New Richmond Area Centre

I recently joined this gym. The pros are that it has pretty much everything you could need as far as equipment. The price is reasonable. The cons are that it is an old gym. The layout is veryyy poor with equipment spread out between multiple rooms. The locker rooms are on the opposite side of the building from all the equipment. Also, their closing time on the weekends says 6:00pm but they kick you out at 5:45pm. Ok, so how about they just say they close at 5:45 so people can plan their workout accordingly!

I booked a birthday party here for my child and their friends to swim. I was pleased with the party room and our party host was fine. She left us alone mostly which I didn’t have any problem with. I’m glad all of our party goers were ready with wearing swimsuits before our swim time started because I was not aware that they blow the whistle to get out for a break at 5 minutes to the hour. So had we not have been ready to go at 12 the kids would’ve probably had closer to 45 minutes to swim. The reason I will not be booking another party at this facility is because of the lifeguard on duty. She was like a drill sergeant yelling at my child and their friends over the smallest things. And I meaning YELLING! A swimming birthday party is supposed to be filled with fun times and memories and unfortunately the way that lifeguard yelled ruined that. It wasn’t just our group she was yelling at either. She was yelling at other kids and adults as well. I understand there is a need for safety in places like these but I watched our group and that lifeguard and I wasn’t pleased with her reactions to the kids. There’s a polite way to enforce rules and there’s the opposite. She was the opposite. My child doesn’t care to ever go back to this facility which is unfortunate.

The Centre has a Great way to cool off and have fun doing it. Cold water outdoor showers on a hot day are so refreshing, especially after a 5k walk or run in July!

Very nice place and most of staff are friendly. They have good classes.

Great people, always ready to be helpful. Life guard pool girls sure like to blow their whistles.. holy cow.. I accidentally went under a rope a few inches by the unopened slide; not knowing is was right behind me since I had chlorine burning my contacts and couldn't see outta my eyes for a few minutes.. just blowing that whistle as hard as she could til I could see thru my burning eyes why someone's goin postal on this annoying whistle..took me a minute but yep- it was for me as shes got this face like-DUH IT'S YOU!!. ....thought my 30some year old butt was going to prison lol. She probably was just having a bad day and let the deafening whistle take charge. Only negative experience though... Not bad. I really love this place. Everything they have to offer should be checked out at least every other month..ya never know what could happen for you or loved ones. Thank you.