Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / The YMCA BC, in partnership with the City of Chilliwack, wrote on Facebook last week that the Cheam Leisure Centre (pictured) will close its gymnasium and weight room for two weeks starting Monday, July 24 through Monday, August 7 due to scheduled maintenance. The gym and weight room will reopen Tuesday, August 8; the pool is unaffected by the closure and will remain open for things like swim lessons and public swim.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Cheam Leisure Centre

Gym, weight room at Cheam Leisure Centre to close for two weeks

Jul 12, 2023 | 8:10 AM

CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents who utilize the weight room and gymnasium at the Cheam Leisure Centre in Garrison will have to find another venue for fitness and physical activity later this month and in early August.

The Cheam Leisure Centre, operated by the YMCA BC in partnership with the City of Chilliwack, wrote on Facebook last week that its gym and weight room will be closed from Monday, July 24 through Monday, August 7 due to scheduled maintenance.

The gym and weight room will reopen on Tuesday, August 8.

“Please see the front desk staff if you have any questions about your membership. Our Aquatics area will remain open,” Cheam Leisure Centre wrote on Facebook. “Due to scheduled maintenance in our gymnasium and weight room, there will be no registered and drop-in classes during this time.”

The YMCA plans to upgrade facility lighting and resurface the floor.

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The pool, also known as its aquatics centre, will remain open and unaffected by the scheduled maintenance of the gym and weight room.

The YMCA recently announced that teens could use the Cheam Leisure Centre for free, after 4 p.m., on Wednesday and Friday during the summer, or Tuesday and Thursday after 4 p.m. at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre.

It also announced a slight increase in drop-in, membership, and punch pass prices that took effect on Saturday, July 1.

The current drop-in fee had been $6.35 for an adult; it will increase 10 cents to $6.45. For youth ages 4-12, it will increase from $3.20 to $4. For teens and students 19-plus with student ID, it will only increase five cents from $3.95 to $4.

A 10-visit punch card, or punch pass, for adults had previously cost $53.60. It will increase 80 cents to $54.40. For youth ages 4-12, it will rise from $26.15 to $26.55. For teens and students ages 19-plus with student ID, it will increase from $34.85 to $35.35.

A 20-visit punch card, or punch pass, for adults currently costs $103.75. It will now cost $105.30, an increase of $1.65.

A one-month membership fee for adults will increase from the current rate of $51.75 a month to $52.55 per month, an increase of 70 cents.

A three-month membership fee for adults will rise from the current rate of $146.55 to $148.75, an increase of $2.20.

A yearly membership for adults will increase from the current cost of $518.60 to $526.40, an increase of $7.80.