About Norm Cates
Norm Cates is a 35+ year veteran of the Health, Racquet, and Sports Club industry. He began his career as an owner/operator of a chain of clubs in the Atlanta-area and then expanded throughout the Southeastern United States. He and three partners started out by creating mainly racquetball-oriented clubs, and then over the years, reconfigured them into multisport facilities.
After serving as the last President of the National Court Clubs Association (NCCA) --the racquetball owners' trade association-- he was a co-founder of IHRSA (then IRSA) in 1981. Afterwards, he was elected to serve as IHRSA's 1st President. In 2001, IHRSA honored Mr. Cates with the first annual Dale Dibble Distinguished Service Award.
He established Club Insider in 1993 to provide a unique perspective of the club industry and to be a differentiated publication from other existing trade journals.
Phone: (770) 850 - 8506
Fax: (770) 933 - 9698
Previous Articles
- 2008 In Review
- THE Place to Be!
- A Memorial Tribute to Robert "Dr. Bob" Delmonteque - 1919 - 2011
- A Tribute to Rudy Smith
- Apex Fitness Surges In Chicago!
- Brian Evans' American Family Fitness Clubs... A Class Act In Richmond, Virginia
- Carol Nalevanko - Making a Village for Health and Fitness
- Catching Up With Cary Wing, Ed.D. - Executive Director of Medical Fitness Association
- CheckFree Continues Data Security Focus In Chicago - An Interview With CheckFree's Ron Poliseno and Data Security Expert Jonathan Rubens
- Club Industry/Fitness Business Pro Celebrates 25 Years!
- Club Insider Advertisers Delivering The Goods!
- Club Insider Contributing Authors Delivering the Goods!
- Dale Dibble, Club Business Legend, and Great Friend, Passes Away
- Dr. Art Curtis Shares His Vision as New IHRSA Chairman
- Fitness Legend, Jack LaLanne, Passes Away at the Age of 96
- Gale Landers' Fitness Formula Clubs Thriving For 25 Years!
- Gold's Gym Owner, Eddie Dail, Suddenly Passes Away
- Greg Lappin of the Rochester Athletic Club Sets the Gold Standard For General Managers
- Guy Cammilleri, New World Gym Managing Director, Shares Inside Story on Acquisition
- Herb Lipsman - A Texas Entrepreneur
- IHRSA Turns 30!
- In Memory of Those Who Passed In 2010
- Industry Embarrassment Hired by American Club Systems to Manage Gold's Gym in Indianapolis!
- James Weaver, New CEO of Gold's Gym International, Plans to Use Tried and True Methods
- John and Tammy Wright... Beating the Recession With Fitness!
- Julie Main - Devoted Wife, Mother and Leader (1956 - 2009)
- Lloyd and Roberta Gainsboro's Dedham Health and Athletic Complex... A Jewel In New England
- Mark Mastrov Honored - One-On-One With Club Business Wunderkind Mark Mastrov
- Medical Fitness Association Provides Important Differentiating Tools
- Medical Fitness Association Provides Portal to the Future - 20th Anniversary Celebrated With New Leadership Lead By Ken Germano
- Michael Bruno's Revival of Star Trac Off to a Great Start! Deal Making Equipment Guru Off and Running With Star Trac
- Mike Grondahl Comments on Missed Deal
- Minton's Sportplex - An SBA 100 Business!
- Minton's Sportsplex Best of the Best In Childcare
- Naked Woman At My Door... and why that's a bad thing - Lessons learned in the fitness business from a life on the road
- National Gym Supply Expands for Now and the Future
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- Norman L. Cates, Sr. Passes Away at 92 - December 27, 1917 - April 6, 2010
- Phil Wendel and ACAC in a Top 5% Category
- Planet Fitness Drops Personal Training!
- Randy Ivey Joins ABC Financial
- Rick Caro's Club Industry Panel - "Fitness Business at a Crossroad: How to Hold On in Today's Economy and Prosper in the Future"
- Rudy Smith Passes Away at 85
- Ruth Stricker... the Legendary Creator of The Marsh
- Simon Meredith Celebrates 30 Years with East Bank Club
- Steve Williams... One of a Kind! - 1949 - 2011
- The "Insider Speaks" - A Change of Attitude!
- The "Insider Speaks" - A Tribute to Tim Russert By Norm Cates, Jr. and a Lesson From Dr. John A. McDougall
- The "Insider Speaks" - Be Smart When Dealing With The Press!
- The "Insider Speaks" - Congratulations!
- The "Insider Speaks" - Got to Close? Professional Standards For Closing a Club
- The "Insider Speaks" - Hey... How Weak is Our Economy... Really?
- The "Insider Speaks" - IHRSA, A House Divided - A Mirror Image of the Industry At Large
- The "Insider Speaks" - Imagine The Evolution of the Health Club Industry Without IHRSA! - Part I
- The "Insider Speaks" - Imagine The Evolution of the Health Club Industry Without IHRSA! - Part II
- The "Insider Speaks" - It's Your Problem...
- The "Insider Speaks" - Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
- The "Insider Speaks" - The Evolution and Succession of Club Insider
- The "Insider Speaks" - What A Treasure Our Beating Hearts Are On This Earth!
- The "Question of the Century" for the Health and Fitness Club Industry
- The Atlantic Clubs' Owner Pat Laus Honored With The Lou Gehrig Humanitarian Award
- The Champion... Larry Pacifico
- The Life and Times of Rick Holder, Owner of Hampshire Hills Sports and Fitness - Growing One of the World's Top Sports and Fitness Clubs to Award Winning Status
- The Step Story
- Tim Richards, Club Veteran, Passes Away Suddenly
- TRUST
- Visual Fitness Planner Launches VFP Sales Fusion System
- Visual Fitness Planner Reaches 600-Club Milestone!
- What The Guys With The Money Think
- Why You Should Support IHRSA's Public Policy Efforts
