Living life like there isno tomorrow!

In December 2004 Michael Varley’s life changed overnight. He had noticed a small brownish blemish almost like a freckle appear and on a friends advice had it checked out by a specialist. Presenting with no other symptoms he found it hard to believe that when the results from a biopsy returned, he was then diagnosed with a 1.5mm nodular melanoma (skin cancer). Further testing and the agonizing wait to find out whether it had entered the lymphatic or blood system was the worst three weeks of his life. During this time he put his affairs in order and spent as much time with his loved ones. With no further treatment available if the cancer entered these two systems, Michael prepared himself for the worst possi-ble outcome, a short few months to live.

Luckily for Michael the cancer had not

spread and he was given a second chance.

He started to think differently about what he wanted to do with his life and stopped taking things for granted. Spending more quality time with his family and enjoying as many social events and interactions with friends, became a top priority for him. Now he enjoys every minute and sees things from a totally different perspective. (Story continued on page 4)

�� STARS in my Eyes pg 2

�� What’s new in fitness pg 3

�� City to Bay Nutrition pg 3

�� Lions and STARplex working together to develop young athletes pg 3

�� The Road to Saigon pg 4

�� Living life like this is no tomorrow pg 4

�� Crossfit is our kind of sport pg 5

�� STARplex Swimmers compete at the Aus-tralian Short Course Championships pg 5

�� Finding the warrior within pg 5

�� Volleyball Champion-ships pg 6

�� Roy Orbison Review pg 7

�� Trinity College Careers Forum - 4th August

�� Play School Concert 19th August

�� Blue Light Disco 26th August 23rd September

�� Gawler Show 27th & 28th August

�� All Star Cheer & Dance Championships 4th September

�� 36ers –v– Cairns Taipans 10th September

�� City to Bay Fun Run/Walk 18th September

�� Indigenous Basketball Championships 19th—23rd September

�� Songs from the British Isles - 14th September

�� STARfun Holiday 11th &12th October

Issue 11 Aug/Sept 2011 We want to hear from you.

Do you have a story about your experience at STARplex that you would like published in The STARgazer. By submitting a story you will go into the monthly draw to win a $100 STARstore voucher. Stories can be sent to The STARgazer editors via contact details on page two of this edition. All stories will be subject to approval by the STARgazer editors.

Running for Chelsea - Gold Coast Marathon

2011 Six months ago Samantha Craig set herself a challenge

to run in the 2011 Gold Coast Marathon. She committed to an intensive training plan and set up a website in order to raise some much needed funds for the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia in memory of her dear friend Chelsea.

As the marathon date drew closer Samantha’s training increased so that she was running a massive 60-65 km per week. In preparation for the run Samantha made sure her nutrition was just right and that she was well hydrated throughout her training and for the big race day.

On the Wednesday prior to

the marathon she flew to the Gold Coast to stay with her sister and family and unfortu-nately was involved in a motor vehicle accident that evening. She sustained a small injury to her ankle and also some powder burns on her thighs. Throughout this ordeal, however, she re-mained strong and was even more adamant that she was going to run on race day. “I was running for Chelsea and I had been told that I had in-spired so many people, I felt if I didn’t run I was going to let them down and I had come too far to give up any-way”, says Samantha.

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*See back page for details

Michelle, Harrison, Michael and Jordan Varley

Hello Readers

It’s not always easy to rear-range your life in order to achieve the required results of a new en-

deavour. A commitment to stay the course is part of any such decision as is understanding your motivation to make the necessary changes. This applies to fitness and exercise programs, sport, whether playing of volunteering or to a course of study.

At STARplex, training and study to stay at the cutting edge of fitness and recreation industry trends is a continu-ous process, so much so that we have appointed Maria Lavender as training officer. Maria’s role is to coordinate the compulsory and elective training requirements of 170 staff and keep up to date records of training attainments such as First Aid, mandatory notifica-tion, emergency evacuation procedures, customer service, autism spectrum disorder and cultural awareness.

