Westgate Fitness & Leisure Centre in Drogheda, Co. Louth

We are pleased to announce that Ms Sinead Walsh and Mr Ged Halpin have been just recently promoted to the positions of Assistant Managers.

Ms Sinead Walsh has rejoined our team after a few years abroad where she gained experience on national level coaching Gaelic Football and training athletes. Sinead holds extensive knowledge about the fitness industry and has experience in one to one coaching. Sinead currently manages our new operation lifestyle group and is passionate about getting results and staying very close to our members. She sees our gym as the ultimate place for all training needs in Drogheda and underlines that only by personalising the training a gym member can enjoy their workouts. Sinead has brought excellent customer service and managing skills to our gym and her promotion is warmly welcomed by all staff. We would like to congratulate Sinead on her promotion and wishing her only the best for her career.

Mr Ged Halpin has 7 years experience within the fitness industry and has extensive knowledge in weight training and one to one instructions. Ged is passionate about fitness and staying active. He is widely known in Drogheda and knows most of our members which helps in customers relations and friendly service. We would like to congratulate Ged and wish him only the best for his career.

The Management

Wednesday morning is a day that usually offers tea and coffee for our members provided by the courtesy of the gym and members themselves. Wednesday 17th February attracted some attention as we held a nutrition competition for all our morning members. Out of 34 competitors, Caroline(holding a 150 free sun bed course and kinetica whey protein) showed the best knowledge in terms of nutrition and training. Congratulations again to Caroline and all other participants.

We will see you again next week.

Paul still has what it takes!
Hands on at Westgate Gym training the next generation!

Finally we can share our excitement after yesterday’s Bench Press Competition held on Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness sponsored by Olimp Sport Nutrition represented by Lukasz Siatka from MeritActiv Ltd.
Here you can view the winners, their personal scores and of course the great pictures from the show. If you are interested in our next fitness competition please contact us as we are already making plans for the next one.

Overall winner – Mr Noel Van Blerck – 65 reps of 50kg
Second Place – Mr Tadas Makauskas – 63 Reps of 50 kg
Third Place – Mr Marius Joncius – 62 reps of 50 kg
Fourth Place – Mr Mark Smith – 50 reps of 50 kg
Senior winner Mr Peter Clinton – 46 reps of 50 kg
The youngest contestant, 16 years of age Mr Kavan Byrne – 32 reps of 50 kg

Here you can see all the contestants, within their weight category, their weight on the competition and pictures from yesterday’s event.

Over 90 kilograms category most reps
1. Tadas Makauskas, weight – 115 kg, reps qualified – 63
2. Marius Jancius, weight 110 kg, reps qualified – 62
3. Ronaldas Latanauskas, weight 99kg, reps qualified – 56
4.Lauras Mockunas, weight92kg, reps qualified – 50
5.Ivars Vrublevskis, weight 93kg, reps qualified – 49
6. Vadim Dvdoit, weight 93kg, reps qualified – 49
7. Deividas Letanauskas, weight 100 kg, qualified reps – 48
8.Ugis Treijs, weight 95kg, qualified reps – 45
9. David Mullen, weight 94kg, qualified reps – 43
10. Brendan Byrne, weight 127kg, qualified reps – 42
11.Chris Lennon, weight 118, qualified reps – 41
12. Kavan Byrne, weight 94kg, qualified reps – 32
13. Jack O’Connor, weight 99kg, qualified reps – 29
14. Aleks Wrobelevski, weight 95, qualified reps – 23

Under 90 kilograms Winners, their weight and final scores

1. Noel Van Blerck, 89kg, qualified reps – 65
2. Mark Smith, weight 80kg, reps qualified – 50
3. Peter Clinton, weight 89kg, reps qualified – 46
4. Aleksandr Miziciuks, weight 80kg, reps qualified – 34
5. Samuel Tesmleael, weight 80kg, qualified reps – 33
6. Dimitri Tomita, weight 82kg, qualified reps 32
7. Mark Seery, weight 85kg, qualified reps – 27
8. Wieslaw Kryczka, weight 85kg, qualified reps – 23
9. Ronan Walsh, weight 87kg, qualified reps – 22
10. Butch Mc Grane, weight 89, qualified reps – 20

We would like to take this opportunity and thank all the members and their guests for coming and supporting the competetitiors. Of course big thanks again to Lukasz from MeritAcyiv Ltd for providing free protein drinks, shakes, energy drinks and other supplements which were available yesterday free of charge. Almost 300 hundred visitors viewed our competition yesterday so with this we are proud to announce our next two events very soon. Please contact us if you feel ready for a fitness test.

