Students can find out more about sports classes and activities from the Sport and Recreation Service| at the Sports Centre, Deane campus. Tours of the Sports Centre are also offered at Open Day| events.
Facilities| include a fitness suite with weights, cardio and resistance training; sport courts and a climbing wall. There is a full and varied timetable| of classes and sessions offering something for everyone. Students can join the fitness centre or attend classes on a 'pay as you go' basis. Annual membership is only £25 and includes use of the gym and classes although ‘pay as you go’ sessions start at only £1.
Timetables and info on sessions can be found at the Student Centre| and at the Sports Centre.
Classes include: boxercise; pilates and yoga; circuits; bums, legs and tums; total tone, bike blast and trampolining.
The Sports Centre sometimes offers free taster sessions so students can see which sports or classes they prefer.
There are a wide range of sports clubs| affiliated to the Students’ Union|. They are run by students for students, and open to students wishing to play sports competitively or just for fun. Sports coaches take all of the Students' Union sports clubs’ training sessions which are usually held between 5.30pm and 10.30pm on weekdays during term time.
To find out more visit the Sport and Recreation Service| webpages.
Meet Mollie Percival - Sports, Health and Physical Activity Officer
Mollie Percival is a snowboarding champion and a member of the Sport and Recreation team at the university. She’s quite literally one of the University of Bolton’s high flyers. She’s the reigning British Big Air champion on dry-slope, a title she’s held for four years. In 2005 she also came second in the British Women’s Big Air on snow. Mollie continues to compete during vacations. She loves sports from showjumping to trampolining, and is a qualified trampoline coach.
Mollie also runs classes in boxercise - her favourite for ‘fun and fitness’.
Useful contacts and emails
Sports Centre Reception
Tel: 01204 903172
Sports Centre Manager
Pozz Lonsdale
Tel: 01204 903639
Email: p.lonsdale@bolton.ac.uk|
Sport, Health & Physical Activity Officer
Mollie Percival
Tel: 01204 903637
Email: m.g.percival@bolton.ac.uk|
Student Activities Co-ordinator
Sue Delanty
Tel: 01204 900850
Email: s.delanty@bolton.ac.uk|
Students' Union
General Secretary
Tel: 01204 900850
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