I am very pleased fifteen STARplex staff members have this year committed to undertaking a Diploma of Business Management. The Diploma provides these staff with a better understanding of business processes and policies, communication methods, human re-source management and strategic planning.

Many of our readers will know some of those on the course: Kevin Brooks, Gareth Pennington, Mel Schmidtke and Judy Wittwer from the Courts, Paul Steltzer, Alli Thomson, Maryann Shubin, Wade Lack, Wendy Underwood and Nicki Dawson from the Fitness

Centre, Deb Heynen, Maria Lavender and Jana Pridham from the Swim Centre and Lorraine Warland and Mae Jelinek from the STARstore. When you see them at STARplex I would invite you to encourage them in their study. I know they would appreciate your support.

The benefits in having a cross section of staff do this course which is being delivered on site at STARplex by lec-turers from Proteus Enterprises are immediate and meaningful to the partici-pants. Project work from the course is applied to each staff member’s work resulting in improvements and some exciting outcomes for our operation. At the end of the two year course the staff involved will have formal qualifications to enhance their employment opportuni-ties and new knowledge to apply to their various roles at STARplex.

The continuous training and accredita-tion of all STARplex staff is vital to the quality of our operation and the safety of our clients.

Yours in Health and Fitness

Dale Martin

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EditorsCandice Butler, Dawn Mettyear, Jeff Guess & Kelly Lange All enquiries regarding feedback or potential articles to The STARplex Journal to be sent to Dawn Mettyear at mettyeda@starplex.com.au STARplex18-20 Alexander Ave Evanston Park SA 5116 Telephone (08) 8522 0622 Facsimile (08) 8522 0684 Web www.starplex.com.au

STARS in my Eyes The Gentle Art of Doing Nothing Meditation with ‘Mindfulness’ training is becoming very popular and the benefits are so spectacular, that medical science is taking the practice very seriously. Last year physiotherapist, Georgie Davidson spoke at STARplex about mindfulness. She introduced us to it by simply for a

half an hour closing our eyes, concentrating on our breathing and whatever thoughts came into our heads simply letting them slip by and return to our breathing. I was so impressed I went on to enroll in her eight week course that was inspiration-al, health giving and life changing.

Mindfulness means paying attention with openness, curiosity and flexibility. Through various forms of mental training, any-one can master ‘the art of conscious living’, and find inner

peace regardless of their life circumstances. Mindfulness has been practiced for many thousands of years in the East, through traditions like meditation, yoga, martial arts and tai chi. But it's only in the last 30 years that it has taken root in Western science, attracting the interest of some of the world's leading medical researchers, psychologists, neuro-scientists and geneticists.

My friend Janice James-Valentine, Trinity College Psycholo-gist has told me that for her ‘The Gentle Art of Doing Nothing’ is so vital that she tries to find 10-15 minutes every day to ‘stop’ and practice some mindfulness. She recently lent me an audio tape that is a guided meditation for 15 minutes that is a wonderful few moments of peace even on the busiest and trying of days.

A website that might be a useful starting place for you is:

www.mindfulmovement.net.au

Jeff Guess

Have you registered for the City to Bay Fun Run/Walk yet? Last opportunity to register in the STARplex team is 18th August!

If you would like to donate or sponsor one of the STARplex group. Please visit www.starlightjumpstart.org.au/starplex, or visit STARplex Reception.

City to Bay Nutrition Planning Many people set a yearly goal of finish-ing/competing in the City to Bay and with the ‘Fun Run’ only a few months away (Sunday 18th September) it’s time to make sure we have a nutrition plan in place. With training programs well un-derway it is important that we make sure our food and fluid intake help support training adaptations. If you ignore key nutrition areas until the night before race day you won’t allow the body to take full advantage of all your hard work during training. If you consider how many kilometres you will run during the lead up training compared to 3, 6 or 12 km during the ‘fun run’ it’s not hard to see why our training diet needs to be placed as an equal importance to our ‘race day’ diet.

