Lisburn, Hillsborough, Dromore and Moira based health and fitness businesses listed amongst finalists of 2023 Health & Fitness Awards

The Awards, which have been running since 2018, are open to any personal trainer, online coach, gym, fitness class, food or clothing retailer, or any health and fitness based business in Northern Ireland, with 21 categories to choose from.

The local businesses announced as finalists in this year’s Awards are:

· Adam Ringland – On the Rise, Lisburn – Male Personal Trainer of the Year

· Noel Toman – Evolve Lifestyle and Fitness, Lisburn – Online Personal Trainer of the Year

· All Active Pilates and Physio, Hillsborough – Excellence in Rehabilitation, Best Use of Digital Technology, Pilates Class of the Year, Fitness Class of the Year, Health & Fitness Service of the Year and Health & Fitness Business of the Year

· Jill’s Fitness, Dromore – Pilates Class of the Year

· Average to Unstoppable, Moira – Health & Fitness Service of the Year

· Jonny Pierce - Built for Better Business, Moira – Specialist Trainer of the Year

Returning to the judging panel were online fitness expert and long-standing judge, Ian Young and diabetic muscle and fitness author, podcaster and educator, Phil Graham.

To help them whittle down the hundreds of award entries to finalists and winners, the judging panel also welcomed last year’s female personal trainer of the year, Natasha Daryaie, who runs the Gym Guru, East Belfast kick-boxing legend and founder of ProKick Gym and winner of last year’s Outstanding Achiever Award, Billy Murray and four-time Health and Fitness Award winner and owner of Bubba’s Project Gym in Armagh, Bubba Ali.

Sarah Weir, Director at Weir Events which created the Awards added: “We are delighted to announce the shortlist of our fantastic finalists.

"Following the success of the Awards in previous years, it is great to see so many entries, particularly for our new categories this year, Wellness Specialist of the Year, Specialist Trainer of the Year, and Health & Fitness Business of the Year.

"Our expert panel of judges, both old and new, certainly had their work cut out for them when deciding on this year’s winners.”