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NORTHERN IRELAND GETS
‘CRYPTO POOL’
OPEN TO THE
IT’S FIRST OLYMPIC POOL
PUBLIC
A swimming pool at the
Work is due to start on the Bangor pool in 2010 former sports minister Edwin centre of an outbreak of the
Poots two years ago and the cryptosporidium bug which
pool will form the first phase of has left around 30 adults and
Sport Northern Ireland’s Elite children ill has been allowed
Facilities Programme. The full to re-open.
business case and a £15m grant Merthyr Tydfil Leisure
for the new 50m pool Centre is open to the public
development, which is after being inspected.
expected to get underway in Eight of those who fell ill
spring 2010, has now been have been confirmed as
approved. The facility will be having the stomach bug.
incorporated into plans for the The outbreak came after a
construction of a larger leisure pool party at the leisure
complex in Bangor. centre.
McCausland said:“This will They said a likely cause
be Northern Ireland’s first was a “faecal accident” in
Olympic–sized swimming one of the three pools.
pool. As a regional centre of Dr Gwen Lowe, consultant
The Northern Ireland sports swimming pool in Bangor. excellence, it will be a state- in communicable disease
minister Nelson McCausland , North Down Borough Council of-the-art facility to be control at the NPHS,
has approved plans for the was selected as the preferred enjoyed by all the people of insisted the swimming pools
country’s first Olympic-sized bidder for the scheme by Northern Ireland.” at the leisure centre were
safe to use.
“We have vigorously
investigated, we have
Police probe poor water
chased up all the cases we
have managed to get hold
of, we have inspected the
pool, we have had an
quality after pool death
independent water expert to
look at the pool and we’re
happy that all the systems
Police in Ireland are examining whether cloudy and poor quality bathing water may have impaired are functioning that should
visibility at a swimming pool where an eight-year-old boy drowned. be functioning,” she said.
Isaac Agabe-Aqdefeya died soon after another child in the pool spotted him and raised the alarm with “There isn’t any increased
lifeguards. The tragedy occurred at LeisureLink, a privately operated pool and leisure centre run. risk and the pool can remain
Detectives are examining whether the water quality may have hampered visibility in the swimming open.”
pool at the time the child got into difficulty. Dr Prysor Williams, who is a
Isaac went to the LeisureLink pool with his brother and sister for an afternoon swim on August 20. He lecturer in environmental
got into difficulties and at about 3.20pm was spotted at the bottom of the pool by another child who management at Bangor
immediately alerted one of the eight lifeguards on duty. Despite their attempts to revive Isaac, he was University, said it was not
pronounced dead at Navan General Hospital. likely that all the 49 people
Cloudy pool water can be caused by many factors, ranging from mechanical issues such as inefficient who attended the party
filters to chemical and other issues such as the numbers of people using a pool at any one time. would become ill.
A spokesman for the management company said the child was rescued by lifeguards who had “The incubation period
observed him in difficulty. The company said there were eight lifeguards on duty when the boy got into after ingesting
difficulty and said the pool was at 60% capacity at the time. cryptosporidium is typically
The Irish Water Safety Association, said the only standards in place are its own voluntary guidelines. seven to 10 days,” he said.
POOLS4SCHOOLS PLAN HELPS ASTON PUPILS
Pupils are to get in the swim in Frederick Road, for September programme, funded by the ensure that all children have the
Birmingham following plans to and October. It is part of the Department for Children, opportunity to learn to swim and
move a temporary swimming British Gas Pools 4 Schools Schools and Families, works with enjoy good quality lessons.
pool from London to the city. programme. Aston will become the Amateur Swimming
Children have been learning to the first venue to benefit from Association. The Pools 4 Schools
swim in London as part of a the programme for a second scheme aims to offer intensive
successful summer camp set up time following the success of last swimming lessons to school
for the first time on the South year’s scheme when 720 children children to help meet the
Bank of the Thames during the from 12 schools learnt to swim in National Curriculum target of all
school holidays. The temporary the revolutionary 12m pool youngsters being able to swim
swimming pool is now moving to which was inserted into the 25 metres by the age of 12. It
Aston where it is being set up at sports hall last October. The was established by Olympic
King Edward VI School, in British Gas Pools 4 Schools bronze medallist Steve Parry to
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