NEWS IN BRIEF GLL Tops The Chart For Best London Pools
QUALITY THE KEY FOR AQUA PROCESS ENGINEERING With the opening of Acton Baths in London due early April, it concludes the fourth swimming pool filtration package by Aqua Process Engineering with Willmott Dixon a leading main building contractor in the leisure industry. Aqua Process plant includes Hanovia ultraviolet systems, and moveable floor by the leading Dutch supplier Variopool. David Clare, Sales Director for Aqua Process said: “We aim in our design cooperation with consultants, main contractors and end users a product which may not be the most competitive in cost, but a designed product that shows engineering quality and valued engineering.”
FT LEISURE APPOINTED AT HABERDASHERS The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School (commonly referred to as HABS) is a private school in Hertfordshire for boys aged 4–18. It is frequently cited as one of the best schools in the country and approximately one fifth of its students go on to study at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
FT Leisure has been appointed to provide the filtration package for the school’s new £9m pool and sports complex. The leisure centre contains a single eight lane pool with moveable floor and submersible boom. The main contractor is Jerram Falkus Construction and the architect for the project is BHM Architects.
Other recent FT Leisure projects include Dundee’s Olympia Sports Centre, the Michael Woods Leisure Centre in Glenrothes and Kircaldy Leisure Centre.
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GLL, the charitable social enterprise, were proud to announce recently that four out five of London’s best swimming pools are operated by the company under its ‘Better’ brand, according to results published in the Evening Standard. The four GLL-run venues include the newly reopened London Aquatics Centre, a former Olympic venue that boasts two 50 metre pools; Crystal Palace National Sports Centre where former Olympian Blake Aldridge provides the demonstration dives for the programme Splash!; Marshall Street Baths, a newly
restored Grade II-listed Victorian pool; and the London Fields Lido, the city’s only outside 50 metre heated pool located in London Fields park. Charlton Lido will be London’s only other outside 50 metre heated pool when it is officially reopened this spring, also run by GLL. The fifth venue in the poll was The Berkeley, a privately-run roof top pool in West London.
The Evening Standard poll coincided with the official reopening of the London Aquatics Centre following refurbishment after the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
Mark Sesnan, Managing Director for GLL, said: “It’s fantastic news that four out of five of the best pools in the poll are operated by us, and it’s a testament to the hard work that everyone puts into running our top class facilities. As a non-profit organisation, we are committed to investing back into the facilities that we operate. This ensures that local communities will benefit from the best swimming experience at an affordable price, a nd to a quality comparable with privately run facilities such as The Berkeley.”
Fusion Lifestyle To Operate Bedford Swimming Pools
Highly experienced sports and leisure management organisation, Fusion Lifestyle, has taken over the operation of Bedford Borough Council’s leisure facilities as part of a newly announced ten-year partnership between the two organisations. Fusion will be managing the Council’s eight leisure facilities which includes three pools – Robinson Pool, Kempston Pool and Oasis Pool. The partnership has safeguarded the long-term future of all of the facilities and will also save the Council over £1m per annum for the term of the contract.
Cllr Doug McMurdo, Portfolio Holder for Leisure
Excellence Certikin’s MD, Neil Murray awarded Cardiff-based pool retailer, All Swim, the prestigious Peter Geekie Award for Retail Excellence at the recently held SPATA Awards ceremony in Coventry .
Certikin Rewards
In its impressive showroom in Cardiff’s Penarth Road, All Swim
and Culture, added:
“At a time when many other local
authorities are closing or
cutting back their facilities, it is tremendous news that we have identified an operator who will keep all centres open and improve them significantly.” The new partnership with Bedford Borough Council will add to Fusion’s current portfolio of over 70 centres across the south east of England, Greater London and the Midlands.
Ltd displays an extensive range of equipment for swimming pools, spas and saunas with a huge range of supplies and
accessories also available online with next day delivery throughout the UK. MD of All Swim, Jane Veysey received the Award and a £500 cheque from Certikin’s Neil Murray. Each year the Award is sponsored by Certikin and is named after Peter Geekie due to his influence as one of the pioneers of the pool industry and founding fathers of Certikin.
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