CONGRATULATIONS to all our winners at this weekends doubles tournament ?. Cashing in were out A GRADE WINNERS Kristen Johnson and Harry Carr plus RUNNERS-UP Robin Sparkes and Jason Varrie! A fantastic final between the two pairs but full time coach Kristen proved too strong for the Oxford pair, dominating the forehand side of the court. Our plate
Yesterday I had another member of Racquets toning down her workouts because her achilles is hurting a little. It’s always worrying when tendons and ligaments start to pull and very few people understand what has caused it. Once again this situation isn’t one that has been caused by a trauma – going over on the
This Friday Michelle Howard will be taking Kate’s 6pm yoga class. Michelle is a Restorative yoga and Kundalina yoga teacher with years of experience. Read about Michelle here.
Racquets Fitness Centre member Rachael Parrey along with 4 other ladies from Racquets Fitness Centre took part in the London Marathon 2019 in April this year. Rachael, running for Bowel Cancer Research, has raised an amazing £4,145. Rachael has always wanted to run the London Marathon and fate seemed to push her to achieve this
Club will be open 10am to 2pm this coming Monday 27th May 2019 – for Bank holiday. There will be no classes or creche. But the gym is open and you can book squash, racketball or table tennis.
Racquets Fitness Centre is not intimidating for ladies. This is one very true statement by one of our recent London Marathon finishers. Gillian wants more people to know that at Racquets you’ll get the friendship, support and encouragement to get you through your mid life changes. Read how exercise helps at https://www.healthline.com/health/ten-best-menopause-activities#why-exercise-is-important. Every one of you
Thanks to Nigel Pattison for getting many of the team taking on the challenge of Scafell Pike at the end of this month on a warm up 8.5 mile walk this last Sunday. We walked for 4 hours through beautiful countryside near Stonor Park taking a restful stop at the lovely No Car Café to
At the age of 15 Oxfordshire born squash player Chloe Marshall gained her first England cap representing her country at the 2005 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. 14 years later Chloe is still involved with the event, but this time in the role of the coach. The 2019 European Championships took place from the
Martin Wright was born in 1940 and is looking forward to his 80th birthday next year. For some this might mean putting your feet up and having help around the house. But for Martin this is far from reality. Martin plays squash or racketball 3 times a week. His opponents range from 55 year olds
Wild Lemongrass is open from 4.30pm (closed on Tuesdays) – please pre-order before 3pm.
