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NEWS IN BRIEF
New swimming pool
Last ditch attempt
Demonstrators made a last ditch
attempt to stop the tearing down collection from Waxman
of a much-loved Blackpool
swimming pool. More than 30 Waxman Ceramics, the UK’s
people gathered outside St leading supplier of swimming
George’s Pool in Marton as fencing pool tiles and mosaics has
went up ahead of demolition work. launched its new updated
The council closed the pool ‘Swimming Pool Collection’ – a
saying it was underused and brochure which features a range
therefore not viable to keep open. of high-quality materials,
The demonstrators held aloft including slip resistant tiles.
banners calling on the council to A bespoke mosaic design
‘Save Our Pool’ while many said service is available where
the demolition made a “mockery customers can choose from a
of democracy”. range of hand-made mosaic
motifs or can send in their own
design which is then converted
Morden Park pool into an individual work of art.
shutdown Waxman have vast industry
Campaigners calling for Morden knowledge and experience and
Park pool in London to be hold the largest collection of
replaced have been incensed by swimming pool tiles and mosaics
the centre’s latest fault, which in the UK at their distribution
caused both swimming pools to centres in Bristol, Loughborough
shut and forced gym users to take and their Head Office in Elland.
cold showers. Both boilers at the Copies of all Waxman
pool have packed up, leaving the Ceramics’ brochures are available
building with no heating. The fault to view and download from their
is the latest in a series of mishaps new website.
that has forced Merton Council to
make last-minute investments to
WAXMAN CERAMICS
keep the pool open. Pool users
pc www.waxmanceramics.co.uk
have faced months of disruption
with work on the changing rooms
while two years ago, netting was
placed over the ceiling to catch
tiles falling into the water
A liner fit for a Gladiator
PLEA FOR £250,000
MOVEABLE FLOOR
When the makers of the popular television series Gladiator needed A report has pleaded for a
Luton looks to the a liner for a plyboard water tank for the latest series recently high-tech moveable swimming
future broadcast on Sky One, they turned to the services of Certikin’s pool floor at a new £13m
Luton could soon be home to a customer, Evolution Pools Ltd, based in Hertfordshire. leisure centre.
new 50m, 10-lane swimming pool Evolution’s Director, Christopher Perry says: “We were asked to The £250,000 floor was
and ‘world class’ diving training provide a well-constructed liner for the 3m deep, 12.7m sq tank. part of the original central
facilities by 2012. Apparently in the next series the contestants run the risk of falling area leisure centre design,
A vision for the new Luton into the tank should they fail to complete their allotted tasks. The but Derbyshire Dales District
Aquatic Centre at the Regional producers at Shepperton Film Studios in Middlesex specifically Council planners earmarked
Sports Centre in Stopsley, which asked for the liner to be of double skin construction in case one of it as a possible saving to
could cost up to £25m, was the liners was punctured, thus potentially ruining the television set.” help combat a budget
revealed last month. The above-ground tank, which also features Certikin’s skimmers, shortfall of £2m.
Included in the cost are a multi- took two days to fill with 420 tons of water via a fire hydrant. Matlock Water Polo Club
purpose 25m pool, a sports hall, said the floor – which could
and a dry diving training room. vary the depth in half of the
If the project is given council pool from zero to two
approval, work on the site should metres – would benefit
start in 2010. disabled people and
The council is planning to water polo, life-saving,
borrow the cash needed for the synchronised swimming and
project, and pay it back using the sub-aqua clubs. The
money it receives from Luton movable bottom will create
Airport. Active Luton, which runs a facility that provides
the town’s other swimming pools, significant benefits
is the preferred option for compared to the Lido.
running the centre. Once the new The leisure centre could be
centre is up and running, the used as a training camp for
Wardown swimming pool in Bath teams prior to the 2012
Road will close.
Double skin layer demanded from Certikin ‘just in case’
Olympics.
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