EVERYONE ACTIVE SWIMMING PROVISION S
LM has won the ASA award for the ‘Facility Operator of the Year’ two years running – in recognition of the work the operator does to increase participation in swimming in pools across the UK.
There are currently 77,000 people, from five-months and upwards, being
taught each week at over 50 leisure centres by SLM’s Everyone Active’s ASA-qualified instructors – and Basildon Sporting Village is a flagship site. The swimming programme at Basildon offers annual, not termly, class timetables,
which means that teachers can watch their pupils develop while they get the security of year-round employment. Rookie life-guarding, synchronised swimming and water polo lessons are also available. Another Everyone Active swimming innovation is the provision of colour-coded
swimming caps to denote swimmers’ ability levels. As well as the obvious health and safety and pool hygiene benefits the caps are also a progressive reward incentive.
facilities at the site,” says Jefford. A major continuity bonus for the commu- nity is that most of the original pool and gymnastic club staff have now resumed their previous roles at the new set up.
Something for everyone A 10m-high climbing wall offers an eye-catching entrance into the sports complex. Designed by Rockworks, the wall includes a 7.4m wide bouldering area and sets the tone of the high stan- dard of other sports and fitness facilities within the rest of the complex. One major attraction is the Olympic-
sized pool. Measuring 50m x 21m with a depth of 1.8m, the pool is fitted with a dividing boom that can separate the space into two 25m pools, one of which has an adjustable floor system to alter depth, which maximises the pool’s flex- ibility and usability. An additional 17m x 9m teaching pool, with a depth of 0.9m is also included.
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Many NGBs are already looking to host regional sports events within the complex. Right: Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock wows the crowds on open day
International standard starting blocks,
supplied by Daktronics – identical to those which will be used at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, are attached to the pool edge, along with the touch pads fitted at both ends of the pool to keep both elite and recreational swimmers’ training times on track.
Elsewhere in the facility, the gymnastic
arena expands across an area equivalent to a 10-court sportshall. Home to South Essex Gymnastics Club, the gymnasium features a full spectrum of Olympic- standard gymnastic equipment including high and floor-based beams, vaults, asymmetric and parallel bars, pommel
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