Phoenix Club 50+

Phoenix 50+ Friday Club

Phoenix Club Badge

The Phoenix Club for the over 50+ of Worthing Leisure Centre meet every Friday for Fitness, Health and Friendship and to enjoy a wide range of sports/activities:

  • Exercise to Music – Line & barn dance
  • Latin Line dance
  • Table Tennis: All levels + tuition
  • Racquet Sports (short tennis/ badminton)
  • Short Mat Bowls
  • New Age Kurling
  • Tai-Chi Chi Kung Classes
  • Self Help Bicycle Exercise
  • Art Classes/Craft Club
  • Acol Bridge Club
  • Speaker Lunches and Social Outings

Enjoy the fun, get fit and make friends.

Singles and couples welcome -- All equipment provided.

  • Morning package £2.80
  • Afternoon Sessions: Paid Monthly (In Advance)

To join this active and exciting club all you need to do is purchase a leisure centre/phoenix membership (£16 p.a.) register at the Friday hospitality table & join in.

A unique opportunity to try before you buy

£4 Afternoon Taster 12:00 – 15:30 (Reception Ref: pts)

Or

£10 voucher – For 4 weeks of mix & match sessions:

  • Exercise to music 12:00 – 13:00 Tai-chi Chi Kung 13:15 – 14:15
  • Short mat bowls
  • Hall sports 13:30 – 15:30
  • Table Tennis clinic 13:30 – 14:30 improvers, 14:30 - 15:30 beginners

When purchasing a voucher, reception will discuss your session plan.

The £4 taster or the £10 voucher can be credited against the annual membership (£16 p.a.) if joining at the end of your session/s.

Phoenix Morning Programme

Phoenix Morning Programme
Time Activity Venue
9.00am Members sign in at Hospitality Table Reception
9.15 - 12.30pm Badminton/Short Tennis Main Hall Courts 1 - 4 & 8 - 10
Short Mat Bowls Main Hall Court 5 or 6
9.15 - 12.30pm Table Tennis - Free Play Main Hall Courts 6 & 7 (School Holidays on Squash Courts)
9.15 - 9.45am Dancercise -- Gentle warm up with Lyn Studio
9.30 - 10.45am *Acol Bridge (Improvers) (See Madeline to enrol) Office
9.40 - 10.40am Latin Line Dance with Carol Shaftesbury Room
9.45 - 10.45am Line & Barn Dancing with Lyn Studio
10.45 - 11.15am Refreshments at special Phoenix Prices Shaftesbury Room or Sports Bar
10.45 - 11.45am Exercise to Music with Denise Studio
11.00 - 12.00pm Craft Workshop with Lorraine Sports Bar
12.20 - 1.20pm Ballroom Dancing with Carol Main Hall
12.30pm - 1.00pm Exercised Cycling (self help) Cycle Studio

Refreshment Breaks: at special ‘Phoenix’

Prices

  • 10:45 – 11:15 in Shaftesbury Room or Sports Bar - morning members meet in a social environment for chat, news & refreshments
  • 14:00 – 16:00 afternoon members meet in Coffee Shop.

Pheonix Afternoon Programme

Price for afternoons = Number of weeks in month x Session Fee -- paid monthly in advance -- select preference from the chart below:

Phoenix Afternoon Programme
Time Activity andVenue 2009 Session Fees
12.00 - 1.00pm Exercise to Music with Sally Brown - Studio Members: £1.10
Non members: £2.20
12.20 - 1.20pm Ballroom Dancing with Carol Bolton Members: £2.00
Non members: £4.00
1.30 - 3.30pm

Hall Sports (Badminton/Short Tennis/Short Mat Bowls/Table Tennis) - Main Hall
Hosts: Liz and John Symonds

 Members: £1.50
Non members: £3.00

1.30 - 2.30pm
2.30 - 3.30pm

 Table Tennis Club with Ray Forder - Projectile Room (Improvers 1.30 - 14.30) (Beginners  14.30 - 15.30)

Members: £2.55
Non members: £10 voucher for 4 weeks

 2pm - 4pm Coffee Shop refreshments at Phoenix prices

Book the above sessions in advance on a monthly basis - Payable one week before the start of each month.  If joining mid-month, payment is only due for the remaining sessions.  Book at the main reception desk.

Hosts Liz and John Symonds will be on court during afternoon sessions.  See Hilda Green for Table Tennis and Allan Green for Short Mat Bowls.

Coffee Shop

Refreshments are available at Phoenix concessionary prices between the following times: 14:00 - 16:00

Speaker Lunches - 12.30 - 2.30pm

These popular occasions are organised by members on the last Friday of each month.  Tickets cost £3.40 if purchased one week in advance from the Coffee Shop and £4.10 on the day.  Talk only tickets, £1.15 from reception purchased on the day (ticket screen) Entry 13.15 - Sorry no self catering allowed.  Guests are most welcome.  There is no Speaker Lunch during August. 

Speaker Lunch/Social Secretary: Ruth Garratt: 830723

How to Join Us

If you are over 50 and want to get fit and healthy, join Worthing Leisure Centre and enrol with the Phoenix Club.  Membership costs £16 for a full year.

  1. Purchase a Leisure Centre 50+ membership at the Main Reception Desk.
  2. Take membership card to Hospitality Table on Friday morning in Leisure Centre Foyer to record your name on the Phoenix register (excluding August) 
  3. Find out what's on and join in!

On Friday mornings, members take part in a varied programme of sports, art, craft, social and fitness activities, for an all inclusive price of £2.50 per session.  Friday afternoon activity sessions are on a "monthly pay in advance" basis and new members are invited to join this group.  Volunteer hosts are on hand to assist.

Afternoon taster session tickets are available for £4 (refundable if joining Worthing Lesiure Centre on the day of attendance).  Morning tasters are by arrangement.

Hospitality Table

In Reception on Fridays: Co-ordinator Jeanie Dickenson, Social Secretary Ruth Garratt and a rota of morning club members host the table.

Information on a wide range of events and activities is displayed.

Other social activities to register for at the hospitality table: Fun Drama - Cinema/Theatre Club - Outward Bound monthly trips for sketching and walking (2nd Tuesday monthly)

Phoenix welcome/information table

There are a wide range of social activities organised monthly by Phoenix Members.  The programme of scheduled events is available from the Phoenix Hospitality Tabke on Friday mornings or from hosts Liz and Hilda in the afternoons.