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NEWS IN BRIEF
Pool clicks into
Skills training benefit
Around 6,000 people are to benefit
from ASA courses after the Institute
of Swimming was awarded the
energy saving theme!
Centre of Excellence for Aquatics
Instruction. The new status, Certikin is stepping up
awarded by the National Skills promotion of its new Endless
Certikin – promoting two models in its Endless Summer range
Academy for Sport and Active Summer Heatwave pool based
Leisure, will mean swimming on a system of heat retaining
teachers and coaches across the panels which offers huge energy
country can gain increased access to savings.
industry-recognised training whilst The Endless Summer
the IoS identifies and meets the Heatwave is ideal for
needs of the sector. The courses – installation by any competent
some of which are locally funded – DIY-er and comprises an
and CPD seminars are delivered by ingenious interlocking wall
the Institute of Swimming, in panel system which, made of
partnership with the Skills Academy. polyurethane, has excellent
insulation properties. The
pool’s design reduces the size
No pool for three years? of the excavation required;
Bridgwater in Somerset could be saving time and money on
left without a swimming pool for at backfilling.
least three years – and possibly for Certikin claim the pool can be
good. Sedgemoor District Council installed within seven to 20 thermal insulated panels are temperature extracting heat
has considering three options and days, indoors or outdoors, designed to trap heat in the from the pool water, resulting in
with finances under pressure the professionally or self-build and pool and keep the surrounding energy savings and sustained
most likely is that they will be for domestic or commercial use. cold out. By restricting the loss warm water.
forced to drop the idea of a new It really is that easy! of heat through the walls, the
pool at the site. And one of the There are two models in the panels act as a thermal break –
CERTIKIN
ways to pay for a new pool, should Heatwave range – the standard keeping more heat in and
telephonesolid 01993 778855
pc www.certikin.co.uk
it eventually go ahead, is the and the deluxe. The patented preventing the outside ground
immediate closure of the Splash
pool, to save £400,000 a year for
three years until the new one
opened. But that would leave the
£3m boost for swimming from Kellogg’s
town’s 110-year-old swimming club,
which has 300 members, high and British Swimming has – Aside from developing across the UK to learn core
dry, and there are fears that school received a boost with the Britain’s elite prospects, the new swimming skills through the
swimming lessons would also be announcement that Kellogg’s partnership will provide support Kellogg’s ASA Award
under threat. The viability of the is to invest a further £3m in the for swimming at a local level Scheme – the most
Splash pools in the town, with their sport over three years, through the Kellogg’s Swim successful awards
popular flumes, has been a concern supporting a grassroots to Active initiative. Swim Active programme in British sport
for years because of their structural gold medals programme of aims to increase accessibility which has so far helped two
condition and the fact that they are swimming. and support for swimming in the million children learn to swim.
hugely inefficient in their use of The renewal of the hardest to reach communities David Sparkes, the Chief
energy. A survey in 2007 showed sponsorship deal – which and projects will include closed Executive of British
that it would cost around £2.05m continues the brand’s 25 year sessions for children with weight Swimming and the ASA, said:
to bring the Splash back into support of the sport – comes issues, single-sexed sessions for “The pioneering work of the
good condition and that the pools ahead of the World Swimming Sikh women, special family Swim Active initiative has
would still cost around £700,000 a Championships in Rome. The sessions and provision of helped us to bring our great
year to run. sponsorship will help fund transport in rural areas. sport of swimming to many
invaluable coaching and A significant element of the that would not have had the
training to keep the athletes at sponsorship will continue to chance to try and enjoy the
Better swim research the top level. encourage children and adults water otherwise.”
A new sports technology institute at
Loughborough University is using
the latest scientific findings and
research to improve sporting SOLAR-RIPP nominated for top award
performance including swimming International pool energy enter the competition if its
techniques and times. It is hoped specialists SOLAR-RIPP has product has already been
the £15m centre could make a been nominated for one of awarded a national or
significant difference to the 2012 Europe’s top design awards for international design prize.
medal tally at the London Olympics. its heaters. The Design Award of Since 2006 the award is
The ISRM has pledged to hold the Federal Republic of given for outstanding
early talks to look for ways in which Germany is the country‘s achievements in the fields of
it can work in partnership with the highest distinction in the field of product and communication
SOLAR RIPP
sports technology institute. design. It is known as the ‘Prize design, and to a personality in
pc www.solar-ripp.com
of Prizes’. A company can only the design sector.
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