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NEWS IN BRIEF
New centre will open next year and has already been selected as pre Olympics training camp centre
Biomass system works
The first biomass heating system in
a council building launched at
Pitlochry High School, installed in
late 2008 has proved an
astonishing success. The system
provides energy-efficient heating
and hot water by burning
woodchips, locally sourced just two
miles from the school. It helps to
reduce carbon emissions on site,
with the change from fossil fuels to
biomass making initially estimated
savings of 131 tonnes of carbon
dioxide per year. Since the new
system was installed, 109 tonnes of
CO
2
have been saved, enough to
fill 648 double-decker buses or 81
Olympic-sized swimming pools.
£10M POOL AND DIVE
ASA promote fun in
swimming
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEND
The ASA has launched its
‘challenging and exciting strategy’ Plans for a £10m state-of-the- Other features include a to develop their diving and
for 2009-13, which includes how the art, 25metre dive centre and leisure pool with water slide, a swimming skills.”
national governing body will swimming pool at Southend water shell which sprays water, a The centre has been
capitalise on the government’s Free Leisure & Tennis Centre, have massage seat, a small fountain, selected as a Pre-Games
Swimming initiative and the 2012 been submitted and work is and a beach-style gradient Training Camp for the London
Olympics and Paralympics in London. already under way on site. allowing swimmers to walk from 2012 Olympic Games and has
The strategy will guide the way Architects Archial has been the poolside into the water. been included in an official
the ASA will work and sets down its working with the Southend-on- Outside the pool, there will be a guide to be distributed to
priorities and targets for everyone Sea Borough Council to develop dry diving training area with a every National Olympic and
to see. David Sparkes, the Chief the new pools. harness and trampolines, and Paralympics Committee at this
Executive, said: “We have set The new eight-lane swimming 376 tiered seats including 22 year’s Beijing games.
ourselves some ambitious objectives pool and dive pool will be home wheelchair spaces for visitors. Southend-on-Sea Borough
in our Strategy. These include to world-class diving facilities Paul Weston, Director at Council’s Executive Councillor
encouraging more people to swim – with 3m, 5m, 7.5m and 10m Archial said: “We believe that for Culture, Derek Jarvis said:
and have fun swimming – more diving platforms each of which our stimulating design will “The new swimming pool, due
often. This will start with creating a will be 3m wide to allow for enable all members of the to open in 2010 will be a terrific
magic ‘first’ moment in Learn to synchronised diving. The community, whether young or bonus for the town, especially as
Swim programmes and School swimming pool will also include old, to enjoy the swimming pool Southend Leisure & Tennis
Swimming and continue through to a moveable floor and a water at the Southend Leisure Centre. Centre has already been
helping the industry put the agitation and air cushion system We are particularly confident selected as a potential Pre-
customer at the heart of its work. If to enable swimming lessons and that the training facilities at the Games Training Camp for the
we get this right more children will exercise classes to take place. leisure centre will enable people London 2012 Olympic Games.
learn to swim and the pools will be
bursting with swimmers of all ages
and we will have changed the
culture of the sport.”
£1.2m for Scottish swimming – despite recession
Scottish Swimming has been Yet this comes against a Scottish Swimming’s strategy
awarded £1.2m, the highest backdrop of retiring document. Clubs use more
“We need pools“ grant ever made to any competitors and departing than 2,100 water hours per
Swimming and paddling pools – governing body of Scottish coaches, insufficient pool access week, but reckon they need
that’s what people want to see in sport on the day that Scotland and a school rebuilding 600 additional hours weekly.
Southsea. Residents were asked to went into recession. programme bankrolled by Some 60% of clubs feel they
write ideas on Post-it Notes
®
and Last year they received public finance initiatives which is have insufficient water hours
tracing paper and pin them on £818,000, but with investment closing several existing pools. to manage any increase in
giant maps of the seafront during from other sources, the Though some areas are better members or programmes.
a three-day consultation at increase is £200,000. off, swimming is being removed The funding increase was
Southsea Castle. Portsmouth City Splashing the cash will be from the physical education confirmed at Gorbals Leisure
Council teamed up with students seen as further reward for curriculum in some schools, centre in Glasgow by Sports
from the University of having been the country’s presenting a risk that some Minister Shona Robison who
Portsmouth’s school of most successful sport at the children may not learn to swim. said the record funding would,
architecture to host the event to last Commonwealth Games, Scotland’s 180 clubs have “Encourage people of all ages
find out residents’ views. Pools but the Scottish Government 50,000 members, but 92% of across Scotland to get active
featured highly in terms of the say it is also about increasing clubs have no international and benefit from a sport
amenities needed. community participation. competitors, according to Scotland continues to excel in.”
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