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GOLDEN COAST AND
AFFECTED
POOL ALLOWED
DEALERS FULFIL 25 WISHES
TO RE-OPEN
The main swimming pool at
Coast, where local crane a leisure centre where 51
company Southern Cranes were people fell ill has re-opened.
waiting with a mobile unit that A total of 51 people fell ill
took up the width of the road, in August, with 20 confirmed
to lift the spa over the house cases among them after the
and into position. cryptosporidium outbreak at
On each of the 25 occasions Merthyr Tydfil Leisure
Golden Coast delivered the hot Centre.
tubs in order that they could be A further eight cases of
installed as quickly as possible, the bug, which causes
with the dealers carrying out all diarrhoea, were found in
the necessary preparatory work September, leading to the
on site for installation and final closure.
commissioning of the spas. Two other pools at the
Joanne Micklewright, Make- leisure centre will reopen by
Golden Coast and Neptune Spas A-Wish Wishgranting Manager, the end of November.
combined for another Make-a-
says: “Golden Coast has been All three pools were
Wish Foundation success story
incredibly generous with the closed “as a precaution” by
provision of Marquis Spas over public health officials.
The latest Make-A-Wish Spa to be craned over the the past five years. Make-A- Dr Gwen Lowe, of the
Foundation UK spa installed by property into the rear courtyard Wish are very grateful to the National Public Health
Neptune Spas of Eastbourne garden, necessitating a full road staff and distributors who all Service for Wales and Chair
not only brought traffic to a halt, closure. Neptune Spas prepared come together to help us create of the multi-agency
but also took the number of the foundations and were on a magical wish day for our very outbreak control team, said
spas provided to the charity by hand to ensure the spa was special children. A spa allows a range of measures in
Golden Coast to 25. installed and commissioned some very precious time to be response to the situation
US manufacturer Marquis Spa ready for immediate use by the had as a family unit”. had been completed for the
and its UK distributor Golden recipient of the wish, five year Jamie Adams, Managing main pool.
Coast are long-term supporters old Connie-Jean Spence, who is Director of Golden Coast said: “The timescale for
of Make-A-Wish – the charity that living with epilepsy. “Our thanks go to our dealers works on the leisure and
grants magical wishes to children All those involved worked who over the years have learner pools will take
and young people fighting life- together to make this magical proved themselves over and longer and it is anticipated
threatening illnesses. day happen. Co-ordinated by over again when it comes to that these pools will
With the latest wish, the Simon Mercer of Neptune, the making wishes come true for reopen by the end of
nature of the terraced house in Marquis ‘Reward’ spa was these children, and this year is November,” she said.
Eastbourne required the Marquis delivered to the site by Golden no exception.“
M&M Timber joins forces with Dutch owned group
The Dutch-owned Outdoor and leisure products that is
Life Group has joined forces unrivalled and quite simply
with Midlands based M&M second to none.”
Timber Limited, a supplier of The garden and leisure sector
pool and leisure buildings. currently accounts for more than
The move, which means a third of M&M Timber’s
M&M Timber will now turnover. The company has
distribute the Euro brands succeeded in signing up well
Hillhout, Holgard and Outdoor over 300 independent retail
Life Products throughout the garden centres over the last two
UK, emphasises the years alone and the number
commitment of both continues to grow. Many of
companies to the garden and M&M Timber’s stockists already
leisure industry. sell Hillhout products.
“This is the biggest and The association with Hillhout
most significant now means M&M Timber can
announcement we’ve ever offer its trade customers a ‘one
made,” says Managing stop shop’ in timber garden
Director Nigel Poyner. products, supplying everything
“Alongside Hillhout, Holgard from its ‘all British’ sourced and
and Outdoor Life Products, manufactured rustic range, to
M&M Timber now has the the exciting new luxury designs
enviable position of having a and ideas from Europe’s best,
ABOVE: Outdoor Life Group’s Managing Director Bert van Veldhuizen
huge range of timber garden The Outdoor Life Group. with Nigel Poyner, Managing Director, M&M Timber Limited
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