Glasgow Club Drumoyne

As one of the many Glasgow Club locations that doubles as school sports facilities, Drumoyne has more outdoor pitches available then most locations, whilst having somewhat limited indoor facilities.
Indoors there is a small gym which has good variety of equipment for its size but that also means at most only a few of each of the cardio machines. Thankfully it is also relatively quiet compared to other Glasgow Club locations which means this isn’t too much of a problem. There is a fitness studio which offers a varied schedule of fitness classes. My favourite being the Body Balance class on a Monday at 8pm. Lastly there is a good sized sports hall with room for 4 badminton courts and a generous amount of space around them. Our Roller Derby club uses this hall for one of its training sessions and, aside from being pretty warm, it has a good floor and is well-​lit which covers the basics of what you want from a sports hall.
In terms of outdoor pitches there are multiple synthetic football pitches (I believe for 7 and 11-​a-​side) as well as full-​sized grass football and rugby pitches. While these are great is also leads to one of the downsides of Drumoyne, that the floors of the changing facilities are nearly always covered in dirt that’s been tracked in from outside. Not great in any situation but especially when you’re on roller skates. This seems to be a common problem at Glasgow Club locations that are attached to schools.
Overall Drumoyne is generally an OK facility but caters most successfully to footballers.

Recently re-​joined the Glasgow Club (only my 3^rd or 4^th time of re-​joining, yeah! Haha!) and I have to say I did not even know this place existed until a taxi took me past here one day & I spotted the Glasgow Club sign. This is SO handy for my work and until Kelvinhall gets its act together & finally re-​opens this shall be my ‘local’ GC gym.
Drumoyne GC is like Haghill in that it is also adjoined to the local primary school, this makes it a lot easier to find/​ask directions as if you say ‘Drumoyne GC’ to most folk they probably wouldn’t have a clue but if you asked whereabouts the local primary school is most peeps would know. Plus this time of year it is great as the school & GC are all lit up quite brightly which makes it a lot less spookier when approaching & leaving the place.
I’ve only been twice so far; once to the gym & again for a class. The gym is an okay size — similar to Haghill or Springburn with about 4 or 5 of most cardio machines plus weight machines and also 2 seperate areas for free weights/​mat work. They have the music channel on the main stereo system but some machines have wee tv’s to which you can plug in headphones so you can climb a hill whilst watching Pointless if you so wish. S’nice.
The room for the classes is also of reasonable size and I have to say they put on quite a few different classes and various times for a quite small GC venue. The room fits maybe about 20 people tops, depending on the class. I went for Body Pump and I presumed I was the only non-​regular there as I was the only one she singled out & said ‘Have you done Body Pump before?’ too. Most others are hardcore regular pumpers (ooh-​err!) and by the end of the class it showed (I was sweating like a beast & most of them were all staying on for another class! Crazy!)
Really enjoyed the class and I ended having to be right at the front directly in front of the instructor (which I wouldn’t normally choose to do) but it was fine — she kept me right with my posture/​moves which considering I hadn’t done BP for a while was helpful. She was a tad scary at first but then again a lot of these instructors can be…*sorry GC instructors!*
The changing area was clean & had quite a few private showers, toilets & lockers are placed nearby and all are within the vicinity of the gym or class-​hall so it means you can make a swift entrance & exit if in a hurry. Lockers here take a £1 so please don’t be like me & forget to bring one… doh. Luckily the lady on reception handed me some change, phew.
Mon-​Thur Drumoyne GC opens from 9am-​10pm, on a Friday it shuts a bit earlier at 9pm and at the weekends it’s open 9am-​5pm.
They also have 7 & 11 a-​side 2G & 3G (haven’t a clue what that means?!) football pitches alongside grass rugby & footie pitches.
Public transport-​wise the nearest subway is Govan but it is quite a walk away so I usually get a bus from here to the subway station as there are bus stops directly outside and all the buses that stop here seem pretty regular. It is also about a 15 minute walk from the Southern General hospital.