Racquets Fitness Centre

Negative experience: £50 a month for a membership when others are £45 and the gyms are 3X bigger…

Fantastic experience: Racquets is the friendliest gym you will ever go to. From the moment I started playing women's squash I loved the vibe at the gym. Everyone is welcome and a bit like cheers everyone knows your name. The staff there are always on hand to help you in the gym with the equipment and the range of classes available is really varied. I also have really enjoyed learning squash. I had never played before and now I really enjoy it and have a good understanding of the game.

Fantastic experience: Didn’t think I’d last one day for being so unfit but here I am 5 weeks later stronger fitter and also playing squash Racquets caters for all ages and has many different membership packages to suit your needs

Fantastic experience: Good family gym with all the equipment you need.

Fantastic experience: New equipment recently added, always clean and tidy, friendly staff, the spin classes are good too!

Fantastic experience: Fab place with great facilities. Friendly staff and squash courts are ideal. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Great place to get fit. Friendly staff too. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Racquets.

Fantastic experience: Great service from friendly staff. The gym has everything I need and I love using the squash court as fun way to get my cardio in..playing solo! And the sauna...my absolute favourite way to end every session!

Positive experience: Joined Racquets more than 40 years ago to play squash. As age crept up, converted to Racquetball. Great bunch of members and helpful and friendly staff team. Would highly recommend membership to anyone.

Fantastic experience: Friendly and helpful. Lots of options for classes as well as the gym and squash courts. Nice sauna too.

Positive experience: Racquets have fantastic staff and instructors who are friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The yoga instructors(Laura, Vernalisa and Philly) are amazing as is fitness instructor Kat (Free Weights and Aerobics) and Nigel (Pilates). All the classes are great fun and not deadly serious. Racquets is a really friendly place with lots of social activity - and a great supporter of the Thame community.

Fantastic experience: I moved away to Devon three years ago but still do the on line classes that ran from covid times!. Keeping me up to date with the instructors and of course keeping me fit! It’s a great way to exercise if you can’t actually be there. There is also the added advantage that you can do a class whenever you want to.

Fantastic experience: Great community hub with warm staff and a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere!

Fantastic experience: Great place, great people, lovely down to earth family atmosphere

Fantastic experience: I love this club! Exercise is definitely not something I look forward to doing ... and gym membership has never lasted long... but i've found a bit of a home here. They have been so encouraging, patient and friendly. And who knew how fun squash is!!! Totally unpretentious place that I enjoy going to, rather than feel obliged to.

Fantastic experience: Fab gym with great, friendly trainers and staff, highly recommend

Positive experience: I joined Racquets Fitness Club primarily to play squash and ended up using the gym running machines to improve my cardio and joining in on YOGA and Step classes to increase my flexibility. This gym is not flashy but what it lacks in glitz and glamour it makes up for by the bucket load in personality. All of the staff are really friendly and despite not knowing anyone before joining the club, I was soon introduced to other squash players. The squash "join ins" are a favourite of mine, where all abilities play each other. I was only able to attend one of Simons fitness for squash sessions due to time constraints but I will defnitely sign up to them again when I return. I tried 3 types of YOGA during my 5 week membership and did 10 sessions of STEP, all of which certainly improved my general fitness and flexibility. Did you realise Racquets has a Chinese Restaurant and Bar? No I didn't either. A great place to relax, chat and have a drink after a hard game, training session or class. If you'd prefer a coffee there is a self serve machine and seating are on the ground floor. The changing facilities were regularly cleaned and the showers were ALWAYS piping hot, a must have in any sports venue. The Sauna was a real bonus to soothe those aching muscles. Racquets is a great club, with good facilities and fantastic staff who made me feel really welcome. If you want to keep fit I highly recommend joing Racquets Fitness.

Fantastic experience: A friendly and engaging club which enables everyone to realise their full potential. Great people, wonderful atmosphere and place you can feel at home.

Positive experience: Grateful for the fun and inclusive for all abilities junior squash sessions. Really enjoyed learning to play squash here in my 40s and appreciate this local squash club run by local friendly people who get involved in the community. All our family of 5 have played squash here over the years! Looking beyond the 1970s build is important to appreciate this fab local facility. Thanks to all at Racquets!

Positive experience: I joined racquets a few months ago as they offer a very competitive over 60’s membership. The gym is a friendly place and all the staff and fitness instructors are very helpful. As a more mature woman I sometimes feel intimidated at other gyms with a much younger and fitter membership. I’ve not felt like that at all at racquets and would definitely recommend giving it a go..!

Fantastic experience: Been a member at Racquets for a few years now and would highly recommend. Great facilities and friendly members of staff!

Positive experience: Racquets offer a wide range of classes, at a choice of times. There's always a warm welcome and all the staff are very knowledgeable. Fit 'n' friendly in a nut shell!

Fantastic experience: This is a good community gym to join, lovely, friendly and welcoming staff, and skilled personal trainers who would help you with a plan for any level, great choice of gym equipment and weights as well as outside area. Gym has many different classes for everyone and for every level as well as squash courts. Highly recommended. There is also a bar upstairs where people can meet over a drink

Fantastic experience: Friendly team and relaxed environment

Fantastic experience: Family run facility where you’re a person and not just a number. Great team working there that are always happy to help you achieve your goals. Always arranging activities both fitness and social which creates a wonderful atmosphere and environment for all. Highly recommended.

