Life Leisure has introduced two exciting new sports to help families keep active during the summer – particularly with Stockport’s unreliable weather.
As well as installing Greater Manchester’s first indoor padel court, meaning players can play in all seasons, the Stockport leisure provider has introduced free coffee and curling sessions catering for all abilities.
Suitable for all ages, curling is being offered for free at Stockport Sports Village every Thursday from 10.30am – 12.30pm, with padel sessions available to guests and members at Life Leisure Houldsworth Village, based in Reddish.
Padel is a more dynamic sport but still considered more family-friendly due to its smaller court size and simplified rules.
Kingsley Child, general manager at Life Leisure Houldsworth Village, said: “We’re excited to introduce curling and padel to our long list of activities at Life Leisure, including installing Greater Manchester’s first indoor padel court.
“Padel – which was invented in Mexico in the 1960s – is becoming increasingly popular across the world, including here in Greater Manchester. Unfortunately, we don’t enjoy the same weather benefits Mexico, so we thought it best to create an indoor court so that residents can enjoy the game all year round.”
Kingsley added: “Not only is padel a fantastic way to keep fit, it’s also very inclusive with a strong social aspect, as matches are often played in doubles.
“Here at Life Leisure, we’re not just about helping people keep fit we provide a supportive community for people of all abilities to keep active, socialise and connect, so investing in a padel court was a natural move for us.”
Saksham Taneja, from Sale, regularly plays padel with pals Naser Jaberi Khormooji, Omid Shahriari Zavereh and Arjan Dhillon.
He said: “Padel is the new addictive sport that I am always excited to play and much prefer it to tennis because of its fast paced and accessible nature.
Naser added: “We live in Sale and travel to the court almost every morning! The court is well maintained, the staff are awesome and the sport is so much fun.”
Anyone looking to get active this summer is invited to try out the court at Life Leisure Houldsworth Village in Reddish.
The free ‘Coffee and Curling’ sessions take place at Stockport Sports Village every Thursday from 10.30am – 12.30pm.
Life Leisure run nine hubs across Stockport. Other family friendly activities include their 5 swimming pools with slides (Grand Central) and family friendly sessions, eight gyms and group exercise classes.
Seven football pitches based at Stockport Sports Village are planned to be re-layed in time for the Summer holidays.
For more information or to learn how to book a session Life Leisure go to https://www.lifeleisure.net/.
