LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT

BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: junior fitness, 10am-11am, 11am-12 noon and 12 noon-1pm; basketball drop in, 10am-12 noon.

DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 334432: trampoline, 10.15am-1.30pm; badminton, 11am-12.30pm; swim lessons, 9.15am-11.30pm; public swim, 12 noon-1.30pm; fun swim, 1.30pm-3.30pm.

FARNWORTH Leisure Centre, Brackley Street, tel: 334477: open session, 9am-4pm; swimming lessons, 9am-10.30am (SP); families only, 10.30am-3.30pm (SP); splash party, 3.30pm-4.30pm (SP) and 4.30pm-5.30pm (SP).

HARPER Green Leisure Centre, Harper Green Road, Farnworth, tel: 334234: badminton, 5pm; table tennis, 9am-5pm; astroturf pitch, 9am-11pm.

HAYWARD Leisure Centre, Lever Edge Lane, Hayward, tel: 334233: indoor bowls, 1pm-4pm; astro turf, 1pm-5pm; trampoline club, 2pm-4pm.

Horwich Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, tel: 334488: main pool, 9am-4.30pm; fun pool, 2pm-4pm; small pool, 10.30am-3.30pm; light impact aerobics, 10am-11am; high impact aerobics, 11am-12 noon; squash coaching, 1pm-4pm; children's swimming lessons, course of 10, cost £25.

JUBILEE Pool, childrens swimming lessons, 9am-1pm; open swim, 1pm-3.30pm.

Kearsley Leisure Centre, Springfield Road, Kearsley, tel: 334141: long mat indoor bowls (doubles league), 9.30am-12 noon; long mat indoor bowls (casual bookings), 12 noon-4pm; weights room, 10am-4pm.

Little Lever Leisure Centre, Church Street, Little Lever, tel: 334177: Bolton Metro Trampoline Club, 9.30am-11am intermediate/advanced, 11am-12.30pm intermediate/advanced, 12.30pm-2pm beginners/intermediate, 2pm-3.30pm beginners/ intermediate; squash courts available from 9am-5pm; badminton courts, table tennis, 9am-5pm

Sharples Leisure Centre, Hillcot Road, Sharples, tel: 334224: childrens swimming lessons, 10.30am-1pm; family fun swim (fun swims with inflatable may be limited to 1 hour during busy periods), 1pm-3pm; junior gymnastics coaching course, 10am-noon; trampolining, 1.45pm-3.15pm; badminton courts, 9am-5pm; squash cours, 9am-5pm; all weather pitch available, 9am-5pm.

TURTON Leisure Centre, Chapeltown Road, tel: 334440: junior swimming lessons, 9.30am-2.30pm; Soo Bahk Do - Korean Martial Art, 10am-11.30am.

WATER Place, tel: 334466: Tone Zone/sunbed, 7.30am-10pm; Lifestyles gym, 9am-5pm; leisure pools, 10am-5pm.

Westhoughton Leisure Centre, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, tel: 01942 634810: junior swim lessons, 9am-1.15pm; junior soccer courses, 10am-1pm; large pool, 11a.15am-2pm, pool inflatable or splash session, 2pm-3pm and 3pm-4pm.

WITHINS Leisure Centre, Newby Road, Breightmet, tel: 334133: boys only gymnastics coaching, 10am-12 noon; badminton coaching, 10.30am-11.30am; roller skating, 1pm-2pm.

CIRCUIT Training sessions for children, 5pm-6pm and adults 6pm-7pm are held at Gibbon Street Community Centre. Admission free. For further details tel: 528786.

HILTON Table Tennis Centre, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis for all ages, 1pm-3pm and 7pm-9pm, tel: Crhis 406693/692752.

BOLTON YMCA, 125 Deansgate: second hand book sale, 10am-12 noon; Tae Kwon Do self defence, 10.30am; modern sequence dancing, 6.30pm.

OTHER EVENTS

WESTHOUGHTON Wildlife Watch Club, for young wildlife enthusiasts aged 8 to 12, tel: Angela Downing or Amanda Moran at Bolton Wildlife Project on 361847.

COFFEE Morning by the Ladies Circle, Somerset Road Church, 10am.

MILLENNIUM Bazaar, St John's Methodist Church, Victoria Road, Horwich, 11am.

CHRISTMAS Fayre, St John's Church and Community Centre, Breightmet Drive, 2pm. Admission 20p.

HORWICH Resource Centre, Beaumont Road: Heritage Centre Open, 10am-12 noon; RSPCA advice and information, 11am-1pm.

A COFFEE Morning is being held Westhoughton Methodist Church, Wigan Road, 9.30am.

BOLTON Life Cares, free pregnancy test, support and help, counselling before and after abortion, Room 14, 124 Newport Street, 10.30am-12.30pm. Tel: 532660.

CRISIS Pregnancy Counselling at Victoria Hall, 10.30am-12.30pm.

ST Edmund's Parish Church, St Edmund Street, Bolton, weekday mass 12.15pm and Vigil Mass, 7pm.

OUR Lady and The Lancashire Martyrs, Hallstead Avenue, Little Hulton, Mass, 6pm.

BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery, Nearing Camp Evening on the Upper Colorado by Thomas Moran.