For reservations please call +34 637 545 620
The Sierra Sports and Fitness Club is located beside the famous Crocodile Club on the Desert Springs Resort. It provides a wide range of quality indoor and open-air sports and fitness facilities.
Mentored by double Olympic decathlon champion, Daley Thompson, who is a villa owner at Desert Springs, it is aimed at general fitness and well being. With its warm winter conditions, which are unique to this part of Europe, it is particularly suited to pre-season general fitness, team bonding and re-habilitation after sports injuries. Taken together with the other leisure and relaxation facilities at Desert Springs, it is a superb venue.
The resident Professional tennis and football coach is Jim Gordon, who offers a number of sports training and fitness programs for adults and children, year round.
Jim has been a professional footballer since 1971 playing for teams such as Lincoln F.C and Scunthorpe United. In 1983 Jim began coaching tennis at summer camps and training professional footballers at the Lincoln F.C. School of Excellence. He holds a L.T.A. Coaching Badge in tennis and an F.A. Coaching Badge and Goal Keeping Badge. In addition to tennis and football he enjoys jogging, circuit training and all gym facilities and is always keen on a round of golf.
Available facilities include:
- An Aerobics Gymnasium, with state of the art equipment
- External Exercise Steps and Boxing Bob Punch Bags
- Contra Current in Main Pool
- Trim Trail with Equipped Exercise Stations
- Jogging Tracks
- Two Cushion Life Tennis Courts
- Two Cushion Life Paddle Tennis Courts
- Beach Volley Ball Court
- International Football Pitch
- Cricket Nets with Bowling Machine
- Mountain Bikes
For Further Information Contact: Jim Gordon: + 34 637 545 620
Or The Marquee Information & Sales Centre: + 34 607 299 904
Coaching, Activities and Programs for Adults and Children
Jim Gordon, our Sports Manager at The Sierra Club, is a registered Tennis Coach and can provide lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced players in both tennis and paddle tennis. Why not go along or give him a call and get him to help you improve your game or simply help you learn how to play.
Jim also offers aerobics and fitness training and has put together a number of exercise and fitness programs and fun events. He is always available to set up a personal fitness program helping you keep fit and active. Besides that there are also other organised fun sports activities for adults including Basket Ball, Beach Volleyball, Beach Football, Golf & Aqua Aerobics. Everything is catered for, you choose what you want!
The Sierra Club also offers a number of specifically tailored programs for the “youth” and special fun activities for children; all designed to keep them fully and actively occupied and, what is more, to allow you some free holiday time of your own. Young people and children, age 6 to 17 years, can sign up for anything from a single activity session for €10 each, upto a full day for €30 per child, through to a 5 day programme for €120.
The good news for parents is that this service allows you to escape with the peace of mind that your children are in the safe and capable hands of our professionaly trained team, allowing you to take advantage of some free quality time together!
So, whether it’s for yourself or your children or both and if you haven’t done so already, come along and meet Jim at the Gym!
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Desert Springs Tennis, Paddle & Volley Academy
The Desert Springs Tennis Academy is located within the Sierra Sports and Fitness Club at the Desert Springs Resort. Resident LTA Qualified Tennis Professional Jim Gordon offers a comprehensive, personalised and professional service for adults and children, individuals, teams and clubs, all year round.
With its warm winter conditions, unique to this part of Europe, the tennis academy is particularly suited to Autumn, Winter and Spring pre-season training, general fitness and team bonding. Taken together with the other leisure and relaxation facilities at Desert Springs, it makes for a superb venue.
The Tennis Academy has two brand new tennis courts, two new paddle courts and a beach volley court. The tennis and paddle courts have top quality, Cushion Life, surfaces that give high bounce and add to the ease and pleasure of the game. The Academy offers digital coaching technology and first-class tuition, as well as the Polo Ralph Lauren Tennis clothing range for both Men and Women, equipment hire services and fitness centre.
And that is not all, The Day Spa @ Desert Springs, located in the Reserve Privée, next to the Golf Club House affords you the opportunity to indulge in some relaxing post-tennis beauty treatments, whilst the sauna and Jacuzzi will relieve those aches and pains!
Then there is the Gym, developed in consultation with Daley Thompson. Light and airy, this is a relaxed and pleasant place to tone up and is in no way a factory style gymnasium; the whole front opens up to take advantage of the warm dry climate. It is equipped with state of the art equipment from Star Trac, including treadmills, steppers, rowers, resistance equipment and weights, with plenty of space for floor work. The external exercise steps are just outside, as are Boxing Bob and Junior. For those, who prefer to exercise in complete privacy, there is also the aerobically equipped Private Individual Work Out Area in the Private Reserve facilities.
You can put your skills to the test at the regular tournaments and friendly matches that are organised by our Tennis Pro all year round. During the summer, the Tennis Academy hosts regular BBQ Quiz Nights and Celebrity Matches. The friendly and informal 'Tennis Roll Up', held twice a week affords you the opportunity to meet Jim Gordon and fellow players on a social basis.
Whether you're a complete beginner, a keen amateur or an up-and-coming club player, Desert Springs Tennis Academy will help you brush up your strokes in no time!
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The Gymnasium
The gym was developed as an aerobic fitness space in consultation with Daley Thompson and the advice of Bridget Rosser, then of Holmes Place. This is a small, relaxed and pleasant place to tone up and is not intended as a factory style gymnasium. Light and airy, the whole of the front can be opened to take advantage of the pleasant dry climate
It is equipped with state of the art equipment from Star Trac, including treadmills, steppers, rowers and weights, with plenty of space for floor work. The external exercise steps are just outside, as are Boxing Bob and Junior.
