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14                                             RECREATION
               LINK                                               Half term starts here ..!
               CENTRE           MAUREEN PEARSON
                                                          Want some fun this half term? Then look no further than your local
                                         A.T.T.           action filled Link Centre, packed with activities to suit all, writes
                                TAXATION ADVISOR          Alison Bruce.
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     T             LA,~] ~        For Advice and Help on   Registration for Lincoln's Half  session' promotion is really what
                                                          Term Camp commences on Tues-
                                                                                     it says. Come along and pay for
                                 Personal and Business Tax   day 7 February at lOam with camp  the lOam - 12 noon session during
       VALENTINE
                                 Completion of Tax Returns   itself running from 20 -24 Febru-  half term week and we'll give all
     ICE SPECIALS               and Preparation of Accounts   ary at the usual times of 9.30am  -  beginners a free 20 minute lesson.
                                                          330pm.                       In addition, we will give you a
                                   for the Inland Revenue
    "AFFECTIONAT                                           All the normal fun and action  goody bag containing a free pass
                                      27 Holmleigh        will be available for 5-12 year olds  to one of our exciting 2pm  - 4pm
    FAMILY &
                                      Haydon Wick         with the additional swim school  disco sessions.
    FRIENDS"                        Swindon SN2 3RH       and freestyle sessions providing   Whether you're after skating,
    Tuesday 14th February                                 even the most active child with  swimming, fitness or fun, we will
                                 Tel:  (0793) 724172      plenty to do.              ensure you have a good time.
    5.00pm - 6.30pm                                        In the rink we will be offering a   Contact Main Reception now for
                                                          warm welcome, especially to all  details of any these activities. Tel:
    "NICE & EASY                                         beginners. Our 'free lesson, free  (01793) 871212.
    SQUEEZE ME"
    Tuesday 14th February           BOWLS                          Sociable Indoor Bowling
    7.45pm - 10.15pm             COACHING                 Fred Watts writes
                                                         If you enjoy a game of bowls or would like to learn in a friendly
    "DREAMY                     —  Do you want to         atmosphere, then come along to Greendown School on Sundays. Wear
    DISCO DATE"                   improve your game?      casual dress and bring a pair of flat shoes to protect the 'green'.
                                                           Bowls are available to use, and the cost of a two hour session is £1.
    Wednesday 15th February      - Learn how to win?      Sessions begin at 9.30am. All ages are welcome.
    7.45pm  - 10.15pm                                      If you require any further information phone on 873722.
                                —  Learn how to play?
    Skate hire on all sessions 70p
    Normal session prices apply     YOU CAN

   Link Centre, Westlea, Swindon   with National Bowls Coach   Real men do aerobics!
        Tel: (0 1793) 821212       Barney Fernandes
        Recreation Services                                       Says Lee Hogan of Bodies by Design
        BOROUGH OF              27 Burford Avenue, Swindon
        THAMESDOWN                                       As an old Commonwealian, it was
        A Division 01 Lis,,e Sors,ces   Tel: (01793) 641045   not so much drummed into me as
                                                         stamped on my chest that boys
                                                         who were to become real men
                           YOUR GUIDE
                                                         played rugby. Football and cricket
    Y       B              TO FITNESS                    came a poor second and third.
                                                         No matter how good or bad you
          dy0ES1'GN LTD
                                                         were at these sports your chances
                                                         of rising in the estimation of our
   MONDAY              WEDNESDAY          SUNDAY         PE master was virtually nil unless
   Body Conditioning   Body Conditioning   Body Conditioning   you had sustained a cauliflower   modest men into celebrities) of
   witi Carol          with Carol        with Carol      ear, a broken limb or had been   West Swindon, are just a few of the
   Holy Trinity Church,   Gym, Greendown   DeVere Hotel   bloodied in a tackle with someone   many men who work-out regu-
   Shaw Village Centre   School, Grange Park   Shaw Ridge   twice your size.         larly and appreciate what aerobics
   8pm to 9pm          8pm - 9pm          lOam- 11am
                                                         Of course, long before I reached  can do for their fitness and health.
   TUESDAY             Beginners with Lee   Workout with Lee   my senior school it was clear that   Apart from the fear of being lam-
   Light 'n Low The Half   Sports Hall   DeVere Hotel    there was a lot of difference in the   pooned by friends and colleagues,
   Hour Gentle Workout   Greendown School   Shaw Ridge   games boys and girls played. If   many men believe they need the
   with Marie          Grange Park        11am - 12noon   boys wanted to avoid that most   combined foot workof Fred Astaire
   Sports Hall         8pm - 9pm                         hurtful of labels, a sissy, you had   and John Travolta to do an aerobic
   Greendown School                      The Total Body   to participate in violent games such   session without becoming an em-
   Grange Park         FRIDAY            Workout with Lee   as British bulldog and soldiers or   barrassing spectacle. Not so guys.
                       The Total Body    Gym, Greendown   bundle, where a weighty human
   7pm 7.3Opm                                                                       Even the most foot-perfect expo-
   *Cost: £1.50        Workout with Lee   School,        pyramid would be formed by 20 or   nent has had to start somewhere
                       Gym, Greendown    Grange Park     30 boys piling on top of the small-
   The Total Body      School, Grange Park   6.30pm - 7.30pm   est and weakest; a very strange   and anyway, it's not like missing a
   Workout with Lee    6.30pm - 7.30pm                   and very dangerous game, and   penalty!
   Sports Hall          All classes only £3              probably something to do with  Far from being sissy, a good aero-
   Greendown School                       Enjoy a swim   male bonding.              bic class will improve your
   Grange Park          Students & Gold   and use of the   Most aerobic instructors are   stamina, strength, flexibility and
   7.30pm  - 8.25pm     Card: Half price   sauna and steam                          coordination, a fact not lost on men
                                          room after your   women, most of those who take   who take their sport seriously.
   PERSONAL TRAINING Lack Motivation? Post   Bodies class   part are women, but there is an
   natal? Recovering from Injury? Overweight? Too   at the DeVere   ever increasing number of men   Whether your game Is football,
                                                                                     cricket, tennis or even rugby, you
   shy? Improve your health. Get fit in the privacy of   Hotel for only   who have the self-confidence not   can do no better than include an
   your own home. Lee, Carol and Lyn will help you       to care what other men might say.   aerobic session as part of your
   achieve your weight loss and fitness goals.   £2.50
                                                         Clive, Roger, Nick, Stewart, Bob  training. If you're still not con-
                                                         and Graham (surnames withheld  vinced, why not give it a try  - if
   TEL: 0488-684928 or 0831-098273                       because I don't want to turn these  you're man enough!
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