What’s New

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

Alex Noakes, who trains at Racquets Fitness Centre in Thame, travelled to Istanbul in Turkey for the Glass Furnace PSA Squash Open Tournament on 27th April 2019. Alex’s World squash ranking is currently 164. Alex progressed untroubled to the quarter finals where he had a good 3/1 win over Ahmed Abualela of Egypt. In the

Racquets Fitness Centre members Lauren Addis, Claire Finch, Rachael Parrey, Trish Clempson and Gillian Brannan all took part in the London Marathon 2019 on 28th April. They have all been training hard since before Christmas this year in order to be fit for the challenge.  Everyone at the club has been following their training in

Gillian Brannan is a member of Racquets Fitness Centre in Thame, Oxfordshire.  18 months ago she admits that she couldn’t run for even a minute. On 28th April Gillian took part in the London Marathon and completed the full 26.2 miles. 18 months ago Gill was totally unfit and 2 stone heavier.  Gill says ‘Taking