Durham Cricket Club and David Lloyd have embarked on a new partnership that will see the businesses work together during the 2017 season.
The Durham cricketers will now benefit from the outstanding leisure facilities at David Lloyd, Newcastle and will become regular visitors of the health club.
Durham’s first team recently took a spinning class during pre-season and will continue to work on their fitness year-round at the Jesmond premises and around the country when they’re on the road.
“The relationship with David Lloyd has been massive for us, not only as a secondary training venue but also somewhere they can use for recovery and somewhere they can use in their own time as well”, said Durham’s strength and conditioning coach, Joel Brannigan.
“The facilities are very good here and the guys have the use of other clubs when we travel away, so they can use other David Lloyd gyms if the club or hotel gyms are not the best. It’s a relationship that we’re trying to drive a lot more.”
David Lloyd Leisure General Manager Mark Sylvester added: “Being associated with an elite sporting organisation like Durham is great for the reputation of David Lloyd in Newcastle.
“If it helps the lads bounce back to the First Division, then we’re also delighted about that.”
Watch below for behind-the-scenes footage from a spinning session the players undertook at the gym!