For those, who prefer to exercise in complete privacy, there is also the similarly equipped Individual Work Out Area and Private Sauna and Jacuzzi Suite in the Reserve Privée facilities. These can be reserved for private use at the Golf Club House Reception.
- Click here to view the Sierra Club Gym & Trim Trail Rates (PDF)
Jogging Tracks and Trim Trail
Two spectacular Jogging Track Loops of 1.6 and 2.2 km are available through the landscaped areas of the Resort. A new section is shortly to be added providing 3.0km and incorporating the Great Wall of Cuevas Hill Climb, for the seriously masochistic.
The Jogging tracks are equipped with 16 plus individually equipped Exercise Stations to provide a varied and scenic Trim Trail.
For Further Information Contact: Jim Gordon + 34 637 545 620
Or The Marquee Information & Sales Centre + 34 607 299 904
Daley Training
Desert Springs is the Spanish Home of “Daley Training”. Daley, double Olympic Gold medallist and the world’s greatest ever all-round athlete offers training sessions for those who wish to kick start their fitness, whilst at the same time enjoying the company of a double Olympic Champion in the unique surroundings of Desert Springs.
“My sessions will work best for those who want to take their fitness to a whole new level. Every session will be based on achieving all-round fitness, whilst at the same time being fun, challenging and of course hard work!”
A Brief Biography of Daley Thompson
At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, Daley Thompson won the Olympic decathlon title for the second time to advance his claims resoundingly as being one of the greatest all-round athletes the world has ever seen. By the time he retired from the sport in 1992, he had set four world records, he had become world champion in 1983, he had claimed the European championship title in 1982 and 1986 and he had won the Commonwealth title in 1978, 1982 and 1986.
Throughout the 1980s, he was unquestionably the world's greatest decathlete and he managed to win 19 decathlons in all - including 12 in a row. He always thrilled the crowds with his unparalleled competitive ability and his ongoing battle with West Germany’s Jurgen Hingsen dominated the sport during that period.
Thompson competed in his first decathlon in 1975 and, just one year later, he took part in his first Olympics. He progressed rapidly, setting three world junior records in 1976 and 1977 and the first of his 10 British and Commonwealth records in 1976.
At the Moscow Olympics in 1980, Thompson clinched a gold medal of the highest quality when he proved to be the complete master of the 10-event competition at the tender age of 21. Then, two years later in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, he won the European championship for the first time while also recapturing the world record. Having seen the record he had set in Gotzis, Austria that June tumble to Hingsen, he bounced back to score 8,774 points and break the West German’s best by 21 points.
In Helsinki on August 15, 1983, Thompson added the world championship gold medal to his impressive clutch of Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles. He saw off a three-pronged West German challenge with relative ease, winning by 105 points from Hingsen, the-then world record-holder, with a total of 8,666 points.
Almost a year later to the day, Thompson put the seal on his impressive career, when he won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. He amassed a total of 8,797 points that left his great rival Hingsen trailing by 123 points. Victory in his final Olympic appearance cemented Thompson’s place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes of all time.Tennis, Paddle & Volley
Mountain Bikes
Take yourself on a spectacular self-guided bike tour. Ride through to Cuevas del Almanzora, Vera, Garrucha, Mojácar or Turre for an unforgettable, unique sightseeing experience.
With hundreds of kilometers of tracks through wild countryside, mountain trails and quiet rural roads, both flat, hilly and some excruciantingly steep, there are rides to suit everyone, from beginners to veterans!
With so much to see, it is clear what makes biking the trail a "must do" when visiting Desert Springs!
Desert Springs has 22 quality sturdy Ventura Mondraker Mountain Bikes available for hire. There is a range of different sizes, suitable for use by all the family and each have independent front suspension and disc brakes. Helmet, bike lock and a route map are included.
Our equipment is "guaranteed fresh", so your bike is comfortable, reliable, and safe.
A selection of bikes are displayed outside the Caddymaster and at the Sierra Club. They may be reserved in advance or hired through Reception at the Caddymaster or the Sierra Club.
The bikes are available for rental periods ranging from 2 hours to 2 day’s use, with discounts for under 18’s.
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The Football Pitch
Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Geoff Hurst inaugurated the new Desert Springs Football Pitch in 2004 during The Battle of the Knights Event. The first international sized quality grass pitch in the area, it is owned by The Conservation Body of Desert Springs and is administered by Desert Springs SL. Flood Lights were added in 2005 and Shower and Changing Facilities in 2006.
It is available for reservation from four weeks in advance at the Desert Springs Golf Club House Reception or at The Marquee Information & Sales Centre.
For Further Information Contact: Jim Gordon: + 34 637 545 620
Or The Marquee Information & Sales Centre: + 34 607 299 904
Cricket Practice Facilities
Desert Springs is fortunate to have connections with some really great cricketing super-heroes. Beefy Botham, is a villa owner on the resort and an enthusiastic golfer on the course, all but snatching the 2006 Club Championship. Meanwhile, Dave Roberts, ex-England physio, brought Freddie Flintoff to Desert Springs for re-habilitation following his operation, prior to the Ashes. It seems to have worked!
Our own cricketing efforts are on an altogether more humble plane, but we do offer some excellent new practice facilities for warm weather pre-season team building and training. Taken together with the golf and all the other many top quality relaxation and leisure opportunities at Desert Springs for both Senior and Junior teams, it does amount to an outstanding venue.
There are two mobile cage nets with artificial wickets and a Professional Bola Bowling Machine with 28 ball feeder. There is also a slip catch cradle and there are both full length artificial and grass wickets laid out on the football field. The grass wicket does of course require some notice for its proper preparation.
Cricket packages are available with accommodation on the Resort or at a nearby hotel. Normally lunch is included at The Crocodile Club.
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