The Riverside Mail April 2012

Anzac Day opening hours - Wednesday 25th April - Open 1-5pm (Pool and gym)


New Hydro Spa Pool IS OPEN!
Come and try it out today! Feedback so far has been great! New spa prices are: $5 casual spa only, $2.50 with a swim or FREE for facility members!

The spa seats a maximum of 10 people, it has 78 amazing massaging jets, which massage different areas of your body as you move around between the seats. Please note, this spa has powerful jets and turbulent water, so please take care when using the spa for the first time! The Hydro Spa is an Adults only area, ages 16 yrs and over.

Afternoon Swimming Space
Please be aware that during term time, there is very limited space for lane swimming between the hours of 3.30-5pm. We suggest you avoid these times if you wish to swim lanes. The pool is very busy at these times with swimming lessons, squad swimming and kids playing.

Wheel Woman Mountain Bike Workshops
Emma Bawtree is running some more of her popular women's only mountain bike courses again this Autumn. Build you confidence and skills on your mountain bike in a supportive and friendly all-woman environment. Click here for more info and course dates. To enquire or book, please contact Emma on 03 5402678 or 0276245368, or by email at emma@nztraveldesigners.com.

April Gym Membership Special
Get TWO months free with any 12 month Direct Debit Membership, or ONE month free with any 6 month Direct Debit membership. Sooo, if you decided to go for the 12 month membership, you can start straight away but not pay anything for the first 2 months, and then pay just $14.10 per week after that, for 10 months. With the 6 month membership, get started, pay nothing for the first month and just pay $16.40 per week after that, for 5 months. A Riverside facility membership gives you unlimited access to the fitness centre, pool, NEW Hydro Spa, Aquafitness Classes, AND free programming and advice from our friendly fitness consultants. Now that's a good value membership!

April Fit Tip - Why Swim?
Here's Why! (From the Swimming New Zealand Website)

Since water is approximately 800 times more dense than air, being in water is like being in outer space; it is an environment where you can experience full weightlessness. It is also a great way to get a full body workout.


Here are 5 reasons why you should choose swimming as your favourite recreational activity:
1. Swimming involves the use of all the major muscle groups and gives you an effective workout, regardless of your ability;

2. Swimming is a low impact, weightless with all-round resistance activity where you can just tune out and relax;

3. Swimming caters for all skill levels. You can perform many different exercises when in the water i.e. swimming any of the four strokes, aqua jogging, walking in the water (adding resistance), kicking with a board, using a pull buoy and swimming with your arms only, kicking with a vertical kickboard, using fins etc. there are unlimited possibilities;

4. When you swim, you don't get hot and sticky like land-based exercise. Swimming is a cool, refreshing activity.

5. You have increased mobility, and swimming feels great!

Babysitter Available
"Hi There! I'm Lee-Anne, a Mum of a regular swimmer at Riverside pool, we live across the road from the pool and I am wondering if any gym users or adult swimmers require a babysitter for their children while they use the facilities- if so please get in touch - Lee-Anne 0210376330.
Available week nights and weekends, very experienced and have worked previously as a Nanny."

Mens and Women's Tris, and Kids Aquathon
Well done to all of the fabulous competitors, supporters, crew members and voulenteers in this years Blokes Day Out, Taylors Nelson Womens Tri and Kauri Kids Aquathon! The events were a fantastic success and good times were had by all. There are some great photos of the events on the Shuttersport website, and an article on Stuff covering the blokes and kids' events, and again for the Ladies.

Pool Fencing
If you have a pool on your property, you may have heard about pool fencing regulations and a drive to bring residantial pools in Nelson up to standard. We believe it's important to to have all pools fenced properly so if you have your own pool, this article may be useful to read:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6603858/Drive-to-get-pools-fenced

The Riverside Mail March 2012

Hi there and welcome to March!

Nayland Pool is still open until Friday the 16th March 2012.

Come along and make the most of the remaining summer days at Nayland Park Pools! Nayland Park Pools will be closing to the public for the season at 5pm on Friday the 16th March. The best times to visit are after school and weekends as the pool can be heavily booked with schools during the weekdays. Come for a swim in the 50m lane pool, a slide into the 20m pool, a dive off the diving boards or a splash in the toddlers pool. Check the http://www.naylandpool.co.nz/ website for more details and opening hours.

