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MAYOR HANDS OUT £7.5M TO
Birmingham spends
£140,000 on repairs GET LONDONERS SWIMMING
Birmingham Newtown swimming
pool will reopen to the public early London Mayor Boris Johnson has with Make a Splash and as it
next year after securing £140,000 for announced plans for a £7.5m streams across the capital
restoration and repair work. The pool programme of investment in thousands more Londoners –
has been closed since May after swimming facilities to help deliver whatever their age, novice or
earlier repairs revealed asbestos in his aim to make Londoners more otherwise – will be able to
the ceiling and roof, prompting active and healthy. practise their strokes. This is
officials to order extensive structural He announced the only the start – we will be
surveys of the building. Birmingham investment with Commissioner confirming further details of
City Council said a project to remove for Sport Kate Hoey on a visit to our £7.5m investment.”
the asbestos safely and provide new Greenwood primary school in For this first scheme, the
structural supports had now been Ealing, where pupils tried out a Mayor and the Make a Splash
given the go-ahead. Martin Mullaney, mobile pool that has been partners have funded two
Birmingham’s Cabinet Member for temporarily installed for use by swimming pools, which will be
Leisure, Sport & Culture, said: “We the school and the local placed in three venues each
have been able to secure funding for community. during the next year. Pools will
the repair work and further down The pool is part of PlaySport be hosted by London boroughs
the line we can look at plans for a London: Make a Splash, a new and operate six or seven days a
new pool.” scheme that offers swimming in week. They will offer intensive
parts of London without classes to all age groups,
facilities, which is being including adult and child Managing Director of Total
Lido determined to go delivered in partnership with sessions and 60+ classes. Over Swimming, Steve Parry said:
‘green’ The Variety Club Children’s 75% of the users of these pools “We just want to get more
Volunteers working to secure the Charity, the Amateur Swimming are expected to be non- Londoners swimming. It is one
future of an open air swimming Association, Total Swimming swimmers and there will be of the safest forms of exercise,
pool have not been successful in and London Swimming. experienced instructors on hand. but it’s a sport that could
their bid to get funding for The Mayor said: “Swimming The first pool will remain at potentially save your life. Plus, if
alternative power. Beccles Lido Ltd, is a fantastic sport, great Greenwood primary school until you want to take up any of the
which is working to get Beccles exercise, and also wonderful December and a second pool is popular watersports, whether
open air pool open again next fun. Yet finding a place to swim being introduced meaning sailing, windsurfing, or sub-aqua
summer, reached the final regional is not as simple as going out for more will have a chance to take diving, you need to be
stage of the British Gas Green a jog. We’ve taken the plunge up the scheme. competent in the water.”
Streets competition but were
unsuccessful. Lido director Maureen
Saunders said volunteers are still
determined to use sustainable
Certikin appoints two
TAUNTON NEEDS
energy sources at the attraction.
NEW £10M POOL
The group had applied for funding
for a pool cover with solar panels
new sales executives
Planners are due to meet to
discuss plans for a new
which would generate enough Certikin International has position as a Calorex/H&V swimming pool in Taunton.
power to heat the main and toddler appointed two new sales Sales Executive. Julie worked A new report claims the
pools, money to replace the old executives to its team. Sally for Certikin for six years in the town’s existing two pools, in St
boiler and to fix a leak in the pool. Cooper will be based in H&V Department where she James Street and Station Road,
Birmingham, Sally will cover was well known as an expert are “coming to the end of their
north of the M4 including on Calorex products. Since natural lives”.
Blackburn pool closing Scotland. Sally has a strong leaving Certikin Julie has The former, built in 1935, was
One of Lancashire’s busiest commercial background in gained experience in-ground closed temporarily this year by
swimming pools is to be closed for pools. Certikin has also source and air source heating. environmental health officers
a month in the run-up to Christmas. announced the return of Julie Julie will be travelling and the cost of maintaining it is
Families hoping to use Water Fun Pringle to take up a new nationwide. “not sustainable”.
Centre in Blackburn town centre will A 2005 report estimated a
be turned away because of Julie Pringle replacement pool would cost
“essential maintenance”. Fears have more than £10m.
been raised about the condition, as Terry Beale, President of
the pool had to close in May when a Taunton Deane Swimming Club,
metal plate fell from the ceiling. said: “Sport England says the
Blackburn with Darwen council council would need to build a
insisted the 23-year-old pool was new leisure centre with several
shut for maintenance every different sized swimming pools
Christmas, but admitted this to meet demand.
year’s closure was longer than “It also suggests that more is
previous years. done to encourage places like
They said it would allow air King’s College and Taunton
vents to be replaced, which will School to open up their pools
require scaffolding throughout the for public use more often.”
Sally Cooper
pool area. The pool in Station Road was
built in 1974.
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