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SPN DEC 2010 IndustryNews
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JETFORM EXHIBIT THEIR SKILLS ON THE SOUTH BANK
Jetform Pools, the SPATA Pool Contractor of the Year in 2010, were in on something of an exhibition first on the banks of the Thames. It was an exhibition where visitors were allowed to go swimming. The brief for Jetform, based in Ramsden Heath in Essex, was to provide the filtration, heating and chemical dossing to allow an
interactive sculpture to be used by swimmers. The exhibition was Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World which took place at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London from June to September. The brief involved designing inlet and outlet pipe work for the pool that was to be independent and not interfere with the structure of the sculpture while
LEISURE TRUST SECTOR CONFIDENCE IS DOWN
Leisure trusts are feeling the pinch, with confidence in the medium to long-term down significantly from last year to just 47%. Sporta is the representative body for leisure and cultural trusts in the UK and according to findings from its 9th State of the Industry report, there’s widespread concern about the impact of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review on the provision of services that leisure trusts offer.
Cultural and leisure trusts are social enterprises that partner with local and other government agencies to provide affordable, community services, including sport and leisure facilities, libraries, museums and theatres.
The research also showed that the main challenges facing trusts have changed significantly during the last 24 months – illustrating the reasons behind the drop in the
sector’s long-term confidence. The primary concern for almost a quarter of respondents was reduction in government funding, a new category, followed closely by reducing subsidy from the local authority, last year’s biggest worry, and the general economic situation, again a new category to the board. In line with this, the survey reveals the multitude of community enhancing programmes that sporta members deliver, such as a strategic partnership with British Swimming, which has resulted in a range of initiatives including free swim lessons, and partnerships with local schools – one trust is delivering 800 hours of physical activity to schools in its area each year.
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eliminating any entrapment issues. This was achieved by using flexible 50mm pipe work supported by stands and plumbed under the pool in a channel through the centre of the pool and down to the pool floor and plumbed into a circular return manifold. The suction pipe work was installed in a similar way with a manifold on the pool floor designed so as to eliminate entrapment. The artist was eager to incorporate the pipe work into the work with all the pipe work visible. The plant included a 100ft cartridge filter, 1hp Aquaspeed pump, Rainbow inline chlorinator and a Certikin electrical control panel and a new vacless – safety vacuum system.
Said Jetform’s Keith Saunders: “The exhibition was a huge success and I am reliably informed this is the first time members of the public attending an exhibition at the Southbank Centre were allowed to go swimming.”
PUBLIC TAKES OVER
More than 2,000 people in Wiltshire have had their say on the future of swimming pools in the county.
During the three-month consultation Wiltshire Council asked communities whether they were interested in running seven of them linked to leisure centres. It found 11% of respondents were prepared to help, a spokesman said.
Wiltshire Council is proposing building new facilities and refurbishing others, while a number would be transferred to the community to run. When the authority was formed more than a year ago, it inherited 23 leisure facilities from the area’s five former councils.
Council bosses are proposing that leisure centres in Corsham, Downton, Pewsey, Tisbury, Westbury and Wootton Bassett, and Westbury and Bradford-on- Avon swimming pools, are run by community groups or trusts.
RICHARD BRINGS GOLD GLORY BACK HOME FOR THE FAMILY
Basingstoke based Brickell Pools had a golden celebration when family member Richard Brickell won the singles skeet gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Richard, whose family owned business, has been building and maintaining indoor and outdoor swimming pools for over 50 years, beat defending champion Georgios Achilleos in the final shoot-off to claim what he described as his “best personal achievement”. It was his second medal of the games after he and Clive Bramley won bronze in the pairs skeet, finishing behind Mr Achilleos and his Cypriot team-mate Andreas Chasikos. After picking up his medal Richard, 34 said: “I am absolutely delighted, over the moon. It was a real tough one as everybody here is superb and you saw how close the game was. “I was a bit unlucky with that first miss. I was certainly hoping for the gold until something massive went
wrong. When I missed one in the shoot-out I was hoping he would also miss one, and luckily he did. I was very nervous in front of a huge crowd, the media and the cameras. But I kept my cool and finally did it. I knew I had the ability to get gold but it is always difficult when you are competing against the best. So I just stuck to the basics and left the rest to God.”
Richard, a former Olympian at Athens in 2004, and his wife Kate, both have the London 2012 Olympics now firmly in their sights after being included in the World Class Performance Pathway Programme.
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