Chillout April Holiday programme

Last month, we said goodbye to our Chillout Co-ordinator Nicki, who has moved to Wellington to pursue new challenges. Luckily, we are privileged to have the fantastic Amanda Gadsby take up the role. Amanda has been working with the Chillout crew alongside Nicki for a while now, so she already knows everyone so it's great to have her on board! She is currently busy organising lots and lots of fun activities for the April school holidays, as well as keeping the Chillout Afterschool kids entertained! If you are looking for a fun and exciting holiday programme for you kids then look no further. CYF and OSCAR approved. Please check out the website for further details and booking information.

THE NEW SPA!

It has been eagerly awaited and we are now pleased to confirm that it is in the country at last! It is currently undergoing some testing and alterations before it can be installed at Riverside Pool. As with most new pool installations, we are preparing for a teething period while we iorn out any issues it may have to ensure the smooth and reliable running of the new spa. Please bear with us on this!

Rachel Hunter Wins in Wellington!

In the last newsletter, we wished Rachel all the best in her novice powerlifting competition. This month, we are happy to report that she came away with the win in her weight category! All of her had work, training and preparation paid off and she is very happy with the result. We wish her all the best in her future competitions!

Reminder: Womens, Mens and Kids Tri's!
Just a quick reminder to get your entries in for the Taylors Nelson Womens' Triathlon, Port Nelson Mens Triathlon and the Kauri Kids Aquathlon this April. See the Nelson events website: http://www.nelsonevents.co.nz/) for more details, or pick up an enrty form from Riverside or Nayland Park Pools.

Swimmagic April Holiday Intensive Lessons

Once again the Swimmagic team will be running their awesome holiday lessons these upcoming School holidays:

Week 1 - Tuesday 10th - Saturday 14th April

Week 2 - Monday 16th - Friday 20th April

For Pre-school Nippers up to School-age squad levels. Classes normally run in the mornings. Call us today on (03) 546 3221 or email Keta at ketaeverett@clmnz.co.nz to enquire or book!

www.riversideswimmingpool.co.nz * www.naylandpool.co.nz

February 2012

2012 is well underway - we hope you are having a great year so far! Here is your newsletter for Februray.

February Membership Special

This month, we are offering 2 months free with every 12 month Direct Debit membership (just pay for 10 months), and one month free with every 6 month Direct Debit membership (just pay for 5 months). Don't worry if you are slightly late with the new years reslolutions...now is a great time to kick into that healthy habit!

25th Year of the Taylors Nelson Womens Triathlon!

Entries are open for the 25th Taylors Nelson Women's Triathlon! Yes, you read right, the 25th year of this event. Riverside is proud to be involved with this event and are once again looking forward to seeing the many participants training in the pool and then competing on the day - Sunday April 1st 2012. Nelson Events are keen to really celebrate this occasion, so if you have any old photos of yourself or others in this event over the past 25 years then please email them through to us at admin@nelsonevents.co.nz, if they are not digital, and you are unable to scan and send, then please pop in to Nelson City Cameras in Trafalgar St and see Simon or Shelley and they will scan it for you at no charge and then deliver the image to us.
Any personal stories you have of your experience with this event, either as a participant, a supporter or a volunteer, then the Nelson Events Team would love to hear from you too. Please get in touch either via email (admin@nelsonevents.co.nz) or phone - Averil (03) 548 3655 or Amanda (03) 545 8453
Blokes and Kids - you're definitely not forgotten! The Port Nelson Blokes Day Out and Port Nelson Kauri Kids Aquathon will be held on Sunday March 25th. Full details of all events at http://www.nelsonevents.co.nz/

