Behind the Scenes at Atlantis Leisure Oban - January 2025

Swimming – gala gang

We’re looking back on December and January in this issue which means telling you all about some of the many Christmas activities our clubs and groups put on over the festive period.

That includes the team at Otters with their annual gala rounding off a busy year of activity for the
swimmers. 

This year’s gala was another huge success with all Otters’ swimming groups taking part.

The gala is a brilliant way to close out the year with a bit of healthy competition and a huge amount of fun.

Events – feel the buzz

It wasn’t just the Otters laying on the events extraordinaire – the badminton club has had a busy time of it too. 
The club held a weekend of junior and adult competitions which filled the centre.

This made for a fantastic programme of competition with players of all abilities joining from across the region. 
It’s another indication of the sport’s health in our area on top of the club enjoying enthusiastic support for its weekly club nights and competition play.

Keeping your court shoes on, but switching sports, local football and volleyball clubs have all been kicking up a storm lately too. We hosted end-of-year events for several local clubs including Lochnell
and David Smith Football as well as Oban Volleyball Club. 

Group sports like football and volleyball always make for a fantastic atmosphere around the centre so it was a delight to continue our partnership with these clubs.

Oban Tennis and Squash Club took a breather and held a film show for youngsters and a quiz night for older members. 

We love this kind of activity and the way it reminds us that whilst we love our sport and activity, we also love to come together as community and enjoy some social time too.

The team behind the action

Our staff got right back down to business looking after your community health and leisure centre after the festive break.

Training has been the big news story this month with all our duty managers taking part in equality, diversity and inclusion and sexual harassment training. This paves the way for the rest of the staff who will undertake the same training as part of their extensive annual training programmes. 

Whilst a significant expense, we see training as a vital part of our investment in the community; increasing our collective understanding and awareness of important issues whilst upskilling the local workforce for the future.