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4.4 MILLION TAKE PART
LONDON HOTEL
POOL NOMINATED
IN FREE SWIMMING
FOR AWARD
The pool at the prestigious
One Aldwych Hotel in
Ben Bradshaw, Secretary of London has been nominated
State for Culture, Media and in the ‘Green Hotel ‘category
Sport, applauded the figures of the Hotel Cateys 2009.
as proof of the scheme’s The hotel replaced the
success: “We never had any chlorine in their pool with
doubt that free swimming was PoolSan a year ago. This
going to make a splash – but it reduced their chemical
has shown itself to be an even footprint, helping it attain
bigger success with people, higher environmental
young and old, than we had standards for a nomination
ever expected. This is a big for this award. Celina
idea that has fast become a Brown of PoolSan Direct
big hit at pools all over the added, "This is a hard
country. Sport England is fought category. One
supporting the Amateur Aldwych's sister hotel, the
Swimming Association’s work Le Gray in Beirut has the
New figures show that over a thousand local to make the scheme an even city's first PoolSan pool
youngsters and older people authority pools in England bigger success, through a new and we are working with a
have taken the plunge more offering free swimming to network of county swimming Caribbean distributor to
than 4.4 million times thanks to people aged 16 and under, or co-ordinators and the offer of convert the third hotel in
the Government’s £140m free 60 and over, since April. 100,000 free swimming the group, the exclusive
swimming initiative. The Figures show that young lessons to non-swimmers. As Carlisle Bay in Antigua.
scheme is a key part of plans people took advantage of part of the initiative, Sport The Campbell Gray group
to ensure a lasting sporting 2.8 million free swims, with England is also administering a takes their responsibilities
legacy from the 2012 Olympic 1.6 million visits to pools by £50m capital fund in 2009/10 to guests and the
and Paralympic Games, with older people. and 2010. environment seriously and
converting to PoolSan has
helped them achieve
excellent results."
China set to host world’s
largest trade exhibition
CHANNEL SWIMMING
– TIMES TEN!
Eleven year old super
The impact of China into the 2010 is expected to show an 80% tubs, saunas, steam showers are swimmer, Florence Dickin from
world’s swimming pool growth rate. booming on the back of rapid Ipswich has completed her
market will become clear China is now clearly a fast economic growth, steadily eighth 22 mile Channel
next spring when Pool & Spa rising star for suppliers of pools, increasing residents income crossing, swimming a total of
& Bath China 2010 opens and hot tubs, sauna, and technical and the attention almost being 176 miles. Florence is
instantly becomes the equipment. imposed on the Chinese attempting to swim the
biggest trade show the The event is being held from people by the government to distance of the English Channel
industry has seen. 30 March to 1 April and is spend more time on their 10 times for Aspire, one of the
Held in China’s largest already attracting so much health and wellbeing. UK’s leading Spinal Injury
exhibition hall, the 7th China European interest that for many According to the latest Charities to mark the 10th
Guangzhou International event companies it will be the main statistics, the number of anniversary of their annual
will attract over 1,000 exhibitors exhibition focus of the year. domestic pools and water sponsored swimming event,
reflecting a market which in Throughout Asia, pools, hot parks is more than 10,000, the the Aspire Channel Swim.
number of what China calls Florence hopes to complete
The impressive modern venue boasts
spa halls, but is essentially 10 Channel crossings to France
the largest exhibition hall in China
public hot tub facilities, is up and back by December 2009
to 180,000 and more than 3.8 and is swimming at her local
million people now work in the leisure centre, Crown Pools in
specialist industry. Ipswich everyday. She will
The Guangzhou Asian clock up over 220 miles by the
Games 2010, means the public time she finishes her self
stadium in Guangzhou and imposed challenge.
surrounding cities need new For further information on
pool and spa complexes. taking part in the 10th
Anniversary Aspire Channel
PSB CHINA
Swim from Monday 14
September to Sunday 6
:
www.poolspabathchina.com
December 2009 visit
www.aspirechannelswim.co.uk
18 Swimming Pool News October 09 Digital edition available at
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