February Staff Profile - Heidi Eberhart - Customer Service Extrodinaire!
Heidi here, quote "loyal-customer-turned-staff member" unquote :)
I was asked to do a profile on myself.......kinda funny coz not sure what to write. I love exercising and the Riverside Gym has been (and still is) one of my favourite places in Nelson. Not that I get to do much exercising anymore due to so many work commitments.......but I can truly say I love to work with the crew at Nayland and Riverside - it's so much fun and so interesting - sometimes challenging too but I love every minute of every day even on a not so good day!
OK, I already said it but I love running and swimming and used to play tennis too....when I find a buddy and the time I would love to hit some balls again!
In my "free time" when I am not at Riverside or Nayland Pool (working or otherwise) I run my own travel/tourism company which is called click-nz.com which has its own website, sell AVON Cosmetic Products in Nelson and have a Nelson Weekly Paper run every Tuesday!
I LOVE swimming in the summer at Nayland and at Riverside pool in town. Have a lovely nearly 17 year old daughter in her last year at Nelson Girls.....she keeps me on my toes......
A little bit of background on me.......originally from Switzerland where they make the best chocolate and cheese in the world (some may debate but I believe it) Why am I here in New Zealand ?? Well the short and sweet of it is (actually not so sweet) HE was tall dark and handsome (Australia) but as in most cases that dream didn't work out! Before I ventured out to come to New Zealand - I attended one of the most prestigious Hotel Management schools in Switzerland in Lucerne, where they taught me how to cook, how to wait tables, how to deal with customers etc etc...even have a degree in Hotel Management which comes in handy sometimes! I used to travel the world too (Asia, Canada, America, South America, Europe - all over) so you might guess that travel is still one of my big passions in life. So one day when I can again I will put on my travel shoes to go and explore parts of the world I haven't been to (for example India and China etc)
My favourite philosophy in life is "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" oh yea - in the meantime I keep smiling and keep being happy cause that's who I am!

February Fit Tip - Bananas to bust cramp and boost energy!
Need a pre-workout energy boost? Do you suffer from cramp? Try munching on a banana. Thanks to bananas' high potassium content, peeling one is a speedy solution to that stitch in your side. While a lack of sodium is the main culprit behind muscle cramps, studies show potassium plays a supporting role: You need it to replace sweat losses and help with fluid absorption. Bananas are also packed with energizing carbohydrates. One medium-size fruit has 400 milligrams of potassium and as many carbs (29 grams) as two slices of whole-wheat bread.

New Spa Pool arriving soon!

We are currently awaiting the arrival of our brand new spa pool. The new spa will be bigger, with 10 seats and 62 massaging jets. It is currently on it's way over from Australia and we look forward to recieving it soon! There will be a short amount of time where the spa will be unavailable whilst the new one is being installed. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause but we are sure you will be delighted with the new spa!

We will also be removing the infra-red sauna from the facility in the near future, which will free up an extra changing room for families and the disabled.

Recent and upcoming sporting events and achievements

Rachel Hunter (awesome Riverside fitness consultant/personal trainer/aqua instructor!) will be off to Wellington this weekend to compete in a regional Powerlifting competition. She says: "It's a novice powerlifting comp. I will be in the 72kg class and hoping to do 107-110kg squats, 60-70kg bench 60kg+ deadlifts. I have 3 attempts at each lift and it's the best out of the three that they take for the overall score. I would like to thank John Maclean, Ray Hermens, Celia McMillan, Dawn Chalmers, Sally Dawson and Bronwyn Tuck for their amazing coaching leading up to this comp and assisting me in my powerlifring sport. It's very much appreciated and I could not do it without their guidance!" We wish her all the best in the competition, in which she has the oppotunity to qualify for Nationals. Go Rachee!

Also, Jo from reception took part in the NZ National Mountain Bike Champs in Nelson over the Nelson Anniversary weekend. Jo raced to 4th place in her class in the Downhill, and 5th place in the Super D. Some awesome photos of the event can be found on the David Chadwick photography website.

The Aquathlon National Champs are being held in Nelson this Saturday and we wish the best of luck to any of our readers / Riverside customers who may be taking part in this event! Even if you're not competing it would be great to go and watch as it's in a great city centre location on the lower Maitai River, with the race starting as 12.30pm. More details can be found at http://www.aquathlon.co.nz/.

Painting at Riverside

You may have noticed the fresh new colour scheme on poolside at Riverside recently. A group of young painters from The New Hub in Nelson, under the supervision of volunteer Jay Blazek, have taken on the task of sanding, filling and painting the walls on poolside. We all really like the new colour and think it looks great, and hope you do too! read more about it here.

Riverside Mail December 2011

Welcome to the last Newsletter of 2011! We wish everyone a happy, safe and healthy Christmas and New Year!

Riverside Christmas and New Years Opening Hours:

The Pool and Fitness Centre will be open normal hours right up until Christmas Eve (24th December)

Christmas Day - CLOSED

Monday 26th December (Boxing Day) through until Tuesday 3rd January:

Swimming Pool open 9am - 5pm (Lane Swimming 9am-12pm, Public Swimming 12-5pm)

Fitness Centre open 9am-4pm

Wednesday 4th January - Back to normal hours

Aquafit / Aquajogging / Aquanatal / Aqualite classes will break for 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year:

Last Class of 2011: Friday 23rd December 2011

First Class of 2012: Monday 9th January 2012

December Fit Tip - Summer Walking
If you are going to be doing some walking this summer here’s some tips to walking faster:

1. Use good posture. Walk tall and look forward (not at the ground).
2. Keep your chest raised and shoulders relaxed (shoulders down and back).

