Bohemia Village Voice

Fighting fit Laura.

The Voice was called last month by Karen Burrell at Freedom Leisure. The group runs four fitness/leisure centres in Hastings and St Leonards, including both Summer-fields  and Falaise Fitness Centre on Bohemia Road. Karen had read our article on Laura Ripley’s (pictured) fight against obesity and wanted to help Laura work out the exercise programme she had talked of in our article. We rang Laura and gave her Karen’s number, and a week or so later a delighted Laura came in to see us with her aunt, Salisbury Road resident Anne Williams. ‘I’ve agreed to meet Karen in late May at Falaise Fitness Centre,’ said Laura. ‘She said she’ll show me around and talk to me about my goals, and then they’ll devise a programme to help me achieve them.’ Laura’s aunt Anne added that her son goes to Falaise Fitness Centre himself, so that should help Laura get used to the place. Meanwhile, Laura has contacted the Jeremy Kyle Show with this news, and both she and Karen plan to keep them up to date with how she’s doing.