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EXPANDABLE PLUGS WIN
NEWS IN BRIEF
PRAISE ON WATER SAVINGS
Capturing nature’s free
energy
‘Sunburst’ – the solar energy
glowing reports from pool system for heating swimming
maintenance engineers. pools – capturing free energy from
Engineers are finding that the sun, even on cloudy days – is
when they make alterations to now available from Golden Coast.
pools there are real benefits’ “Think of it as a vacuum flask,”
One said: ”Putting a T says Shaun Adams of Golden
connection on a 4” return pipe Coast. “The insulating effect of
and the other, putting a ball evacuated tube technology
valve on a 1.5” return pipe from creates a vacuum around the heat
my skimmer because the pump pipe, which means that the system
A product whose aim is to save during maintenance, an which pulls the water has broken is so efficient temperatures of up
water is winning rave reviews increasing number of swimming and the only way to replace it to 250°C can be reached, far in
from the specialist trade. pool operators have been able would have been to drain 1,800 excess of traditional black solar
Water is now an expensive to isolate the bulk water gallons of water. By using a pipe panels.” ‘Sunburst’ is made up of
commodity and draining away volume and thus avoid plug the most water I expect to a series of Pyrex glass vacuum
even small volumes prior to discharge to waste. lose will be about three gallons. tubes within which are closed
undertaking maintenance Huntingdon Fusion Techniques copper heat pipes. These pipes
operations can be costly. By Ltd, which manufactures
HUNTINGDON FUSION
protrude into a manifold through
using expanding plugs to seal expandable plugs for a wide which the water is pumped,
pc
www.huntingdonfusion.com
circulation and drainage piping range of operations, has received heating it as it passes. Grants are
available from the Carbon Trust
when solar power is used to heat
commercial pools. In a domestic
ASTRALPOOL TO
Fusion seeks to step up pool attendances
situation, whilst no grants are
SUPPORT LIW IN 2009 Fusion Lifestyle is to work with Oxford City Council to develop the available, the efficiency of the
Leisure Industry Week is council’s leisure facilities. Fusion plans to increase substantially the system means that it is possible to
again to profile the best of number of people using the city’s swimming pools and to improve heat the domestic hot water
the commercial pool market customer satisfaction. They have signed a 10-year management contract supply and a pool, thereby
at the three day show at the which will deliver improvements to most of the centres and reduce the improving the pay-back time by
NEC Birmingham from 24 to overall cost of the service resulting in better value for money for the reducing the overall household
26 September. The people of Oxford. Fusion and Oxford City Council will also be working energy bills.
AstralPool Skypool, will again together to develop longer term improvement proposals.
be forming the centrepiece Councillor Bob Price, Leader of Oxford City Council, says: “The
for Pool & Spa, the partnership with Fusion is good news, and will provide an excellent Lido re-opens
commercial pool section of basis for developing our facilities with a partner who has wide Swimmers had a splashing time at
the show with experience of the leisure industry across south east England and a celebration party to mark the re-
demonstrations from the London. Fusion are our chosen partner because they share the opening of Matlock Lido’s main
ASA, Zoggs and Aquasphere. Council’s values and objectives. Our aim is to develop a rolling pool. Derbyshire Dales District
There was some doubt over programme of improved facilities and services, increasing our value Council hosted a free pool party
Astral’s commitment to the for money over the year.” The leisure centres, (Barton Pool, following a nine-month closure
LIW show after last year Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, Blackbird Leys Pool, Ferry Sports and £400,000 of work. Work,
when attendances were Centre, Hinksey Pool, Oxford Ice Rink and Temple Cowley Pool & including essential roof repairs,
down and there was some Fitness Centre) remain in the ownership of the City Council with improvements to changing room
disappointment about the management delivered by the Fusion partnership. ventilation, a new boiler and
whole event. However Fusion is a registered charity whose primary objectives are to mechanical and electrical works,
AstralPool has decided to provide facilities and services in the interests of the social and has been carried out.
support the Birmingham physical welfare of local communities.
event and their attendance is
seen as the focus for other Make swimming a
specialist companies to priority
attend. Heatsaver, Andrews Not enough of the £10m Sport
Engineering and Aqua
ARCH WATER SPONSORS
England investment fund to create
Drolics are some of the latest sporting opportunities for people
companies to join. The latest
DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
in rural areas is being spent on
addition to the educational Arch Water Products is to sponsor the Institutes of Sports and swimming pools. The Liberal
line up at Pool & Spa is the Recreational Management Continued Professional Development Democrats say that the new fund
Institute of Sport and Scheme – for the fifth year in a row. CPD can make a significant which opened on 1 April should
Recreation Management contribution to raising standards and is seen as a great vehicle to be more sympathetic to swimming
seminars covering all aspects maintaining knowledge and competence. Brian Tyler Commercial pool projects because of the mass
of the new European pool Accounts Manager for Arch said: “Arch takes great pride in it’s long appeal and popularity of
standards and how they will association with the ISRM and fully support the CPD scheme. Our swimming. “Soccer pitches and
affect operators. business is all about helping our customers create the best environment running tracks may have a higher
For more information on for their customers to swim in, and with a commitment to learning on profile but swimming is the one
Leisure Industry Week, visit their part the end results can be achieved much easier. I personally have sport we believe should have a
www.liw.co.uk participated in the scheme since its conception within the institute, and priority,” said a spokesman.
also encourage colleagues participate in the CPD programme.”
20 swimming pool news JUNE 09 Digital edition available at
www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk
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