At Your Leisure: Free Retro Birthday Party & Outdoor Fitness Circuit, Master Facility Plan Community Consultation and more!

Welcome to the latest edition of At Your Leisure, your connection to leisure, recreation, venues and entertainment in the Southern Lakes.

Have Your Say!
Lakes Leisure is currently working on the Queenstown Events Centre (QEC) Master Facilities (MFP) for the development of the indoor and outdoor facilities at QEC to help meet the growing demand for sports and recreation in our community. We are looking to consult with sports users and the wider community to get input on the proposed developments so we can provide Council with your feedback which they will consider during their Long Term Plan process. If you or anyone you know is interested in viewing the plan and giving us your feedback via a five question survey, please go to www.lakesleisure.co.nz/qec-mfp.html.

We thank you in advance for your feedback – it is essential to the success of this community consultation process.

Cheers,

Fiona McKissock
CEO, Lakes Leisure

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FREE RETRO BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ALPINE HEALTH & FITNESS
On Saturday 12 November we’re celebrating Alpine Health & Fitness turning TWO and throwing a free retro birthday party for you all! Come and join in the celebrations at one of our FREE group fitness classes or just come work out for free. You can even dress in retro-fitness gear (think fluoro leotards, leg warmers, headbands, etc) for the chance to win a 10 concession pass in every class. All current members who ‘go retro’ on the day will also go in the draw for a 3 month membership extension. Plus a free, somewhat unhealthy sausage sizzle at the centre between 11am and 1pm. Come on down! Please call 03 450 9117 to book a spot in the RPM and Pump class to ensure you don’t miss out.
9am Retro RPM
10am Retro Pump
11am Retro MANIA
12pm Retro Stretch
1pm Retro Zumba

LOCAL DESIGNER SALE – November 12, Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall, 9.00am
Pop in and pick up some wonderful bargains from our talented local designers, many at wholesale prices. Designers include Claire Bloom, Smith & Western, Jane Sutherland, 3 Bags Full, Decode, Scarlett & Victor & Red Design. Sale starts 9am and ends 5pm or until sold out.

MICHELE A'COURT – November 17, Lake Wanaka Centre, 8.00pm
Michèle A’Court… writer, performer and "Female Comedian of the Decade" [NZ Comedy Awards 2010] comes to Wanaka. Come see her – or miss this rare opportunity for some fantastic, high quality comedy. Bar Opens 7pm, Show Begins 8pm. Tickets $45 - R18 from Pembroke Wine Shop, 24 Dungarvon Street, Wanaka.

WAKATIPU TRAIL BLAZER – Friday 18 Nov, Jack’s Point to Jardine Park, 6.00pm
This mini-adventure run, walk or mountain bike starts at Jack’s Point Clubhouse and finishes with a BBQ, prize giving and music at Jardine Park, Kelvin Heights. The stunning courses utilise mainly private land to provide a unique opportunity for participants to experience this magnificent landscape. All proceeds going to The Queenstown Trail, a $5M, 90km cycling and walking community project linking Queenstown, Arrowtown and Gibbston. Run or Walk 7.5km or Mountain Bike 15KM – Competitive or Recreational, $20 per entrant, includes 12 month membership to the Queenstown Trails Trust or a 12 month extension for existing members. To enter, click here.

LONDON CALLING
November 18, Lake Wanaka Centre, 8:00 pm
November 24 & 25, Arrowtown Hall, 8:00pm
The multi-media song and stage show is coming to Wanaka and returning to Arrowtown. “London Calling” revisits the music of The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Bowie, T-Rex, Zombies, Rod Stewart, Elton John, The Sex Pistols, The Cure, The Clash and more; all produced during the British Invasion years of 1964-1984. Show starts at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets $35 from Wanaka Fine Wines or Arrowtown Museum.

