The new gymnasium, which is part of the completed development at the new Knocknagoshel Pitch, was officially opened last Tuesday and the community there was afforded the opportunity to avail of the facilities free of charge during last week. The gym is very well equipped with the most up to date equipment such as bikes, steppers, rowing machines, sit up machines for shoulder and upper body, knee extension machine, seated pulley, hamstring extension machine, bench press and dead lift weights machine. There is also a TV and Video which can either be used to show demonstration videos or as background to the activity. Fully qualified instructors, Damien Tobin and Humphrey Shanahan are there to give advice on personal training. The gym will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. and from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon during the day.
Membership can be for one month, three months, six months, nine months or yearly.
The yearly membership for an individual is 200, joint couples 360, Students over 16, unemployed and over 60 s is 112. Groups up to ten people 1860, and groups between ten and twenty people 3375. This is a great facility for the club and the Knocknagoshel community and it demonstrates the forward looking and progressive thinking that has brought this development to fruition. As well as the new gym and dressing rooms the building also has a fully fitted kitchen as well as ladies and gents shower rooms, which are beautifully tiled. There is also a referee s room with shower and a toilet for the disabled.