A little bit of history
Redrice Health & Fitness Club has been in existence now for over 25 years. Originally only a squash club Redrice has been the home of some of the county's best players. Over the years due to a change in exercise habits the club has slowly evolved into Andover's leading health & fitness club.
Redrice originally housed 4 squash courts, and a small bar area and changing rooms. One of the features of the club was that ladies had to go through the men’s changing room to get on to one of the courts!! The club was bought in 1988 by the Cummins family, local fruit and veg merchants, who added an extension to front end of the building in 1990. This was the beginning of the gymnasium and fitness classes. Where the aerobics floor is now was formerly a restaurant. As demand for fitness based activity grew one of the squash courts was removed and the extra space used as a dance floor for aerobics classes.
The fortunes of the club waned and the club was sold on to Caroline Blatchford in 1993, when the club itself was at an all time low. Caroline set about building up the membership base from less than 200 members to an average of over 900 members in her 4 years at the club. As membership increased the need for extra space increased and the restaurant area upstairs was converted to an enclosed studio and the gym extended into the old class area downstairs. This offered a chance to extend the facilities further by converting the roof space of the old squash court into a C.V. area for the Gym which now hosts our new Cycle Reebok classes which are a favourite among all the gym members.
David Stevenson and Jane Farmer bought the club from Caroline in June 1998. Since taking over David and Jane have been totally committed to providing the very best in customer service from the way staff interact with the members to the surroundings in which we do it. Most recently this has meant a complete refurbishment of the ladies changing rooms and also the bar area. This has already lead to the membership base rising to over 1000 current members.
As a member of Redrice you are joining a club whose highly motivated staff are dedicated to making Redrice, Andover's No. 1 Health & Fitness Club.
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