Your ability to recover between training sessions is importance and will deter-mine the amount/load you are able to fit in over the next two months. A general healthy diet consisting of plenty fruit, vegetables, high fibre breads and cere-als, low fat dairy and lean meats always forms the foundation of a training diet. Making sure you plan recovery meals/snacks after strenuous training sessions such as fruit, sandwiches, English muf-fins, yoghurt, pasta and rice based dish-es will help you replenish glycogen stores (muscles energy reserve) and aid muscle recovery. Fluid replacement is also a key to optimal recovery with a targeted intake of 1.5L of fluid per kilo-gram body weight lost (Pre Training Weight – Post Training Weight). In most cases water is the best form of fluid for hydration and sports drinks are best consumed as a recovery drink. It is im-portant to start re-hydrating and eat something as soon as you can after a strenuous training session.

If you are hoping for a time less than 60 minutes you are unlikely to need addi-tional fuel (glucose) supplementation throughout the race with your main

nutritional focus being hydration. Make sure you have had a high carbohydrate meal the night before (pasta, rice, noo-dles, etc.) and a normal breakfast on race day. It’s important you trial your pre event meals/snacks prior in a training situation to help familiarise yourself and give yourself time to make adjustments if there are any issues (gastrointestinal upset for example). Start your hydration days before the event making it only necessary to ‘top up’ on fluids on race day rather than over drink. If your urine is clear on the Sunday morning you are well hydrated and only need to sip on water throughout the morning.

Special Tip: Some recent research has suggested that consuming small amounts of carbo-hydrate and even swirling sports drink in your mouth prior or during high intensity exercise (<60 mins duration) can help excite the brain and nervous system to improve performance. A quick sip of sports drink towards the end of the race might just help power you home!

Heath Commane Exercise Physiologist/Dietician

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Running for Chelsea - Gold Coast Marathon 2011

(Story continued from page 1) “Completing the 42.2km Gold Coast Marathon in 4 hours 19 minutes and 41 seconds was a great experience and one I will definitely do again, but I need a little rest for now”, says Samantha. When starting to really hurt and feel heavy in the legs at the 32km mark was when Samantha really struggled. Her mind began to wander and she found that she had to do a lot of self talk to get through the next six kilometers, but when she reached the 38km mark she found that she had won the battle, it was time to step it up and she realized she only had only 4km’s more to do.

Her main goal throughout was not to stop and she was amazed at the amount of people cramping up, pulling out and needing medical attention, some as early as 24km and more at the 38-39 km mark with only a short dis-tance left. Seeing this made Samantha even more determined to keep going. “I wore my fundraising sign and it was great to hear people yelling out ‘Go Sami, do it for Chelsea. Kids along the way gave me high fives and the encour-agement from the crowds helped me get through. I pushed as hard as I could at the time, finished and I pulled up better than I expected to”, says Sa-mantha.

Raising a total of $1,535.00 for the Chil-

What’s New in Fitness! The third new Les Mills program, CX30 is now here at STARplex from the 1st of August 2011. CX30 is a 30 minute ‘Revolutionary core training’ Group Fitness Class now available to the STARplex community. CX30 is a great class for a range of different individu-als, including those training specifically to increase their strength for their cho-

and face up to this intense workout that challenges you mentally and physically and has you feeling satisfied?

Also look out for the 2011 STARplex Push Body Transformation Challenge coming soon! Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to get involved and reach your goals!

Candice Butler

sen sport, or those who are just looking for that tight, trim summer body. CX30 is a program that specifically targets core muscles, which helps improve functional strength for balance, mobility and helps prevent injuries. Here at STARplex we are now offering six CX30 classes every week. Our very own Paul Pearce, Alli Thompson, Kylie Richards and Penny James have all completed the CX30 training. Why not come along

dren’s Cancer Institute of Australia made the whole experience worthwhile, but Samantha admits that on her return she felt a bit flat as all her training is now over.