We wish to present you with our new chapter- Bodybuilding lifestyles from Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness.
Our today’s member is Mr Alan Byrne from Drogheda who is currently training at our gym.
Alan has beeen training at Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness for the last three years. Alan initially wanted to put on weight and that is how he became interested in bodybuilding. Alan says that there is currently around 15 bodybuilders training at our club and that makes everything much easier from the point of being competetive and supportive.
You could always stop by and ask a question about diet, training and supplementation. Alan firstly competed in RIBBF Nationals in 2008 and his training mentor was Paul Byrne, who for several years competed himself, and has since gone on to train many men and women. Alan came 2-nd in his first competition and it was called the firts timers category. Since that time Alan Byrne has successfully competed in the RIBBF Nationals 2009 (novices) and came 4-th. He found this competition at a very high standard and with many great contestants.

Alan’s favourite bodybuilder is Mr Flex Lewis and this is the way Alan sees himself in the future.
Alan when asked about our gym says it is the best in town for the equipment, staff, members and atmosphere. He says that our club attracts many bodybuilders and has much more to offer than other gyms in town.

We all wish Alan a bright future and of course always first places in his bodybuilding competitions.

Here you can see Alan Byrne in action:

As every year Paul’s Byrne Westgate Fitness offers a chance to win 3 months free membership to our fantastic premises. This year the happy winner is Ms Donna Kierans (below) from Drogheda. Donna has beeen training for around three years and her main passion lies with toning and losing weight.
Donna when asked what is it about our club that stands out from others is : great classes, great instructors and especially General Cycling Instructor Ged Halpin, great atmosphere, great members and fantastic facilities.
Donna thinks that there should be more people from Drogheda training on regular basis as training is a healthy way of living and changes the way you think. One thing worth mentioning is another driving factor for Donna, her partner who is a current body builder. His training regime is amazing and he belongs to our most regular members. You can see his interview in our new chapter about body builders from Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness.

Here you can see Donna’s pictures presented with 3 months free membership and a supplement pack from Olimp Sport Nutrition offered to everyone these days who join Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness.

All children are welcomed to take part in our swim competition taking place on 19th December 2009 at 1pm. Ther will be different categories and competitions so each contestant will be guaranteed a win!

Please call reception today to find out more

0419844910

Paul Byrne wishes all the staff and members a very happy Merry Christmas and a wonderfull New Year.

With many plans ahead for a New Year we hope that this happy time of the year will be great and will bring happines to all members of Paul Byrne’s Westgate Fitness and their families. Thanks again for fantastic support from members and staff during recent days!

We are looking forward to the New Year and wishing everyone the same!

Many thanks

Paul Byrne

All welcome to take part in our bench press competition. 16th December 2009, 6pm!

With great support from Olimp Nutrition and MeritActiv Ltd we are proud to announce this year’s Drogheda best gym event. The bench press competition at Westgate Fitness Centre is most reps competition, an open category and will give you win amongst many prizes:

1. One year free membership to Westgate Fitness

2. Weight gainer, whey protein , training belts, training accessories, t-shirts and many others – all provided by our main and official partner Olimp Nutrition.

Provider of protein bars, shakes, fat burning drinks and other healthy options for active athletes and gym members.

3. Short term memberships- 3 months, 2 months and 1 month

Members registration on the day, non-members please call to register.  For more details call 0419844910

We are proud to welcome Gretta back from China, once again we wish her parents all the best and strength in these hard and tough times.