CANADA DAY at the OVAL
Join us on Canada Day for a full day of events and activities. Wear your best Canada Day outfits to win prizes! We are taking our Group Fitness classes outdoors at the Olympic Plaza! Trans Canada Tour – Canadian All-Terrain Ride 9:00am-10:15am – Nicole F, Krista, Caitlin Spinning outside at its best! Join the Oval’s group Read More >>
MEMBERS NEEDED for Salmon Festival Parade
Celebrate Canada 150 and show your Oval pride by participating in the Oval’s entry in the Steveston Salmon Festival Canada Day Parade. The time commitment is 9:30am – 11:30am on Saturday, July 1, 2017. Oval members and family members are invited to participate. All parade participants will receive a FREE t-shirt! Participants will meet at Read More >>
Staff Feature: Meet Tim Ong, Personal Trainer and Fitness Centre Shift Lead
While studying Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Tim realized he needed to gain practical experience which simply couldn’t be taught in the classroom. In his second year of university, he joined the SFU Fitness Centre as a personal trainer. It was during his time there that he established a genuine passion for helping individuals Read More >>
May’s Member Spotlight
Meet Richard Huang What brought you to the Oval? What made you choose the Oval? Back when the oval opened a few years ago, a couple of high school friends and myself went for drop-ins to try it out. We would go in the morning and stay all the way to the evening sometimes. As Read More >>
Sports Nutrition: Myth or Fact?
Sports Nutrition: Myth or Fact? By Dietitian Stephanie Dang There is a lot of nutrition information out there – I mean a LOT. From juice cleanses, to carbohydrate free diets, to raw food diets, it seems as if everyone has a “miracle” food cure for all your problems. Unfortunately, a miracle food or miracle diet Read More >>
Staff Feature: Meet Our Client Services Shift Lead
Meet Antonio, our enthusiastic and customer-obsessed Client Services Shift Lead! Most days you can find Antonio leading the Client Services team with his counterpart Chris Lim (pictured above), ensuring that we are making positive and lasting impressions with both our members and guests. He also works closely with the Member Care Program Manager to provide mentorship and training to new Read More >>
Staff Feature: Meet Our Sport Climbing Programmer
Ever wondered who the employees featured on our Careers Website are? Meet Shannon, our dynamic and creative Sport Climbing Programmer! Most days you can find Shannon in the Sports Office designing an array of instructional and non-instructional sport climbing programs, or on the Climbing Wall developing a new and exciting route setting. Two years ago, Shannon Read More >>
April’s Member Spotlight
Meet Wilson Wang What brought you to the Oval? What made you choose the Oval? The front desk staff! I was at a different fitness centre, and a friend invited me to work out with him at the Oval. I came to work out once and I really liked it. Not just the fitness centre, Read More >>
February’s Member Spotlight
Member Spotlight – Clinton Poon What brought you to the Oval? What made you choose the Oval? Simple. The Oval is a hub for activities. Not only do you get to watch competitions from the fitness level, but the layout in terms of the fitness gym to lighting to signage on everything serving a purpose Read More >>
January’s Member Spotlight
Meet Winnie Wiggs! What brought you to the Oval? What made you choose the Oval? We first visited the Oval at its grand opening in December 2008. We were blown away by the architecture and the spaciousness. My husband and I joined as members shortly after that. We live in Richmond and like to support Read More >>
