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TIGHT FINISH AT LIFEGUARD
CHAMPIONSHIPS The lifeguard team from Cardiff Dragons won the ISRM/IQL National Pool Lifeguard Championships for the fourth time in six years at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. Nine teams took part from all over the UK, some experienced competitors and some competing at the event for the first time. Each team consisted of four lifeguards (two male and two female) who were tested over five modules which were designed to cover every aspect of lifeguarding, including fitness, CPR, first aid, incident management and rescue speed.
During the presentations Tara Dillon Executive Director of IQL gave an emotional thanks to Pete Whittall the event manager for the past six years who will step down in 2011. Tara announced that Pete would be honoured with the RLSS’s top honour at a forthcoming event.
25 METRE POOL FOR ROCHDALE
Rochdale local authority has signed the contract for the construction of Rochdale’s new leisure centre.
Plans for the building include an eight-lane 25m swimming pool and learner pool with moveable floor, as well as a sports hall, thermal spa, fitness suite, dance studios and youth gym. The new centre will be built just yards from the existing Central Leisure which will remain open during the building of the new centre. Work on the site is due to start in November and completion is planned for 2012, to coincide with the London Olympic Games.
IndustryNews DEC 2010 SPN
5559 STEVENAGE SWIM CENTRE TAKES CONTROL
A Complete Pool Controls, Pool Supervision chemical controller is helping management and staff maintain optimum control of water treatment at the refurbished Stevenage Swim Centre.
One of seven swimming pools in the Stevenage Leisure Group, the Hertfordshire venue has just completed a £2.5m makeover. A deck level, stream lined, 33 metre main pool allows easy access for all and a custom made movable boom has been introduced to allow maximum flexibility for a diverse pool programme from teaching to competition meetings. Centre Manager Darren Bickell turned to CPC when they began to experience problems with their existing automatic dosing system. “We cannot afford to risk problems and we must always look for reliability and accuracy as well as a user-friendly system that will cut down on monitoring,” says Darren. Designed by CPC’s in-house research and development team, the Pool Supervision offers both amperometric free chlorine and pH
A CPC Pool Supervision chemical controller is helping maintain optimum water conditions at the Stevenage Swim Centre
AQUA SPHERE SUPPORTS THE ARMED FORCES i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
control and is operated by a password-protected menu that is easily navigated with just five keys. The controllers use intelligent processing and exact metering to provide precise measurement and control and is suitable for pool and spa use. Safety features include a flow cut-out switch, high and low alarms, dosing cut-out time control and a robust alarm system. CPC delivered initial training for the staff at Stevenage Swim Centre,
F COMPLETE POOL CONTROLS ( 01242 662700 :
www.cpc-chemicals.co.uk
Swimming brand Aqua Sphere is supporting the our Armed Forces’ wounded heroes by donating Vista goggles and Aqua Gym equipment to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court in Epsom. The centre provides high quality rehabilitation for injured service personnel from all service disciplines including physical and psychological nursing support. Its facilities include a hydrotherapy pool and fully equipped gyms and it has established many links with external agencies such as the Para-Olympic Association and the Not Forgotten Association.
NEW TECHNICAL DOCUMENT ON TILING FOR SWIMMING POOLS
A new formal paper “The Design and Construction Process for Swimming Pools” has been prepared by a working group within The Tile Association. The paper has been written with the aim of providing advice for anyone involved in the process of designing, building and maintaining internal and external swimming pools.
For many years, the favoured materials for pools have been tiles and mosaics so the document has concentrated on swimming pools clad with these materials.
It focuses on safety in use, the long-term performance of selected finishes, the technical performance of a specialist facility and the aesthetic performance of the pool. It covers competition swimming pools, leisure swimming pools,
hydrotherapy pools and health club, hotel and private facilities. TTA members will be receiving a copy free of charge, with additional copies at £30 and £50 for the document in PDF format for multiple use. Non-members price is £125 for both paper and PDF version. Architects and specifiers can purchase at the members’ price; a copy of their letterhead is required confirming their status.
TTA acknowledges the support offered by Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association (SPATA) and the British Adhesives and Sealants Association (BASA).
i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
F THE TILE ASSOCIATION ( 020 8663 0946 :
www.tiles.org.uk
on installation and commissioning of the equipment.
“One of the bonuses of using CPC is that we have easy access to spares for the controller that can be part of our usual chemical order – a very convenient one stop shop,” said Darren.
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