“I would like to send a big thank you to everyone that has supported me especially my husband and girls for put-ting up with my hectic training schedule and to those who donated towards a great charity. I achieved something that I never thought possible a few years ago, now I'm thinking, what's next?”

Well done Samantha on your excellent achievement, you are certainly an inspi-ration to us all.

Dawn Mettyear

The Road to Saigon One of my dream roles to play has always been ‘John’ in the musical ‘Miss Saigon’. My dream was realised in May this year when I had the privilege to perform with Marie Clark Musical Theatre Company. We had a fantastic season with full houses and some great reviews. The show has been nominated by Adelaide’s Theatre Guild’s Curtain Call

Awards for two awards including best musical. But it was a long road to opening night!

STARplex was good enough to sponsor us by providing a Body Combat and a boot-camp session for the men. It was an opportunity for us guys to get to know each other and get a taste of a boot-camp experience. This was significant because we were playing a group of American soldiers on tour in Vietnam at the fall of Saigon. The challenge of doing boot-camp helped bind us together in a common experience, and under Clayton’s leadership we were pushed to our limits. I can honestly say that the experience at STARplex helped shape us as an ensemble and established our sense of team and mutual encouragement. It also set a norm of fitness for the group. Each night before the show started a small group of guys took over a corner of our dressing room and did a quick but intense weight session with plenty of push-ups and sit-ups to help us get pumped for the show.

Having a sense of perseverance amongst the cast set us up for times in the rehearsal process when things didn’t go to plan. It also broke down any barriers between ‘lead’ actors and ‘chorus’ members; we were all part of the ensemble and were committed to work together for the show.

So thanks STARplex, especially Ally and Paul from the gym for your support: your help set us up for a win.

Dave MacGilliviray

Lions and STARplex working together to

develop young Athletes

What an amazing year it’s been for your representative Basketball club in the North, the Central Districts Lions.

Over the past 10 years that we've been based at STARplex our club has contin-ued to develop into a community organi-sation we can all be proud of.

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In every possible measure, be it growth, player development or on court success the Lions continue to develop each year and there are three main reasons for this:

- Our amazing force of volunteers, particularly our coaching staff, which collectively form the most talented and experienced junior coaches in the Northern area of South Australia. - Our strong relationships with SA Country Basketball programs seeing us attract the best coaches and players across South Australia.

- Working more closely than ever be-fore with STARplex programs, Northern Region Sports Academy (NRSA), holi-day clinics and domestic\social compe-titions.

The Lions provide athletes within STARplex, domestic\social competi-tions with ready access to the district competition. Within the district compe-tition kids have the opportunity to be exposed to the highest level of compe-tition in the state week-in and week-out. The District competition is a (Story continued on page 7)

Living life like there isno tomorrow!

(Story continued from page 1) Michael went back to work in February 2005 and reports that it was the best day of his life as he then knew everything was positive and some normality had returned to his life.

In June 2010 after holidaying in the United States for one month and looking at the photos of the trip, he suddenly real-ized how much weight he was carrying and when his son Jordan remarked “when are you due dad”, this prompted Michael into action and he joined STARplex Fitness Centre in the first week of August. “Paul Pearce recommended personal training with Wade Lack who has been very inspira-tional and a great motivator. I have now dropped to 80kg and have a metabolic age of a 34 year old”, says Michael. Michael enjoys doing group fitness classes and in particular

Les Mills RPM three to four times per week. He participates in a Group Personal Training once a week and also fab abs on occasion. He is running in the City to Bay this year with STARplex to raise money for STARlight, in honor of his friend Daniel Fenton. Although this will be his first experi-ence with running he is looking forward to the challenge.

“All the gym instructors at STARplex Fitness Centre are very helpful. I have developed a passion for fitness and have a family of friends in the gym,” says Michael. Enjoying the group experience Michael has recently joined Facebook and is delighted that he has a number of friends who have added him from the gym.

