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HARINGEY GETS SWIMMING BOOST A sport fund set up by London Mayor Boris Johnson has led to three swimming projects in Haringey receiving important cash lifelines.
Swimming in the borough will received a funding boost of £250,000 and will be used to improve pools.
Work will start next spring at Park Road Leisure Centre, in Hornsey, where new diving boards will be installed so a more varied plan of activities and lessons can be offered. Northumberland Park Community School, in Trulock Road, will get its swimming pool changing areas upgraded and the Chestnuts Primary School will have its pool brought back into use.
HOLIDAY HOTEL POOL DROWNING
A six-year-old girl from Kings Lynn has died while on holiday with her family in the Canary Islands. Megan Thrower, is believed to have drowned in the swimming pool of her hotel in Gran Canaria. Hotels with swmming pools are obliged by Spanish law to have one or two lifeguards on duty at all times but it is unclear if a lifeguard was on duty at the time of the tragedy, which happened at about midday.
£200,000 RENOVATIONS Peebles Swimming Pool faces more than £200,000 of refurbishment. The pool will close for 10 weeks to allow a major redesign of the changing and reception facilities. Funding from Sport Scotland and Scottish Borders Council will allow for a much larger changing area, which will now be unisex and compromise larger cubicles as well as a new locker system.
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19 CHEEKY MONKEYS OPT FOR POOL FUN AREA
Children’s Play centre, Cheeky Monkeys in Cwmbran South Wales, wanted to step up the attractions appeal – and found the perfect answer – an outdoor pool based water facility.
The business wanted somewhere which offered kids the opportunity to go wild in a safe controlled environment. To complement their indoor play area, they recently added an outdoor play facility. They called in the help of local pool retailer, Best Impressions of Llancayo who recommended the addition of a pool to sit alongside a proposed sand pit and picnic area to encourage varied outdoor activities and play. Certikin equipment was used on the project including a Calorex Propac 16 heat pump, Swimflo 1hp pump, Certikin North bubble cover and roller, Alpine 650mm filter and Rainbow inline bromine feeder and Swimflo 1.5hp pump plus auto water top up. Crowning the pool is an interactive snake.
Manager of the division, Steve Nelson says: “Our play features can be tailor-made or off-the-shelf and most incorporate some interactive features and are high on creativity. We can provide design expertise for projects
CERTIKIN EXPANDS ITS MIDDLE EAST PRESENCE i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
of any size and work around a chosen theme or suggest ideas. “Corrosion in swimming pools can be a major problem and is a common cause of equipment failure and premature deterioration of materials, in and out of the water,” explains Steve. “For that reason, all of our children’s play features are manufactured exclusively from a combination of UV stabilised GRP, Marine grade stainless steel and chemically resistant rubber making them very robust.”
Best Impressions completed the construction of the pool in just four weeks and the project was
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Certikin International is to launch a new company – Certikin Middle East FZE in Dubai. A new team of seven have been recruited and the business will operate out of new premises, including offices and warehouse, with the strategy of expanding Certikin’s presence in the Gulf.
Based in the Jebel Ali Free Zone of Dubai, the 500m2 warehouse holds a range of Certikin products, including white goods, underwater lighting, pumps, filters and accessories for both private and
commercial wet leisure installations as well as a comprehensive range of heaters and chillers.
Certikin says the expanded business will provide a platform for strategic partnerships to be developed with existing and new customers. It is looking to expand its activities into other nearby countries that are presently not serviced by any Certikin distributor.
Certikin’s International Business Manager, Jo Ainsworth, says: “Certikin was one of first brands to
be launched in the Middle East. Our business in the region has expanded dramatically following the opening of the Certikin sales office in January 2007 and we are proud to be taking the next logical step of opening a fully stocked warehouse.
“This is one of the fastest growing regions in the world and the establishment of a warehouse emphasises Certikin’s commitment to the region.”
In charge is Jon Maskell, who has recently been made Sales Manager and who has been working in the Gulf since 2007, when he set up the Dubai office. Supporting him are two new sales representatives: Sunil Gill the UAE Sales Executive (covering Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimahand Fujairah) and Export Sales Executive, Kalim Ullah, whose area comprises the rest of the GCC plus Iran, Pakistan and East Africa.
conveniently finished in time for the school holidays so it was put through its paces throughout the summer holiday.
Manager of Cheeky Monkeys, Kate Dando, adds: “The building of the pool this summer has really boosted business and brought in the crowds. It has been hugely popular and the children have loved playing with the interactive snake.”
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