NEW Body Fitness Weymouth have claimed a brilliant second in their category at the National Fitness Awards in Leicester.

New Body Fitness Weymouth took national silver in the Strength Training Gym of the Year 2019 class.

Owner of New Body Fitness, Nick Bell attended the award ceremony in the East Midlands and said his gym was "overwhelmed with receiving such an amazing accolade."

He added: "To be named number two in the country is unbelievable. We are a small local business with our community at our heart. It's such a great achievement for our team and all our members to think that we are putting Weymouth on the map.

"We were competing with large, national facilities and I'm so proud to see that we can stand with the best. Thank you to all the team and all of our members for being part of our club."