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Our wonderful caretaker Annette is now retiring from Civic Hall, Cottingham. On behalf of myself and Fitness Vibe I would just like to say thank you Annette for all your dedication and hard work making the hall look so fantastic. You are the best cleaner ever!

Annette is also a wonderful person and always has time to talk to you. You will be missed Annette. So at the end of last month the volunteers and some of the hall users had a celebration for her. You could see by the turnout and all her gifts how very much appreciated Annette is.

Happy retirement Annette, make sure you keep in touch with us.

Katrina x

I will be teaching a morning class on Bank Holiday Monday 25th August at Church of Ascension, Calvert Road from 11am – 11.45am. The style will be a low impact dance fitness class. It’s nice and early so you can get your exercise done, catch up with your class friends and then carry on with your bank holiday plans.

Please remember there is no evening Zumba Class that evening.

Hope to see you, Katrina x

The weather didn’t stop us having our annual Fitness Gold “picnic” buffet lunch on Monday 4th August. Even though we had to stay indoors we all had a lovely time.

The buffet was excellent yet again thanks to Vicki at Saving Thyme Buffet Catering Hull. Fantastic service as always.

How great was the food ladies!

Congratulations to Janet (shown centre) and Natalie for winning second and third prize in this months lottery at Cottingham Civic Hall. Here is Janet and a group of her class friends taken at our Zumba Gold class.

For just £4 a month or an annual payment of £48 you could be in with the chance of winning some tax free cash whilst helping to keep the Civic Hall in the hands of the local community. To join the lottery contact me direct on 07910 797527 or email katrina@fitness-vibe.co.uk for more details.

Good luck next month everyone!

Katrina x

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has put towards my birthday gifts x It was very kind of you all and a lovely surprise! I will treat myself to something really nice with my Boots voucher. Also thank you for my gorgeous Hydrangea, one of my favourite plants.

We had a fabulous birthday Zumba Fitness class on my actual birthday 23rd June. Here’s a picture of a group of us taken at the class.

Thanks again

Katrina x

On Tuesday 10th June we had our annual Fitness Gold day trip. This year we arranged a river cruise in York followed by lovely lunch at Plonkers Wine bar. We then had some free time to spare around the centre of York.

We all had a really good time and the sun shone all day. Special thanks to our driver Stu from Les Holland coaches for being so resourceful and enabling us to have our annual sing along.

Here’s to the next trip1

Katrina x

We will be running a dance fitness class on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 11am – 11.45am at Church of Ascension, Calvert Road. It’s alwasy a popular class and is a mixture of Zumba Gold and Keep Fit with a few toning tracks in the playlist. The session is £5 and there’s no need to book you can just turn up. Open to everyone and your loyalty cards apply as usual. There’s lots of free parking at the venue.

The class is nice and early so you can get your exercise done for the day and then carry on with your bank holiday plans.

Hope to see you, Katrina x

Once again we are having a special May Day Bank Holiday Fitness Class on Monday 5th May 11am – 11.45am at Church of Ascension, Calvert Road. I will be teaching the class and it will be a mixture of Keep Fit, Zumba Gold with some shaping and toning tracks in the playlist.

The class is open to everyone and you don’t have to book you can just turn up – it’s £5 payable by cash or card at the class.

The session is nice and early so you can get you exercise session done and then carry on with your bank holiday plans.

Hope to see you. Katrina x

We held our annual Fitness Vibe Quiz night on Friday 4th April 2025 in celebration of our Fitness Vibe 14th year anniversary. This year we had 107 of us taking part. All proceeds from the evening went to the Cottingham Village Trust to help maintain the Civic Hall. There was a bar, raffle and fish and chip supper served by Papas of Willerby.

The evening was a big success and everyone enjoyed themselves. So our winning team was – “Liverpool FC” my team! So well done to my husband, sister, brother in law, our very own Jean Skinner, Instructor Catherine and my friends Rich and Dave. The runners up were – “The Retired Swingers Club!” and third place went to “Fuelled By Proseco!”

I am pleased to say we manage to raise £1457.50 on the evening! Well done everyone and thanks as always for supporting our popular annual Quiz evening.

Katrina x

Monday 3rd March 2025 was our Fitness Vibe 14th Anniversary! I would like to say a massive thank you to our class members past and present who’ve supported the classes for all these years. I’m proud to say the classes are still as vibrant and joyful as ever.

To celebrate we had a trip down memory lane during the Zumba sessions revisiting our favourite retro nostalgic Zumba tracks. The atmosphere in the classes was amazing!

We are also celebrating the anniversary by holding our annual Fitness Vibe Quiz night on Friday 4th April at Civic Hall. The quiz night is open to all current Fitness Vibe class members and their family and friends.

Here’s to the next 14 years everyone!

Katrina