3. Bend your arms just less than 90 degrees and swing your arms front to back (not side to side as you arms should not cross the centre line) and by swinging your arms faster your feet will follow.4. Tighten your abs and buttocks (if you can ).

5. Try faster smaller steps rather than longer strides.

6. Push off with your toes and concentrate on landing on your heels, rolling through your steps.
7. Breathe naturally with deep rhythmic breaths. You should be walking fast enough so breathing increases but you are not out of breath. Enjoy those long summer nights and warmer days!!

Thanks to John Maclean for this month's fit tip.

3 Months plus 1 free membership offer extended for December
This is always a popular offer so we have decided to extend it throughout December! Get 4 months of membership to Riverside (Includes use of Riverside and Nayland Park pools, fitness centre, spa, aqua classes, free fitness programs and reviews with our qualified, proffessional trainers) for only $255 for an adult or $235 for a senior (50+) or student.

Chillout Holiday Programme - Keep the kids entertained over the Xmas Holidays!

With fun activities such as berry picking, balloon modelling, burger making, hydrosliding, pool parties and much much more, your kids will not want to miss

out on the awesome Chillout holiday programme these holidays! We are taking enrolments now so be sure to book early to avoid dissapointment. For a full schedule of the programme, get to the Riverside Pool Website to see what is happening on each day. To enrol, just print off the forms available online and return to Nicky John at Nayland Pool or by post to Nelson Aquatics Ltd, Po Box 1611, Nelson. Or simply call Nicky on (03) 547 0292 to check availability and enrol.

Swimmagic Holiday Swim Programme

Week 1 Intensives: 19th - 23rd December 2011 at Nayland Park Outdoor Pool. School age levels - Kickers, Paddlers, Breathers, Swimmers, Development and a "Mixed Squad" level.

Week 2 intensives: 9th - 13th January at Riverside Pool. Pre-School and School age levels - Nippers, Flippers,

Movers, Kickers, Paddlers, Breathers, Swimmers, Development.

Week 2 Squad Clinics:

Monday 9th Jan - Back 2 Basics

Tuesday 10th Jan - Backstroke

Wednesday 11th Jan - Breaststroke

Thursday 12th Jan - Starts and Turns

Friday 13th Jan - Freestyle

Week 3 intensives: 16th - 20th January at Riverside Pool. Pre-school and school age levels - Nippers, Flippers, Movers, Kickers, Paddlers, Breathers, Swimmers, Development.

There are still spaces so call us today for more details, class times etc, and to enrol: (03) 546 3221 or email ketaeverett@clmnz.co.nz

Kori's Christmas Party - Wednesday 21st December

Join Kori and the Swimmagic and Chillout crew for some fun in the sun on Wednesday 21st December at Nayland Park Pool from 1.30-3.30pm! For all kids enrolled in Swimmagic swimschool or Chillout Afterschool care/holiday programme. Take part in some fun pool games and win some cool prizes. Grab a sausage sizzle for $1.50. See you there!

Meet the Riverside Untouchables!

The Riverside Untouchables are a mixed touch team, that play every Tuesday evening at Tahuna Playing Fields. They will be playing until the end of January 2012, so if you happen to be in the neighbourhood at the time, go and cheer them on!

Tots/New Lesson Pool is now heated

The new plant/heating system for the tots pool is now installed and will keep the water at around 32 degrees. Perfect for the smaller swimmers and our swimmagic swim lessons. Come and check it out if you haven't already. We thank all of our patrons for their patience and understanding whilst the work was carried out to install the new plant.

Gift Vouchers for Christmas

Give the perfect Christmas gift - a Riverside gift Voucher! Get a voucher for anything you like, for any value. Why not load one up with a 10 visit swim concession, or a fitness centre membership, or even load up $20 - $30 for shop items so that you loved one can choose some goggles. It's up to you! Enquire at reception.

Visit our websites: www.riversideswimmingpool.co.nz * www.naylandpool.co.nz

Riverside Mail November 2011

Welcome to the November Newsletter!

Nayland Park Pools Now Open for Summer!