WANAKA... HAVE YOU MET CHARLOTTE?
Charlotte Inglis is our Wanaka Bookings Coordinator. She’s your first point of contact for all enquiries or bookings for the Lake Wanaka Centre and all Wanaka sports grounds, parks and reserves. The best time to contact Charlotte is Monday, Wednesday or Thursdays before 3pm. Outside of these hours your call will be forwarded to another Lakes Leisure bookings coordinator. Please phone 03 443 4173 or 021 223 2111 or email charlotte@lakesleisure.co.nz.

FREE OUTDOOR FITNESS CIRCUIT OPENING!
Come and help the Alpine Health & Fitness team and our Mayor, Vanessa van Uden, celebrate the opening of our new free community outdoor running & fitness circuit on Saturday 19 November at 10am. There’s two different circuits 1.5km and 1.1km long and 19 stations equipped with specialist outdoor strength equipment. We’ve even got beginner and advanced options so it’s suitable for all fitness levels. The circuit begins from the first car park on the left at the Queenstown Events Centre. Come on down to the official opening and take the opportunity to talk to one of our instructors about how the circuit can work for you!

GETTING ENOUGH CALCIUM LATELY?
Bone is a living tissue which continues to be broken down and renewed throughout your life. However, after early adulthood the body starts to withdraw calcium and other minerals faster than it is depositing them, gradually causing your bones to thin. Early detection, from 25 years, is the key to prevention of suffering later from osteoporosis and fractures. It is not just older women that develop thin bones. If you think you might be short on calcium come and get a quick & painless scan of your heel done at Bone Denisty Clinic at Alpine Health & Fitness on Thursday 24 November to see how your bones are looking. The consultation and scan costs just $55 and appointments can be made by calling 03 450 9126.

WATERPOLO – NOW ON SUNDAY NIGHTS
Water Polo has begun at Alpine Aqualand every Sunday between 6.30-8.00pm from now until Christmas with the Queenstown Water Polo Club! Entry cost is just standard pool entry ($3 for school students, $4.50 Seniors, $8 Adults) and all gear is provided by QWPC and Alpine Aqualand. Come along and give it a go– beginners to advance players are more than welcome. If you’ve got any questions, please call the organiser, Nigel Kerr on 0272 368 553.

ALPINE AQUALAND ENTRY
Alpine Aqualand has always been free for spectators, but we have been encountering a few problems lately with spectators who swim! It’s a rate payer funded community facility so we need to make sure everyone is getting a fair deal hence we will be keeping a closer eye on our ‘spectators’ for a while. Please make sure if you intend to swim that you let reception know so they can charge you accordingly. Many thanks for your understanding.

KIDS ALL SORTS SPORTS IS GOING OFF!
All Sorts Sports, our specially developed motor skills programme for children aged 3-6 years old has been absolutely going off this term - so much so that we’ve had to divide up the age groups and put an extra class on! To ensure we have plenty of instructors available we highly recommend pre-booking (on the day is fine) but drop-ins are still welcome - we know what a busy life with kids is like. To make a booking for one of the following please call or email Jendi Paterson, Community Programmes Coordinator on 450 9103 or jendi@lakesleisure.co.nz.
3-4 year olds: Tues 1:30pm- 2:15pm, Thurs 3:30pm-4:00pm OR Thurs 4:00pm-4:30pm
5-6 year olds: Thursdays 4:30pm-5:00pm

GROUP FITNESS CLASS CANCELLATIONS
The following classes are going to be cancelled in the coming weeks:
Leisurelys Balance – Thursday @ 2.30pm - cancelled on 17 November
Leisurelys Tai Chi – Tuesday @ 11.00am – cancelled on 15 & 22 November
Arrowtown Zumba – switching to Tuesday 15 & 22 November @ 6.30pm during London Calling (Note: We previously cancelled Zumba on November 29 but this was a typo, sorry! – Ed.)

BUSY PERIODS AT THE POOL
On Sunday nights from 6.30pm-8.30pm the lap pool will no longer be available for lap lane swimming between now and Christmas due to the Queenstown Water Polo Club booking.

Finally, please note that daily reminders of any class changes will also be posted on our Facebook page.If you have any questions, please email us.

Cheers,

Sophie Kennedy and the Lakes Leisure team