Pilates Newsletter
Hello,
We have reached the end of another year of Pilates at The Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic. It has been
a year with lots of fresh ideas and a newly decorated and expanded clinic. I hope that you have
enjoyed your Pilates classes and found them to be as challenging and as varied as ever. Next year
you can look forward to even more variety with magic circles and ova balls making their way into
these classes.
Now is the time that we begin to plan ahead for 2015. The new term dates for next year are:
Term 1: Monday 5th January-23rd March inclusive (11 weeks)
- half term 16th-20th Feb
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Term 2: Monday 13 April-13 July inclusive (13 Weeks)
- half term 25th-29th May
Term 3: Monday 7th September- 14th December inclusive (14 weeks) - half term 26th-30th October
Note: All terms start on the Monday of the first week detailed above
I am sure you will agree that we have a great team at The Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic, and
especially the Pilates team. For a number of different reasons, from the New Year, I will be handing
over my Pilates classes to my experienced Pilates Team. I know that a lot of you have been coming
since we started the classes back in 2007 so please believe me when I say that this is a difficult
decision and I am planning on returning in the future! I am truly grateful for your continued support.
My classes will be covered as follows:
Mondays 12pm & 1pm will be led by Emma Balderson (Hollyman – Congratulations Emma!)
Tuesdays 9.30am, 10.30am, 12pm & 1pm will be led by Iwona Kostecka
Wednesday 1.10pm, 5.10pm, 6pm & 7pm will be led by Emma Le Brocq
Timetable changes
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There will be a slight change to Thursday early morning classes. The new class times will be: 7.30am
– 8.15am & 8.15am – 9.00am.
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Based upon your feedback, there will be a new class on Mondays 10.30am – 11.30am.
New Pilates Packages
Last year we did not pass on any cost increases, but unavoidably there will be a small increase in
class costs this year. Throughout the year you have given us valuable feedback. We thank you for
this. Many of you have expressed the desire to have the same value for money classes at fixed times
whilst some of you preferred the option of being able to swap /make up classes. In fact, the option
to change your classes proved so popular (up to 30 of you a day!) that we continued to run the trial
for the whole of 2014. Therefore, for 2015 we have introduced two new fee structures in the form of
packages: Silver and Gold.
The Silver Package
This package is still the same course of classes, but you commit to attending your fixed class time.
This is ideal for you if you only want to commit for a term or if you are a regular attender at your
given class. The Silver Package 2015 costs: £14.50 /class.
The Gold package
This package is also still the same course of classes but it allows you to swap and make up your
classes*. There will be a small surcharge payable for this service of £2 per class to provide the extra
administration needed for this service. The Gold Package 2015 costs: £16.50 /class.
Early bird discount:
Commit to and pay for the year in advance before 21st November and
receive a Gold membership for the price of the Silver membership and get
the ability to swap and make up your classes free of charge*.
Sign-Up Date / Not continuing
Your current course space is guaranteed until 24th November.
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Following your valuable suggestions, should you miss the deadline date we will endeavour to contact
you in the first week after the sign-up date with both an e-mail and a phone call just in case you have
forgotten the sign-up date and still wish to continue. If we have not heard back from you after these
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You have asked that in order to be fair to everybody, we implement a much stricter policy so that we
can provide you all with a better service at sign-up time. This will also ensure that you will have
confirmation of your class well in advance of the course commencing.
two reminders then, regrettably, we will assume that you no longer wish to continue with your
current Pilates classes and will offer it to someone else.
I trust that you all understand our reasoning for doing this and please remember that you can re-join
the intermediate classes at any time; simply contact us at the clinic to register your interest in a
particular class and we will let you know as soon as a space becomes available.
Talk to us! It would be really helpful if you could let us know, in advance, if you would like to
permanently move to an alternative class. Of course, personal circumstances change so if you plan
not to continue, please let us know. Should this happen, we would be truly very sorry to see you go.
May I take this opportunity to wish you an enjoyable rest of 2014 and to remind you that we have a
number of products here to assist you in the run-up to Christmas and your stocking fillers – DVDs/
socks/rollers that you or your family may benefit from. The Intersport shop at the top of Queen
Street has also offered a 10% discount upon presenting one of our business cards (conditions may
apply).
Remember ‘motion is lotion’ and in order to keep supple we need to keep moving. May we wish you
and happy and healthy 2015.
Kind regards
Nigel Mann
Director
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[email protected]
Sign up options
Option 1: Early bird discount*:
Commit to and pay for the year in advance before 21st November and receive a
complimentary Gold membership for the price of Silver membership and get the ability to
swap and make up your classes free of charge*.
Option 2: Direct Debit payer**:
Sign up before 24th November for the year but spread the cost over 12 monthly payments
Pilates Gold Member DD: Ideal for you if you cannot commit to paying for a whole year in
advance but you would still like to commit for the year and have the option to be able to
swap classes (Please see direct debit terms**).
Pilates Silver Member DD: Ideal for you if you know that you do not want to swap classes
(Please see direct debit terms**).
Option 3: Pay per term
Sign up before 24th November for the Term
Pilates Gold Member: Ideal for you if you only want to commit for a term and would still like
to have the option to be able to swap classes*.
Pilates Silver Member: Ideal for you if you only want to commit for a term and know that you
do not want to swap classes.
Early Bird
before
21/11
Pilates Gold DD
year
(average)
Pilates Silver
DD year
(average)
Pilates Gold
Term 1 only
Pilates Silver
Term 1 only
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
£536.50
£551
£551
£551
£551
50.88
52.25
52.25
52.25
52.25
44.71
45.91
45.91
45.91
45.91
181.5
181.5
181.5
181.5
181.5
159.5
159.5
159.5
159.5
159.5
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Membership
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Summary:
*We would ask that you give us 24-48 hours’ notice should you wish to change a class. If we do not
receive 24 hours’ notice, it will not be possible to make up that class. Please note that we cannot
guarantee to always find a suitable alternative class. Make-up classes must be completed within
the same term and cannot be carried over to subsequent terms.
**DD Terms
The Direct Debits will be structured slightly differently in 2015. We have decided to make this
change as there has been a significant amount of confusion amongst you as to how much you may
or may not have paid during the course of any one year and are cancelling in arrears. Payments will
be taken on a monthly basis to reflect the class Terms:
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Term 1 will be paid for over 3 direct debits in January/February/March;
Term 2 over 4 monthly payments in April/May/June/July;
Term 3 paid over 5 payments in August/September/October/November/December.
New Direct Debit payers will need to collect a DD form from reception, complete and return it.
Existing Direct Debit payers need do nothing except return your sign up form before the sign up
date so that we know you are continuing.
Course Cancellation:
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In the case of early retirement from the course, or of failure to attend the full course once
confirmation of a place has been given by The Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic and accepted by the
participant, all previously paid fees are non-refundable. However, at the absolute discretion of The
Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic, provided that 2 weeks prior written notification has been given, a prorata refund may be considered for participants. If you have paid at a discounted rate, a full fee may
be applied to classes already undertaken. Any decision made by The Jersey Sports & Spinal Clinic will
be final. A £25 Administration Fee may apply. We would like to remind you not to cancel your Direct
Debit without informing us first and request a minimum of 14 days’ notice to cancel a Direct Debit.
Please note if this is done too close to the collection date, we are charged a penalty for your
cancellation and we regret that this charge will be passed on to you.
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