The Pleasance has been named a winner at a prestigious fitness industry awards ceremony. The gym beat off strong competition to be crowned Best Gym in Scotland and Ireland at the National Fitness Awards.The awards, organised by Script Events and leading industry publication Workout, with support from headline sponsor ServiceSport, are now in their 14th year and recognise excellence and achievement in all corners of the industry.The winning gym was chosen by an expert panel which included fitness entrepreneur Katie Bulmer-Cooke and fitness expert Dean Hodgkin, who decided the winners in each category from a shortlist of up to eight.Director of Sport and Active Wellbeing, Mark Munro, was delighted with the recognition, “We pride ourselves on having world class facilities at the University of Edinburgh so to be acknowledged as the Best Gym in Scotland and Ireland in 2024 at such a prestigious awards evening is a great honour and testament to the work done by our staff at The Pleasance.”National Fitness Awards’ director Dominic Musgrave said: "This year’s winners should be very proud – the high standard of entries made it a tough job to select a final shortlist never mind a winner and runner-up in each category.Our awards’ night was a great celebration of the fitness industry as a whole and it was great to see so many gyms represented at the event. It was a wonderful evening and it was lovely to share in the celebrations of the winners.”Awards were handed out in more than 20 categories at a glittering ceremony at The Athena in Leicester, attended by more than 800 people and hosted by one of Britain’s most famous athletes, Derek Redmond. This article was published on 2024-12-05
