Grand Opening Of Woodstock's Newest Gym

Saturday, 21 January 2012 08:36

It's official Woodstock's new gym Woodstock Health and Fitness is open to the public. President of Woodstock Health and Fitness Kapil Verma told Heart FM "The gym has lots of state of the art equipment for its members." The new gym is conveniently located at the Oxford Community Complex just steps away from the Fanshawe campus. Verma said, " For the students at Fanshawe this is a great facility it's within walking distance and you can come in through the campus." So far the gym has over 300 members but the goal is 600 plus. Mayor Pat Sobeski and MPP Ernie Hardeman were in attendance for the ribbon cutting ceremony.

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