Royal Country Club Opening Success

A week-long festival of fitness activities got underway on Saturday marking the Grand Opening of the eagerly awaited Royal Country Club at Riffa Views.

A group of ladies took part in the club’s first “Zumba” class, a work-out combining Latin dance, exercise moves and music, while both children and adults had the opportunity to try their hand at taekwondo.

Complimentary activities for the rest of the week include basketball demonstrations, boot camps, aqua aerobics and yoga as well as tennis skills workshops and swimming classes for kids.

Facilities for members at the Royal Country Club include separate ladies and gents’ gyms equipped with the latest cardio and resistance range, a purpose-built fitness studio, aromatic steam rooms, pine-wood saunas and fully equipped locker rooms.

Outside, members can relax and unwind next to the chilled pool and enjoy the poolside snack menu. Also available for hire by members is an award-winning multi-purpose court for tennis, basketball or football while younger members can enjoy landscaped gardens, a play park and an air-conditioned junior club offering arts and crafts activities at weekends.

Non members are welcome to attend regular group fitness classes at the Royal Country Club. The schedule for June includes Swiss Ball, aqua aerobics, Bosu and Zumba for ladies and taekwondo for both ladies and gents. Prices start from just BD 4 per session for visitors.

For further information about the Royal Country Club, please visit www.theroyalgolfclub.com.

2011 RIFFA VIEWS FOOTBALL CUP

The 2011 Riffa Views Football Cup was held for the second consecutive year with an action-packed football match that brought together staff from Riffa Views and residents of the community. The friendly match was held at Riffa Views International School’s gymnasium, where the community enjoyed an epic evening of football.

Riffa Views shares best practice in landscaping

As one of the country’s leading private sector developments, Riffa Views has been asked to assist by sharing best practice and knowledge for the design and development of an operational framework for the public green areas in Bahrain, under the charge of the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

Representatives from Ernst & Young, the company appointed by the Ministry to assist in developing the framework of this project, were invited to Riffa Views and given an overview on the concept, design, construction, delivery and maintenance of the Development’s landscaped areas and the Royal Golf Club’s 18-Hole Championship golf course designed by Colin Montgomerie.

During the presentation, Russell Hewitt, Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Golf Club, explained how and why the golf course and the public landscaped areas of Riffa Views incorporate many of the natural ‘wadi’ and desert characteristics of Bahrain’s environment. “By incorporating native plants and conditions throughout the housing development and the golf course, we have encouraged the reproduction of plants that are common to the existing environment. As a result we now have many native desert plants and animals thriving in the community.”

Russell also shared relevant information on the state-of-the-art maintenance and irrigation technologies used by the Royal Golf Club to preserve the grass of the Championship golf course in excellent condition through the challenging climate conditions of Bahrain along the year.