Michael’s message to everyone is to look after your health, have regular checks, don’t put it off and remember to “slip, slop, slap.” Dawn Mettyear

The guys from Miss Saigon —Marie Clark Musical Theatre

Crossfit is our kind of Sport! During the last weekend of May, Sam Cryer, Clayton Saviour, Wade Lack and Deanna Dimasi pursued their dreams of competing in the Crossfit Regional’s Competition at Charles Moses Stadium, Olympic Park in Sydney. Of the 900 athletes who started in Sectionals, 60 went through to Regional’s and 45 com-peted in Sydney.

Sam Cryer competed individually and

ranked 22nd in Australia, which is an excellent achievement. He was re-quired to complete six WODs (workouts of the day) and made it to the fourth round, where athletes were cut from 45 competitors down to 14. The fourth workout was gruelling and needed to be completed in a 25 minute time frame. Execution of each of the following exer-cises had to fit strict guidelines or the repetition was not counted. The workout consisted of 100 pull-ups, 100 kettle ball swings at 24kg, 100 double unders, 100 overhead squats carrying a weight of 40kg. Out of the 45 athletes who commenced this workout, only a small handful, were successful in com-pleting the workout within the specified time.

Clayton, Wade and Deanna competed as a team and also made it to the fourth workout and finished 25th in Australia. Their fourth workout consisted of com-pleting 250 chest to bar pull-ups, 250 kettle bell swings, 250 double unders

and 250 overhead squats as a team, following the same criteria as the indi-viduals with the weights scaled down for female entries.

When asked what Sam thought of the experience, he replied “Awesome, defi-nitely my kind of thing, my people and my community. The encouragement and support given by fellow athletes and spectators was fantastic. Everyone did really well”, said Sam.

The four athletes will now compete in some local competitions with the next big competition in September/October 2011. “At the moment I am only training in Crossfit, doing some kind of workout six days a week. I will also run the City to Bay in September to support the STARlight Foundation.”

Congratulations and well done Sam, Clayton, Wade and Deanna on your achievements, your dedication and commitment to the sport is inspirational.

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STARplex Swimmers compete at the Australian Short Course Championships

The Australian Short Course Championships were held July 1st – July 3rd at the new state of the art facility, the South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre at Marion.

This event attracted many first class swimmers from around Australia such as Libby Trickett, Leisel Jones and Geoff Huegill to name a few. The event was a huge success selling out on every evening and was also the first televised event from the new centre.

Our very own STARplex Swim Club had three swimmers attend the three day event and we congratulate James McKechnie, Makayla Ailmore and Shay Middlemiss on achieving personal best times in one or more events. James had four races includ-ing the 200 breaststroke in which he moved up the Australian ranking to 15, Makayla competed in the 50m and 100m butterfly events and Shay competed in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events.

James was selected for an Australian Youth Camp Award to train firstly at the Australian Institute of Sport and then later in the year at Thredbo. It is a fantastic achievement from these three athletes to compete at National level in their chosen sport and we wish them well in the future.

Kelly Lange

Finding the Warrior with-in

Before I started going to STARplex Fitness Centre I had been going through a lot of is-sues, including bullying and har-assment in both my personal and working environment . The-se issues had been occurring over the last five years or so and were affecting my life in a very

negative way.

Three and a half years ago I made the decision to finally give up smoking, but as a consequence I put on quite a bit of weight. Originally being a size 8, my life hit rock bottom at the end of 2010 when my weight spiralled out of control. This was the worst I had ever felt, with bullying becoming a huge problem.

Then a dear friend told me I was going to go with her to do a Zumba class at STARplex and that was the start of my new life.

I started Zumba on Wednesday with effervescent Belinda – a (Story continued on page 6)

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Finding the Warrior within(Story continued from page 5)

charming and delightful instructor with a smile you can’t wipe off. I immediately felt a part of the class where there was no expectation or intimidation and I felt like I had been a part of this forever. Then I decided to try Belly dancing, this has helped ease my rhythmic appetite. I had danced for 20 years prior, but was pushed out by constant bullying and felt that I didn’t belong.