Positive experience: Racquet's fitness centre offers a wide range of activities for all ages and abilities, both individual and in groups. There is a very welcoming, positive, warm and family centered atmosphere and the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. We highly recommend being a member.

Positive experience: Very friendly club with variety of classes throughout the week. Can definitely recommend.

Fantastic experience: Racquets has a friendly atmosphere, a vibrant squash league, and having Wild Lemongrass on site as a post-game reward is just the icing on the cake.

Fantastic experience: Joined just over a year ago and do 4 or 5 classes each week. Very friendly team and a variety of social events happening frequently

Fantastic experience: I've been a squash member for 4 years and love it! Great squash for all abilities, fantastic coaches, plenty of courts and a friendly, welcoming and fun atmosphere!

Fantastic experience: The best thing about Racquets Gym is the people who work there and the atmosphere they generate. Great selection of PTs, warm and friendly staff with a lovely community feel. The weights are weights, they do the job, but you can’t replace the people!

Fantastic experience: Joined about 7 months ago as I wanted to maintain my fitness through the winter months. Great range of classes for all ages and abilities. Knowledgable and motivational trainers. Lots of flexible membership options too. Good location and easy parking. Recommended.

Positive experience: Was disappointed couldn’t get into a Wednesday 5.30 evening spinning class,

Fantastic experience: First visited the Centre 10 or so years ago to get fit and then took up racquetball. It's a great place. Excellent facilities for young & old, beginners & the more experienced. Most importantly, the Racquets' team are very friendly, supportive and, of course, knowledgeable and professional. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic club. Really friendly and great value

Fantastic experience: My Family have been members of Racquets for over 10yrs. Simon, Sue and the team have created a friendly welcome to all in the heart of Thame. All the classes you could wish for and a friendly face in the bar afterwards....

Fantastic experience: If you're looking for a friendly gym, this is the one. You will feel like a part of their friendly community straight away. What it lacks in modern looks, it makes up for in quality classes, instructors and team spirit.

Fantastic experience: Great location in the centre of Thame, loads of parking space, 3 gym spaces with one outdoors, loads of great classes and personal training to choose from, excellent Yoga and there is a bar with plenty of club social's!

Fantastic experience: Love coming here to work out, nice friendly bunch of people, really nice vibe

Fantastic experience: I have been a member of Raquets since some years and play squash there regularly. It is a small club with a family feel to it. It has four good courts a a vibrant junior section, lots of members activities. An overall friendly and homely atmosphere. I will not hesitate to recommend the club.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant staff, great classes. Big community feel and you don’t feel intimidated when you’re in the gym at all!

Fantastic experience: Local people, lots of good classes.

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym with friendly staff and all the right equipment. Attracts a mix of people, abilities and ages, free of cliques.

Fantastic experience: Great trainers who help you achieve your goals in a positive & supportive way. The access to all facilities including squash & racquetball allow you to mix up your exercise to keep things interesting.

Fantastic experience: Friendly team providing a great range of classes

Fantastic experience: A lovely friendly club with great classes

Fantastic experience: I've been a member of Racquets for over 25 years, it's a family run business and very friendly. All the staff are very knowledgeable and helpful which makes workouts and classes fun and enjoyable.

Fantastic experience: Friendly/professional staff. Good squash courts, plenty of people all standards to play Excellent Circuits & Pillates classes

Fantastic experience: I have been a member of Racquets for many years and really enjoy their spinning classes. They have a great friendly team and offer good value membership!

Fantastic experience: If you really want tto get fit then Racquets is definitely the club to join. Great staff, extremely knowledgeable and excellent value for money.

Fantastic experience: I joined Racquets Fitness Centre 8 years ago when I retired from work. I used to play alot of different sports, including squash, in my 20's and 30's but found that regular activity in the gym and joining classes has made me healthier and more energetic.

Fantastic experience: Friendly, family run gym and squash centre. If you want to get fit these are the guys to go to in Thame!

Fantastic experience: Neil and I are so pleased we took out annual membership of Racquets - great Healthy Hearts sessions, to name just one of the classes we go to, friendly staff on hand in the gym if we need advice, and organised social activities to enjoy too!

Fantastic experience: Super friendly and always helpful. Lots to get involved in. Both myself and my son use the centre weekly.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff with great knowledge of fitness and health. Racquets also have a Great range of activities classes from yoga to circuits. A very enjoyable place to play squash or Racquetball, in my view racquets is a great place to work out

Fantastic experience: This is an amazing club to be part of. Staff and members are very friendly and there are lots of social activities to join in with outside of squash and the gym

Fantastic experience: Really friendly gym with helpful experienced trainers.

Fantastic experience: I've been going to Racquets for my whole life (40 years, as of today). It's my second home, and I love it. Come here if you're looking for a fantastic family atmousphere, great squash courts, a well-equipped gym, bar with lots of social activities and a conveniently-located Chinese restaurant!

