Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
A well-earned rest for devoted trainer Jeff
The Gazette
|May 30, 2025
TRAINER Jeff has retired after inspiring hundreds of Teessiders in more than 6,000 military-style bootcamps.
Jeff John Hazell, 69, has hung up his dumbbells after 11 years as a physical trainer at his outdoor fitness company PhysicalFX.
Since its inception in 2014, Jeff has successfully led thousands of boot camps, in turn contributing to the health and wellbeing of participants with sessions at Tees Barrage and Hemlington.
Jeff, a former military serviceman, decided the time had come to retire to focus more on his family, particularly his wife Lee and their two sons, Harry, 25, and Ollie ,15.
Married for 30 years, they have lived at Marine Point, in Hartlepool, since 2010.
This story is from the May 30, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Gazette
The Gazette
Strelec set to return but defenders still missing
MIDDLESBROUGH have been handed a fitness boost ahead of Derby County's visit today, with David Strelec expected to be back in the squad.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Island in the limelight
IF YOU MISSED THE BOAT THIS SUMMER, NOW'S THE PERFECT TIME TO HEAD TO MENORCA, SAYS SAMANTHA WOSTEAR
3 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Max says Norris will feel pressure
FORMULA ONE Max Verstappen has told Lando Norris that if he was driving his McLaren the world championship would “easily” be over.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Remote control
COERCIVE THEO MANIPULATES BATTERED TODD INTO ISOLATING HIMSELF IN THE FLAT... BUT IS THE GAME UP?
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Victim says partner's brutal attacks felt like 'living in horror film'
A DRUNKEN Middlesbrough thug left his partner feeling like she was living in “a horror film” after subjecting her to a series of violent attacks.
2 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Hellberg vows to give every player a chance to prove
KIM Hellberg says every Middlesbrough player will have a clean slate and an opportunity to impress him over the coming weeks, as he gets to know his squad.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Ditching first day rights for workers 'not U-turn'
THE government's decision to abandon day-one workers’ rights against unfair dismissal is not a U-turn and does not break Labour's election manifesto, a senior Cabinet minister has insisted.
1 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Merger of two GP practices is confirmed
HEALTH chiefs have approved a merger between two Teesside GP practices.
1 min
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
England are facing a pink-ball ‘lottery’
ENGLAND'S hopes of levelling the Ashes scoreline are at the mercy of a pink-ball “lottery”, according to Stuart Broad.
2 mins
November 29, 2025
The Gazette
Woman dies after being hit by lorry
POLICE ISSUE APPEAL TO ANY WITNESSES OF A66 INCIDENT
1 mins
November 29, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size