Before long I was attending quite a number of fitness clas-ses at STARplex including Box Fit, Body Vive, Body Pump, Body Combat and Body Balance. I can’t thank the instruc-tors enough for all their encouragement and for igniting my passion for fitness. I can’t believe the change. Where would I be without these heroes. I could have sat on my butt taking anti-depressants and wallowing in self pity, but that is not me. I am now learning to face my bullies in a positive way and am moving forward. I am also helping others to do the same.

I now have a totally different outlook on life and am doing things that I wouldn’t have thought of doing years ago. I recently completed my Zumba Instructor training and am looking forward to completing training in Zumba Atomic and Zumba Gold shortly. I have also started running and will run 12 km in the City to Bay Fun Run in September, something I always have wanted to do, but just felt that I couldn’t.

I am amazed how many friends I have and am proud and appreciative of my husband’s support. My life has changed for the better now that I have a more positive outlook.

Winning the STARplex Fitness Centre’s Ultimate Challenge is just icing on the cake. This challenge was to do as many classes or variations of classes over a three week period.

Mischelle Camillo

“Congratulations Mischelle on finding your inner warrior and igniting the power within”

The Editors.

ity volleyball played.

With age groups U17’s, U19’s, U21’s men and women with South Australia putting in 2 U16’s teams into the U17’s com-petition to prepare them for the higher standard of games. The team support was excellent from all the states, with eve-ryone getting behind the different grades for their own states. Spectators were in abundance, with plenty of support from parents and grandparents.

Saturday grand final games support was phenomenal with capacity crowds and many moving from court to court on the completion of games. Brisbane won the overall champion-ships on points, while the South Australian U21 men’s team played off for the gold medal but had to settle for silver.

Judy Wittwer

National Junior Volleyball Championships Last week STARplex hosted the National Junior Volleyball Championships, with teams from all states and New Zealand, which had a positive impact on the local economy. Together

with STARplex, satellite stadiums were used at South cam-pus and St Columba to accommodate the influx of teams. With games played for the best of five sets it became an all day/night completion. Teams utilised the local area with accommodation and services. The standard of the games were excellent, with some qual-

Hi everyone!

My name is Lucy Rose Nixon, I’m 18 and one of the newest members to join the team here at STARplex. So here’s a little sneak peak about myself. My

ruary 2012 I will have completed anoth-er certificate III this time in Business and Administration, to which I think is amazing for my age.

The team at STARplex have been very warm and welcoming and made me feel completely at home in this uncharted role for the start of my career. So I would also like to take the opportunity to thank every staff member, especially the team up in reception, for helping me fit right in and helping me deal with all the multiple tasks we do.

Lucy Nixon

family consists of my mum, my three older brothers, my older sister and myself. During my younger years I grew up in Mount Gambier and attended Glenburnie Primary school. Moving to Gawler in the year 2000, I attended Trinity College for all of my high school years, first attending Gawler River, North Campus and then finally Trinity College Senior. My best subject was always hospitality, so throughout my many work experience placements I gained my certificate III.

I happily joined the STARplex Team in February 2011. My position is a full time receptionist and I am currently under-taking a 12 month traineeship. In Feb-

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Lions and STARplex working together to

develop young Athletes

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part of the Australian Basketball High Performance pathway and many of our kids have been selected for State and National teams through their perfor-mances and development within our club and STARplex.

Whilst our club consists of many players from across regional South Australia including Pt Lincoln, Roxby Downs, Whyalla, Port Pirie, Yorke Peninsula, Barossa Valley and Adelaide Plains, the bulk of our kids, based within the com-munity around STARplex readily access STARplex programs; be it school holiday clinics, the strength and conditioning facilities, social\domestic competi-tions. We believe our base at STARplex has the potential to give our club a mas-sive advantage over our competitors and in turn we can provide STARplex with a

“Congratulations on a brilliant show Saturday night. We thor-oughly enjoyed Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison was even bet-ter – can’t wait for the Rat Pack.”

Cherie Wallace

“The concert was very good and the meal was excellent. Hope to enjoy many more concerts in the future.”

