27 April 2022

On Sunday 24th April, the ABC Arrows participated in the Hamsterley Forest 10k.  Arrows members, Dan Steer, Jamie Gilbey, Jamie Robertson and Jude Gray completed the 10k route…a picturesque but incredibly undulating course!   One hundred club runners from around the north-east entered the challenging six mile race.  The first 5 kilometres took the runners on […]

April 16th was Sarah’s final day working at ABC.  She joined ABC in November 2019 as a personal trainer and in that time has been a valued and respected member of the gym community.  Sarah has always been committed to helping her clients to reach their fitness goals and has achieved some amazing transformations during

On Saturday 16th April, ABC held celebrations to mark its five year anniversary.  Celebrations began with gym members participating in a giant circuit led by ABC trainers, Ethan Jones, Sarah Nichols and Adam Laverick.  This involved three separate mini-classes, each class lasting approximately 20 minutes.  Afterwards, everyone enjoyed food and drinks, all provided by the

Ela Dziadula has been a member of ABC for over four years and in that time admits to having many ups and downs when it comes to training but the support of other members and trainers have always kept her on track. 2022 has seen Ela focus on a new hobby…walking.  She has always enjoyed

The beginning of April saw another outing for the ABC Arrows.  This time it was a 5k trail run at Trimdon Grange organized by Muddy Roads.  Gym owner, Andy Burton, sporting his latest gilet (!) was joined by ABC personal trainer, Jude Gray and gym members Matt Amos and Kelly Brown.  It was fantastic to

The past couple of months have seen victories for a number of boxers who carry out their strength and conditioning training at ABC.  The first bout took place on 18th March with Tom Hill flying to Dubai to fight Ireland’s No.1 boxer, Rohan Date.  Tom won the closely contested fight over eight rounds and even

So, I took up the challenge of going 90 days sober in aid of raising money for young Theo, an incredibly strong young boy who sadly suffers with a rare disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). About 100 boys with DMD are born in the UK each year and there are about 2,500 boys and

Part of the mission at ABC is to constantly seek to improve the facility for the members who train here.  Since the building of the mezzanine there have been several new additions to the gym. In the mezzanine area we now have a brand new BLK BOX rower and two Concept Air Bikes along with