family Activities Co-ordinator.

Beginner

Tuesday evenings

6.15-7pm

21st February – 27th March

Six weeks, £56

(For Members who cannot swim or can swim less than 25m. Coach: Lorraine Jones)

Technique

Thursday evenings

7.45-8.30pm

16th February – 22nd March

Six weeks, £56

(Concentrating on improving stroke technique. Must be able to swim 25m+. Coach: Bertie Cameron)

Book now at Reception.

For further information contact Dina Parker, our Swimming Co-ordinator, or email sport.belfast@davidlloyd.co.uk.

One-to-one swimming lessons are available at any time. Times can be arranged with any of our swimming coaches.

£19 per half-hour.

For any further information contact Reception on 02890 413300.

Congratulations to our forty-four Members who played in our three "Mistletoe & Wine" events.

Our winners were:

Advanced: 1st - Reg Nesbitt, 2nd - Jane Mcilwarth

Intermediate: 1st - Susan Nixon, 2nd - Ailbhe Atkinson

Improver: 1st - David Halliday, 2nd - Claire Hamilton

Keep an eye on our Adult Tennis noticeboard for our next big tournament.

Internal Events:

"La Manga" Ladies' Doubles, March 3rd, 1-4pm

External Event:

Irish Indoor Veteran Championships, 24th-26th February

Are you interested in playing tennis but not sure if it's for you? Or have you played tennis before and want to get back into it?

Either way, Fast Track is the tennis course for you.

Four weeks

Free

Tuesday 14th February - Tuesday 6th March, 6.30-8pm.

Saturday 18th February - Saturday 10th March, 1-4pm

To get booked today or for further information, contact Reception on 02890 41300.