Nayland Pools opened on Saturday the 5th November to a lovely fine Nelson Day. Nayland Park Pools will be open for a longer 20 week season this summer plus extended opening hours of 9am-7pm during the week, and 9am-8pm on the weekends. This means even more fun in the sun for everyone! Come and enjoy a swim in the 8 lane 50m pool, a splash in the toddlers pool, some fun in the 20m pool or a jump off one of the 3 diving boards. There is also a wide range of drinks, ice creams, snacks, goggles and caps for sale at reception. The pools are heated so come and enjoy the wonderful Nelson weather at Nayland pools this summer. For more details including opening hours of the dive well and tots pool, please click here.

Riverside Swim Challenge 2011

Well it's all over for another year and once again we saw a great number of swimmers taking part in the challenge and doing a great job in achieving their goals! We had a total of 101 swimmers take part, and we swam a combined total of 110,287 lengths (3308km!). Peter Thomas took out the Fresh Choice 100km Challenge, completing the 100km distance in only 8 days! An amazing effort. We ended up with 9 swimmers competing the 100km target, 11 completed the 60km, 21 completed 30km or over, and 36 completed 12km or more. For all of the results, click here!

November Membership Special - Buy 3 months, get ONE FREE!

For November only, we will be giving away an extra month membership for FREE with every 3 month membership! Get into summer with this great deal for only $255, or just $235 for a student or senior!

November Fit Tip - Why diets don’t work

Diets may help you lose weight on the scales but they don’t help you lose body fat, which is what you are aiming for. When you go on a strict diet that starves the body of carbohydrates, the carbohydrate stores in your muscles (glycogen) are used up. As every gram of glycogen is stored along with three grams of water, the initial drop in weight is mainly due to water. Once glycogen stores are used up, the body breaks down its own muscle tissue for energy, which is exactly what you don’t want!! Losing muscle tissue reduces your metabolism, which means your body needs less energy to do the same work it used to. Your body is also adapting to the amount of energy you provide it with. If you starve your body it tries to convert energy, slowing down your metabolism. Going on a diet, which is very hard to stick to, you will generally put the weight back on, (and some) because of your body now needs less energy to survive than it used to. So if you go on and off diets your body ends up with less muscle and more fat!! A diet that is hard to stick to, or you don’t enjoy what you eat, or if you're hungry all the time and it doesn't fit in with your family and social life it is unlikely to work. “So how do I lose weight then?”…. Actually you want to lose body fat rather than weight so don’t focus on the scales. So go by how your clothes feel or use a tape measure instead. You want to be smaller not a number on the scales. It’s more important that your body is fit and toned rather than a particular weight. So change those eating habits and include some regular physical activity. Make gradual changes that suit your lifestyle and are achievable long term. Obviously you need some limits with food but cutting out all your favorite foods and feeling guilty about eating is not the way to go. Remember your new eating plan should be 'gettable' and for life. It should mean eating better not less.

Thanks John Maclean for this months tip!

Learn to swim in the outdoors this summer!

The Swimmagic swimschool will be running a week of lessons at Nayland Park Pool from the 19th-23rd December for school age levels, in the run up to Christmas. Keep the kids busy for the first week of the holidays and help them learn a skill for life. There will be more lessons running in January at both Nayland Park and Riverside pools. Please call us on (03) 546 3221 to enquire or enrol!

Chillout Rocks!

The success of the new chillout van for school pick ups is showing ithe amount of great kids we have enrolled in After School Care at Nayland. However there are still a few more spaces available! Remember, Chillout can now pick kids up from all Nelson and Stoke Schools and provide care until 6pm! Nicki has also been busy organising lots of fun activities for the next holiday programme, coming up over the summer holidays. Details will be available online later this week, so don't forget to check out www.naylandpool.co.nz to see what's in store! To contact Nicki (Chillout Co-ordinator) please call (03) 547 0292 or email nac@clmnz.co.nz.

NZ Wins Rugby World Cup - Now what do we do with all those flags?!

Well it was surely an exciting few weeks whilst New Zealand hosted the Rugby world cup! And what a relief to finally get the cup back where it belongs - well played All Blacks! So now that it has all blown over...we thought it would be great to see who can come up with the most inventive way to re-use all of those All Blacks / Country flags, whether it's a scarf, pillowcase, made into clothing or anything else; we want to see it! The best one brought into Riverside before the end of November wins a 1 month membership! Get creative!

Have a fantastic November!

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