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NEWS IN BRIEF
Brighton ‘experience’
in Atlantic City
It was a case of SPATEX all over
again. After a strong attendance
initially – including the most
successful pre-show education
day ever – the Atlantic City Pool
& Spa Show then suffered due to
foul weather.
In all, 8,291 attendees made it
for the three-day trade show, held
at the Atlantic City Convention
Center. The event was 11% off last
When kids go on holiday, swimming comes
out at the top of the things they want to do
year’s attendance, which reached
9,350. This year’s show also saw
420 exhibitors. Threats of snow
Swimming is tops with
storms to the north drove first-day
attendees home early and
discouraged others from coming
at all. Undoubtedly, some just
the kids on holiday
wanted to duck bad weather, but
others have side businesses
ploughing snow.
A new survey reveals that favourite thing to do on holiday, children and parents had a
children’s favourite activity on putting it above sightseeing, slightly different point of view.
holiday is splashing about in the playing on the beach and even For parents great value for Water ban in California?
pool. The survey by tour eating their favourite foods such money, good standards of A state of emergency amid a
operator First Choice showed as ice cream. accommodation and the prolonged drought in California is
that 92% of kids are in the pool In the same survey 42% of reputation of the holiday threatening to bring a ban on
everyday on holiday, and that adults said that swimming and company were most filling swimming pools. “This is a
46% spend most of their time lying by the pool was their important. But no less than crisis, just as severe as an
on holiday swimming and favourite holiday activity. When 50% of kids said the pool was earthquake or raging wildfire, and
enjoying water based activities. asked what was the most the most important factor, we must treat it with the same
Over 60% of kids surveyed important consideration to them preferably with flumes, slides urgency by upgrading California’s
said swimming was their when booking family holidays, and wave machines. water infrastructure to ensure a
clean and reliable water supply
for our growing state,” California
POOL SPECIALISTS Governor Schwarzenegger said
£4M POOL AND LIBRARY
SCORE SUCCESS WITH on Friday, calling on residents to
£3M POOL save water.
PROJECT GIVEN GO AHEAD
Three specialist companies have If residents do not take
been part of the success story voluntary measures to curb their
The £4m project with the London Borough of Bromley to build a linked with the creation of a £3m water usage, the state could
new community swimming pool and library complex in Biggin Hill swimming pool at King Henry institute water rationing –
has got the go ahead. VIII School in Coventry. The restricting lawn sprinkler systems,
The anticipated new facility, is to be built on the site of the building, which houses the 25 car washes and the filling of
town’s existing library, which the contractor will demolish as part metre, six-lane pool at the swimming pools, he said.
of the project. school in Warwick Road was
The architectural design continues inside the new building with built by Harrabin Construction
exposed timber roof beams in the pool hall area and an absence of and designed by CA Design, of More 50 metre pools?
exposed ductwork to create clean lines and minimise overall Leamington. The pool was Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has
maintenance costs. The new facility is expected to open its doors installed by Kenilworth-based promised a formal Government
to the public by early 2010. Buckingham Pools. It is the first plan to decide which areas of the
Ian Gifford, director of architect’s ISG Jackson’s Public division, in the area to use a combined UK need to have access to a 50
said: “There is a great deal of excitement over the commencement of heat and power unit. The gas- metre pool. On a visit to
the new pool and library facility and the scheme represents a major fired plant generates Lincolnshire where there has been
investment in leisure amenities by the council.” inexpensive electricity for the a campaign to get a 50 metre
new building and some of the pool built he said: ”Swimming is
school’s existing buildings. At so important as a way of getting
the same time it heats the water people active and I fully
in the pool and provides hot understand why people want a
water and heating for both the 50m pool as it is obviously the
new building and the school’s best there is. We are going to
existing buildings. Harrabin work out where the 50m pools
Construction, based in need to be so we have them
Vecqueray Street, Coventry, had stretched across the country in
previously built the £1.3m steel areas which will make good use
framed and oak-clad sports hall out of them.”
and arts complex at the school.
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