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IN BRIEF
SWIMMING IN
SCOTLAND GIVEN
BOURNE LEISURE SAVES
MAJOR INVESTMENT
£77,000 A YEAR ON
Scottish Swimming has received
OLYMPIC POOL GETS GO the largest single investment in a
ENERGY BILLS
AHEAD Scottish sports governing body
Plans for an Olympic-size with Sportscotland handing them
swimming pool for £1.3m over the next year.
Birmingham have been given The figure, which is £100,000
the go ahead. The 50m pool up on last year, includes £751,000
will be built at a cost of £60m funding from the Scottish
on land close to the National Government and £580,242 is
Indoor Arena in the city centre. from the Sportscotland lottery
A city council spokesman fund.
said the council had ambitious Scottish Swimming Chief
plans for swimming pools with Executive Ashley Howard added:
work starting on another pool “This year’s investment from
in Harborne next year. Sportscotland demonstrates
There have been complaints tremendous confidence in our
about the lack of Olympic- governing body as we develop our
sized swimming facilities in infrastructure and challenge
Birmingham. Last year, ourselves to deliver a world-class
swimming coach Dave Marsh, swimmer pathway and outstanding ABB drives have helped one of the
who trained Paralympic gold- results in Glasgow in 2014. UK’s largest holiday park operators
medallist Eleanor Simmonds, “By delivering against our save £77,000 a year on its energy
said she had been training in ambitious plans for each step in the bills for its swimming pools
Swansea, as there were no 50m swimmer pathway, Scottish
pools in the West Midlands. Swimming, with the continued
support of Sportscotland, can build ABB Drives has helped one of the the drive was introduced, this
on our outstanding performance to UK’s largest holiday park figure was reduced to 23 A during
£14M REVAMP ON A date and make our vision – operators save £77,000 a year on the day and 15 A at night, with no
POOL WHICH WILL BE everyone can swim – a reality.” its energy bills for its swimming effect on water quality.
‘TOO SMALL’ Minister for Public Health and pools. Bourne Leisure which owns APDS and ABB recommended
A £14m revamp of the famous Sport Shona Robison said: “This brands such as Haven, Butlins and fitting drives to the pumps
Sands pool complex in Carlisle investment of £751,000 Warner Leisure hotels, has feeding the pool filters. The pump
has been agreed in highlights the importance we swimming pools at a number of filters operate by trapping dirt
partnership with the place on swimming which is one its properties. and debris in the sand filter and
University of Cumbria. The of the top participation sports in James Chalmers, an ABB Drives returning clean water back to the
scheme includes a 25m eight- Scotland. engineer, says: “Bourne Leisure swimming pool. Pumping the
lane pool as well as a small “It is second only to walking for had seen how successful ABB water at a reduced flow rate
learner pool but there’s a view adults and ranks third after Drives has been at the Hendra improves the filtration process
the pool will still be too small. football and cycling for children. Holiday Park swimming pool and and removes more contaminants.
Now the City of Carlisle “This, alongside the recent wanted to know if we could help Doug Pitt of APDS says: “The
Amateur Swimming Club is announcement of £5.5m for the on their pool pumping and AHUs.” trial showed the predicted savings
asking for a rethink. development of swimming pools ABB Drives Alliance partner for each 18.5kW pump at Devon
The letter, from committee and facilities in Fife and Tayside APDS was asked to investigate the Cliffs was £4,899 per annum,
member Douglas Mullins, says: and our £5m commitment energy saving potential and a trial giving a payback period of under
“This design will give no towards a new 50-metre pool in was conducted on two of the six months. The actual savings
flexibility in use. A much better Aberdeen, demonstrates a three filtration pumps at Bourne exceeded those predicted.”
solution would be to build a commitment to Scottish Leisure’s Devon Cliffs site. The
50m competitive pool with a Swimming which will help us to pump was monitored before a
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
moveable boom.” increase participation, improve variable speed drive was
i
The main pool in James performance and deliver a legacy installed.. The direct-on-line F ABB DRIVES
Street is 33m long. The nearest from the 2014 Commonwealth pumps were working at 50Hz ( 01925 741530
50m pools are 100 miles away Games in Glasgow.” drawing an average of 30 A. When :
www.abb.co.uk/energy
in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
But the club’s call for a 50m
pool at the Sands is unlikely to
get a sympathetic response NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR STA
from the city council. Council
leader Mike Mitchelson told an The STA begins 2010 with the announcement of a new appointment. Alan Siddons joined the Swimming
executive meeting last month Teachers’ Association as new Business Development Director.
that it would be too expensive. Alan has worked with Roger Millward, the Chief Executive, and the marketing team since 1992 in his
He said: “It would have cost previous roles as sales director for print companies’ Hill & Tyler and the Polar Group. Roger says; “Alan not
an extra £16m and an extra only has a wealth of commercial and sales experience that will benefit the STA, but importantly he is also
£500,000 in subsidy. familiar with our culture and how we work to serve member and client needs. 2010 is an important year for
“Even the Sports Council the STA, and will be filled with several significant new developments for the industry that Alan will be
predicts that it would take a introducing to clients.”
population of one million to Alan said: “It is very important that the enviable and well respected reputation the STA enjoys in the
support an Olympic-sized pool.” market place is maintained to its highest, and my focus of attention will be on ensuring that existing and
The scheme is due for new customers derive the maximum benefits from the excellent portfolio of quality services and products
completion by autumn 2012. the STA has to offer.”
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