25.8.10

NEW CLASS AT AYLESBURY

Hey guys!!  Just to let you know we now have a THIRD class running at the Nuffield Health Centre in Aylesbury, which starts TOMORROW NIGHT!!  If you have any friends who might be interested, please let me know - email me lucycropper@aol.com or give me a call 07899 722031.  Remember, first lesson is FREEEEE!!!!!!

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOU

Hello ladies!! I know you’ve only just heard from me but I have some important news and dates for your diaries!

ASSESSMENT DATES
As lots of you will know, I have been waffling on about assessment dances for a few weeks. Just to confirm for some of you who have been on holidays or away, here are the dates for the venues that I teach.

Aylesbury
Monday classes 25th October

Bicester
Monday classes 6th September

Didcot
Sunday 3pm class: 29th August
Wednesday classes: 8th September

Witney
7pm class 31st August
8pm class 7th September

You will see that some dates have been moved back a week, just because I’m nice and wanted to give you all a little extra time!

For all other venues, please contact your instructor direct or email me and I will find out your next date for you J

BANK HOLIDAY CLOSURES

As you know we have an upcoming Bank Holiday. This means that some of our Monday classes will be cancelled as the Health Clubs are rarely open on Bank Holidays, or open with skeleton staff and for reduced hours.

Class at both Bicester and Aylesbury venues will NOT RUN on Monday 30th August. However, Pole Play will be available at both venues on the Sunday. Bicester ladies can attend any time on the Sunday as usual, and at Aylesbury the Nuffield Health Centre have kindly agreed to allow Pole Play between the hours of 12pm and 3pm on Sunday 29th August.
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS
October is competition month!! There are quite a few competitions during October, most important the World Pole Championships in Zurich (October 2nd), the British Isles Pole Championships in Essex (15th October) and the European Pole Championships, again in Essex (16th October). If you’d like more information on these competitions, you can google and get all the details, or check out www.pole2polemagazine.com for details of the two Essex Championships.

I’m hoping that lots of us will be going so perhaps nearer the time we could all be in contact and arrange to convoy down?!

Hope you are all well and practising hard!!
L x

17.8.10

New YOUTUBE channel

Hello all - just a quick post to let you know that we now have a new Youtube channel, in accordance with our re-brand from 'Showgirls' to The Pole Fitness Academy.  You can visit the channel at www.youtube.com/polefitnessacademy.  If any of you have home or practice videos that you'd like to be shwon on the channel, do please let me have them, it would be brilliant to get as many students on the channel as possible! 

Now go and get watching!!!

L x

12.8.10

NEW VENUE LAUNCH!!!!

Hey ladies!!

As some of you may know, this weekend we launch our SEVENTH venue, at the Nuffield Health Centre in Aylesbury - yes, we are taking over the world!!

We are also in the process of re-branding the Pole Fitness classes, as we really want to show our commitment to fitness and wellbeing as opposed to the flashier, more performance side of what we do.  SHOWGIRLS has therefore now become The Pole Fitness Academy (PFA).  We have a new website which is due to launch very soon, so keep your eyes on this spot please!!   We have a lovely new logo which you will see very soon...I know you're all going to love it!!

If you have any questions about the re-launch, or if you'd like to book any friends or family members onto taster sessions for classes in Aylesbury, please get in touch!  You can email me anytime on lucycropper@aol.com or find me on Facebook!

Lucy x

24.7.10

Alethea Austin X-Pole Workhshop

I was lucky enough to get a space on X-Pole's Master Class workshop with Alethea Austin on Sunday 18th July 2010, held at Spin City in Bristol.  Spin City Pole Fitness (http://www.spincitypolefitness.com/ ) is run by the lovely Kate Johnstone, who is herself and incredible and accomplished dancer.

I was welcomed by her lovely team, and we then enjoyed (!!!) a 90 minute floorwork session, where we did extreme stretching, floor exercises, and were taught by Alethea how to use every muscle in our bodies to make beautiful shapes and move from pole to pole and around the floor.  It was intense but amazing, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed doing so much work without even touching a pole. 

We were also lucky enough to have Chantelle Pritchard (British Isles Champion 2009) in our group, and it was awesome to watch her pulling her toes over her head while some of us (me!) struggled with our splits training!

We had an amazing day, and I learnt lots and gained lots of new bruises.  I'm looking forward to doing further training, particularly with Kate and her team, who are fabulous!

Let me know if you'd like to be included in any future workshops at Spin City :)

Alethea and I


Chantelle and I

An exhausted team at the end of our 3 hours

Taylor's Retreat Cup 2010


The day finally arrived for my very FIRST competition on 10th July 2010.  The Taylor's Retreat Cup is in its first year, and I am in my first competing year, so I thought it was the perfect place to start!  I've been to Taylor's Retreat previously for an amazing workshop with Alesia Vazmitsel so it was nice to at least be familiar with my surroundings, if nothing else!

The whole day was absolutely incredible, and I was so pleased with my performance.  I placed 7th out of 10 which isn't amazing but, I didn't slip, fall or forget and those were my main worries!  I'm really happy, and am now practising for my next entry at the end of October in the Miss Pole Dance/Fitness UK Semi Pro category.  I may even have managed to persuade some students to compete!!

I am also lucky enough to be having an article published in Pole2Pole magazine's August edition, so you can get full details and photographs of my day out there!  Subscribe or buy a single issue at http://www.pole2polemagazine.co.uk/.

General Update

Hello ladies!  And firstly, may I apologise for the lack of posts on the blog - things have been absolutely manic and unfortunately the blog has suffered!

So, the biggest news is the launch of our newest venue in Caversham, Reading. We started classes there 3 weeks ago with a Thursday evening and Saturday daytime session of Tasters at the beginning of July. Classes began the following week, and are already filling up.  We've got a fantastic group of girls who are already progressing through Level 1 moves, and the classes continue to fill each week. 

You can check out the Club at http://www.clubchf.co.uk/, and if you have any friends or family members who might be interested in trying the class for FREE, please contact me at lucycropper@aol.com, or on 07899 722031. 

Watch this space for our next venue launch in Aylesbury!!

x