Region's Sport and Exercise Hub turns 1
The EIT Institute of Sport & Health – owned and operated by the Hawke’s Bay Community Fitness Centre Trust - is celebrating its one year anniversary with an Open Day this Sunday.
The Institute at Mitre 10 Park has quickly become the heart of sport and health in Hawke's Bay, which has hosted thousands of visitors in its first year of operation. The Institute is already preparing to expand, with construction of the sports hall extension and a separate 60-bed hostel pencilled in to start early 2021.
Facility manager Nathan Manu said the Institute is the ideal headquarters to allow the Trust to deliver its sport and health programmes to the people of Hawke's Bay.
"Hundreds of primary school kids have come through to learn about healthy lifestyles, from right across the Hawke's Bay region, including kids from Wairoa down to Central Hawke's Bay. We also operate two gyms which are available for anyone to join.
"Our Community Gym and Performance Gym are both unique. We don't have any mirrors on our walls, and all of our members are taught how to exercise properly. We focus on improving health and fitness, or sports performance first and foremost.
"We currently have over 100 participants in our Athlete Development programme, and it was fantastic to host Athletics NZ for a month-long training camp in June."
The Institute is also home to the Sport & Health Clinic, the 13th Stag Cafe, a Sports Science lab and teaching classrooms which are operated by EIT.
The Open Day will showcase some of the more unique sports on offer, including pickleball, pole vault, canoe polo, and Olympic weight lifting.
EIT INSTITUTE OF SPORT & HEALTH OPEN DAY DETAILS
WHERE: EIT Institute of Sport & Health, located at Mitre 10 Park, 42 Percival Road Hastings
WHEN: Sunday 26 July, 10am - 2pm
COST: Free entry
ACTIVITIES:
- Institute tours
- Sports exhibitions
- Test your athletic ability in the EIT Sports Lab and on the indoor running track
- Bouncy castle challenge
- Face painting and pony rides
- Royston Health & Fitness Centre - special membership deals available on the day
