July 2011

Welcome to July... and the new look Riverside Mail Newsletter! We hope you enjoy the new format. So...the shortest day has passed, and we are halfway through the year already! We are looking forward to term 3 of the Swimmagic swimschool, and of course our fun filled Chillout Kids' holiday programme, running for 2 weeks from the 18th July. We are taking bookings as we speak so don't miss out! We are also planning our latest and greatest swim challenge...stay tuned for details!


Riverside World Cup 2011 Swim Challenge
Are you ready for our biggest challenge yet? Let's see who will step up and take on the massive 100km "Professional Player" distance! This year we will again be bringing you four different distance options and some AWESOME prizes! We will also be giving participants the option to become a fundraiser for the Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake appeal by collecting sponsorship for their swim from friends and colleagues. There will be a special starter pack for all participants who choose to become a fundraiser. As always, the challenge will be FREE to enter, and there will be lots of AWESOME prizes up for grabs from some great sponsors. The challenge will begin in August, check our website and facility advertising during the month for more details or to register for the Challenge. WHO will be the RWC 2011 champion?!

If you own a business and would like to become a sponsor of this exciting and popular event, please get in touch with Jo at Riverside: email joperrott@clmnz.co.nz or call (03) 546 3221.

Chillout Kids' Holiday Programme
Get set for another fun-filled, active and exciting kids' holiday programme brought to you by Nicki and the awesome Chillout crew! This time around, prepare yourself for a strike at ten pin bowling, test your building skills as you construct a cardboard city, create a miniature beach in a jar and a tornado in a bottle and battle it out in the wacky Chillout Top Town Challenge! Sound like fun? Enrol the kids now as spaces are filing fast! Click onto the Riverside Pool website for more details or contact programme co-ordinator Nicki John on 03 547 0292 or nac@clmnz.co.nz.


Swimmagic Holiday Intensives
Give your little swimmers the boost they need over these school holidays and enrol them into our awesome Swimmagic holiday intensive lessons! The lessons will be running over both weeks of the school holidays, book your kids into either one or both courses (receive a discount for doing both weeks!) and watch as their swimming improves! There are vast benefits to keeping your kids swimming all year round and the school holidays are no exception, so call us today to check availability of the lessons! We will be running intensive lessons for pre-school Nippers all the way up to Development Squad levels. Check the Swimmagic Holiday Intensives page on the website for more details or call Keta and the swimmagic team on 03 546 3221, or email ketaeverett@clmnz.co.nz.

Swimmer of the Term - Brooke Swan - Age 4
Brooke is the deserving winner of "swimmer of the term" this term for her outstanding swimming. "Brooke has no problem swimming lengths of the lane pool and has amazing stamina" says Swimmagic Riverside co-ordinator Keta Everett. Brooke currently swims in the "Champions" pre-school level with instructor Mirella.

Instructor of the term - Shannon Redditt
Shannon is our instructor of the term for term 2, as despite being a fairly new instructor to Riverside, he is proving to be extremely dedicated and happy to learn, and take on anything which is thrown at him! Well done Shannon!


July Fit Tip - Why is blood pressure important?

Blood pressure is the force of the blood against the wall of the arteries and veins created by the heart as it pumps blood to every part of the body. It rises and falls with every heartbeat. When the heart contracts the blood pressure peaks. This is called the systolic pressure (the top reading). Between the hearts contractions the pressure is at its lowest. This is called the diastolic pressure (the bottom reading). This figure is measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).

Hypertension (or high blood pressure) is a condition in which the blood pressure is elevated above optimal levels (optimal being 120 systolic and 80 diastolic). Hypertension can be caused by being overweight, inactivity, a high fat or high salt diet, or too much alcohol and stress. Increasing your activity levels, even marginally, will improve the health of your heart. So, to avoid increasing the risk of heart disease, strokes and kidney failure, keep to a structured exercise program and you will see your blood pressure maintain normal levels, and you will feel healthier and more energetic. You only have one heart so look after it! - John Maclean, Fitness Centre Co-ordinator.

Womens Sheds Renovations

We would like to thank all of our wonderful customers for their patience while we improved the female changing areas. It was a fairly big job as we replaced the ceilings in the showers, re-sealed all of the wooden benches, replaced the vanity unit and prepped, repaired, filled and painted all of the walls. We hope that you will be delighted with the results! The womens sheds are due to re-open on Monday (4th July). Here are some sneaky pics of the sheds, getting ready to be spray painted.


Mens sheds renovations
The mens sheds will be renovated next, beginning next week. Alternative changing areas for the guys will be available in the sauna and family changing areas while the work is being carried out.


New Prices
Pool Entry and Aqua Class prices will go up slightly from today (1st July 2011). Facility membership prices will NOT be increasing. The new prices are as follows:

	Single entry	Concession of 10
Adult	$4.30	$38.70
Senior/Student/CSC Card	$3.70	33.30
Child	$2.70	$24.30
Preschooler	$1.70	$15.30
Aqua Class(Adult)	$8.50	$76.50
Aqua Class (Senior/Student)	$7.50	$67.50

Tots' Pool Upgrade Feedback
We received a lot of good feedback with regards to the changes we propose to make to the toddlers pool at Riverside. In case you missed out on the last newsletter or the posters up around the facility, we propose to put a wall halfway across the current toddlers pool so that we can fill one end up to be deeper in order to be able to run learn to swim lessons in there. This in turn we hope should free up more space in our busy lane pool. The other end of the pool will remain shallow for toddlers to play in and we are looking at adding some more play features to the pool for the littlies. The proposed changes are on track to go ahead and we are in the process of finalising the design work for the pool. A big thanks to everyone for taking the time to provide us with your feedback.


Check us out on Facebook and WIN!
Keep up to date on the latest news and events from Riverside and become friends with us on Facebook! Everyone who "comments" on our wall or "likes" any of our posts during the month of July 2011 will go in the draw to win some awesome "Korora Flexer" goggles. Click here to go to our Facebook page!

July Membership Special - Get any 3 month membership and get an EXTRA month FREE!
Workout, swim, have a spa or join our aqua classes as much as you like for 4 months with this great deal, available in JULY 2011 only!