Fantastic experience: Cracking squash club. Love it!!

Fantastic experience: I joined Racquets nearly 4 weeks ago mainly for the gym. All the staff and trainers have been really helpful and the equipment is great for what I need with my strength and resistance training. It would be great if it could open earlier on tue and thu as I work funny shifts but I have enjoyed the non judgemental attitude I have had at some gyms. Brilliant facilities and love the grit yard on the warmer days.

Fantastic experience: A lovely family run gym that has a fantastic work out space, a great bar with a good selection of drinks and a Chinese restaurant/takeaway! I would recommend Racquets!

Fantastic experience: Racquets is the friendliest gym I have ever been too. Classes are very good and all the trainers are just lovely people. Highly recommend it.

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff and facilities- very friendly and always there to help.

Fantastic experience: Great staff and instructors, lots of different classes to suit different tastes. Lots of social events too. All in all great fun.

Fantastic experience: Great, super friendly club for gym and squash goers alike, or both, lots of car parking and a nice bar upstairs to rinse off the dust afterwards. Would highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been a member for probably 30 years, the instructors and staff are really friendly the classes are great and always fun I especially enjoy free weights on a Monday plus I get to play racket ball.

Fantastic experience: I have been a member of Racquets for 38 yrs. I always enjoy the great variety of classes . Always such a good atmosphere with wonderful instructors. The club is so friendly & inviting. For me its a great social life also. Always love my time at Racquets.

Positive experience: Great place to exercise, friendly and helpful staff and different events to enjoy within a social setting.

Fantastic experience: Lovely yoga classes, great value, friendly venue

Fantastic experience: Great place to train and friendly, helpful staff. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Friendly well equipped gyms and great squash courts. Thoroughly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Great for squash. Very friendly and lots of players to willing to play at all levels

Fantastic experience: I’ve been going to Racquets for years. It ticks all the boxes, but most of all Simon and his team are simply the nicest bunch and make it always a pleasure.

Fantastic experience: Love this gym, by far the friendliest around. There's good facilities and equipment and the grit camp classes are excellent

Positive experience: Racquets is a gem in the centre of Thame. Lots of classes on offer; good gym facilities and friendly staff. The daily GRIT sessions are varied, hard work but fun!

Fantastic experience: Great.

Fantastic experience: Hosted my hugely successful birthday party last week. All staff from both Racquets and Lemon Grass (the associated restaurant) were extremely helpful before, during and after the event which went completely smoothly and without hitch. Highly recommended!!

Fantastic experience: Having experienced every gym in the local area, I can say this is by far my favourite. The staff are all very friendly and helpful. Some of the equipment may be on the more dated side, but it has everything there you could possibly need. Would recommend!

Fantastic experience: 40 years a member playing squash. Wonderful game

Fantastic experience: I joined recently, maybe small but it’s great for my workouts loving to start feeling more toned again after 6 months away from the gym. Staff have been more than helpful & friendly much prefer here to the leisure centre no equipment hoggers!

Positive experience: Pricey fees for a small gym — not to mention a limited range of gym equipment presents issues to its availability during peak hours. With the emergence of a new gym in town, Racquets will have to up its game to compete. That being said, you can't fault the staff — and the whole place has a homely, if somewhat dated feel to it. It also has a prime central location, other gyms in town are not well located by comparison.

Fantastic experience: So glad that we've both rejoined the Club (both played squash many years ago). Great for racquetball games and excellent exercise classes. The Club is well run and brilliant value for money!

Fantastic experience: Friendly, unpretentious, effective. My fitness home from home! Great gym facilities, huge range of classes, genuinely welcoming staff. Something for everyone regardless of age or fitness level.

Fantastic experience: A really friendly club. There's a wide range of classes and activities, and it's easy to get involved - all the staff are really keen to help.

Positive experience: A nice little club. Staff are friendly and there's a loads going on. I mainly play squash and love the social side of the local league matches!

Fantastic experience: I have been a member for several years, initially joining to improve my squash/racketball. Which I would like to this has happened given I have taken advantage of coaching that is available. Court availability is normally fine during the day, however book early for peak times and when the summer leagues are running. There are a number of different memberships available. I have full that allows me to use all the other classes, I.e spinning, HIIT, Pilates etc. Having built up a thirst, enjoy a drink in the well stocked bar and listen to some wartime stories from Simon. A further bonus, Lemongrass Chinese also operate out of the premises. It is not David Lloyds but it is a friendly welcoming club at a fraction of the cost.

Negative experience: too small too much money and not enough women in there lol

Negative experience: Thame Leisure Centre gym is cheaper and larger.

Negative experience: One star for the small gym facilities available, anyone who is serious about fitness would go elsewhere. Also claims to be open on Sundays, which is not true.

Positive experience: It’s gets the job done but it’s seen better days

Fantastic experience: Great value for money, great people!

Positive experience: An education is important, but big biceps are importanter.

Fantastic experience: Good squash courts and gym facilities.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly and enthusiastic , squash range from beginners to semi-pro, a great sporting institution with a national reputation