We're into another Olympic year, and while Rio 2016 isn't as close to home as London 2012 was, it's still the perfect opportunity to refresh your sports club furniture and drum up some extra mid-year membership.
Gyms and sports clubs often benefit from New Year's resolutions, leading to a surge in people signing up to try and keep fit - but by the middle part of the year many of those good intentions have fallen by the wayside.
But with a Summer Olympics and the European Championships this year, there's plenty of reason why more members might sign up throughout the summer season, spurred on even further by regular events like the Grand Prix at Silverstone and the Wimbledon tennis championships.
Having a good standard of sports club furniture available helps your venue to look cared for, which in turn helps new members to feel valued, keeping them coming back to use your facilities over the long term.
Ultimately, this leads to an increase in takings whether from weekly fees and one-off charges to access certain facilities, a boost in sales from your bar, cafe or vending machines, and hopefully a rise in membership renewals at the end of the year too.
In terms of the sports club furniture available to choose from, the possibilities are almost endless, as of course different venues have different types of premises, from bar areas and restaurants to lounges and less formal cafe areas for light snacks.
Comfy tub chairs are always a good investment for your reception area, as they allow people to sit for a while until their friends, team mates or competitors arrive, and likewise they allow members to relax while waiting for a taxi to come and collect them.
Two and three-seater sofas take up more space, but can help to define the edge of a seating area in an otherwise open plan space - even just a couple of sofas facing inwards to a coffee table can give the impression of a defined seating space.
And stacking chairs add versatility to your sports club furniture mix, so that you can pack them away in a cupboard when they are not needed, or bring them out quickly and easily when extra seating is required for an event or just on a particularly busy day.