Colleen Grace

“The Big O show...classy, entertaining...Greg a true perform-er and a voice of a ‘Blue Angel’ - spine tingling qualities!”

Leonie Jones

“The Roy Orbison Tribute was a night well worth attending. Food was delicious and well presented. Congratulations to the management and staff!”

Eleanor Cotton

The Roy Orbison Tribute Show

ORBISONPresented by Greg Hart & Band

(an OOTS production) Hewitson Theatre – STARplex

Saturday 4th June 2011REVIEWS:“My partner and I have just returned from the Roy Orbi-son tribute show. WOW what a show the meal and service

was fantastic and Greg Hart would be the closest you could get to Roy. Congratulations on a great night we look forward to many more.”

Brenda Davies

Congratulations to the above STARplex staff on delivering outstanding service to our customers!

STARplex staff recognized for giving excellent customer service

great pathway for its participants. No other players in other district clubs have ready access to:

- Development coaches with NBA and NBL playing experience such as Ricky Simpson and Kevin Brooks. - Outstanding strength and conditioning facilities. - Specific basketball development equipment. - School holiday clinics - Specialised, focussed small group training and development that STARplex provide many of our players with.

The Lions are conducting our Summer season trials on August 28th. We cater for kids turning 8-18 in 2012. Whether you are a current STARplex social player or even if you want to give basketball a go why not come out to our trials? Even if you don't make one of our District teams we will still be able to place you into a STARplex social/domestic team, if you

aren't currently in one. Trial times are on our website.

www.lionsbasketball.com.au or you can email lionsbasketball@live.com.au

Carol Francis STARplex Fitness

Centre

All Staff STARplex Creche

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All Staff STARstore

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Kristian Whittaker STARplex Swim

Centre

All Staff STARplex Reception Not all staff pictured

Blue Light Disco Date: Friday 26th August 23rd September Time: 7.00pm - 10.00pm (lock-in) Ages: 8-17yrs Tickets: $6Purchase your tickets at STARplex Reception until 5pm, or at the door.

Coming EventsAll Bookings at STARplex Reception (08) 8522 0622 for further details please refer to our website www.starplex.com.au

Register for City to bay training sessions at the Gym Office now! Fitness Training Sessions: Mondays 9.15am Wednesdays 10.15am & 6.00pm Thursdays 6.15am Family Training Sessions: Sunday 14th August, 28th August & 11th September. See you there!

Songs from the British Isles Date: Wednesday 14th September Time: 11.00am All tickets: $15

Trinity College Gawler Careers Forum 4th August

Play School in concert Date: Friday 19th August Time: 10.00am concert All Tickets: $15

STARfun Holiday Program Ages 5—10 years Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th October Time: 8.45am-4.00pm Cost: $90 for 2 days Swimming, Basketball, Bootcamp, Gymnastics, Soccer, STARfit Kids, Dance, Tennis, Craft Activites, Lunch - all day entertainment & fun!

PUSH BODY TRANSFORMATION

Transform your body today. Find out how.

Email lifestyle@starplex.com.au Phone: (08) 8522 0622

6th Annual Indigenous Basketball Championships19th—23rd September

Gawler Show 27th & 28th August

SA All Star Cheer & Dance Championships 4th September

City to Bay Fun Run or Walk STARplex—Starlight Team Sunday 18th September

Who has abs of steel? When Shane Costello set a hover challenge for a bit of fun on Sunday morning, he didn’t think that he would have to eat his words. The challenge set over the past four weeks lead to a bit of healthy competition amongst some members, STARplex Fitness Centre member Karen Coulle, however remained undefeated with a personal best time of 10 minutes.

Congratulations to Karen and all the participants who commit-ted to this challenge.

“The hover challenge is all about competing against your own time and seeing if you can achieve a personal best time for each challenge”, says Shane.

36ers –v– Cairns Taipans Pre Season Game Date: Saturday 10th September Time: 7.30 pm Tickets to be released soon