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IN BRIEF
PRESTIGIOUS 25 METRE POOL AND SPA
COMPLEX MAY BE A RECORD BREAKER
OLYMPIC PRESIDENT
ELECTED
Ray Gordon is to become the
ASA President for 2011-2012,
representing the swimming
association in this role for the
2012 Olympics.
Gordon was elected by his
colleagues on the ASA Board.
The position of ASA President
is usually elected by the
Regions in rotation, but during
Olympic year this decision falls
to the ASA Board.
Gordon attended the Beijing
Paralympics in his role as
Chairman of the British
Swimming Disability
Committee. He has an in
depth knowledge of the sport
and its organisation through
his work not only as an ASA
Board member but as
President of Newcastle
Swimming Club, Member of
the North Eastern Counties DV8 Designs, a Cheshire based residence. The private pool house ensure the final quality of the
Executive and Finance Architectural and Interior Design accommodates a 25 metre project reflects the hard work and
Manager for ASA North East practice, have completed the swimming pool and hydro spa dedication of all those involved. A
Region since 2002. design of what might be the pool, along with foot spas, and a selection of locally sourced stone
Gordon will take over the largest private residential walk-in sauna and separate steam was also specified to highlight a
role from the successor to swimming pool and spa complex room. There has also been feature wall at the top of the pool
current President John Russell. in the UK. provision made for male and hall in order to link the
The company work for a diverse female changing facilities, architecture of the external
range of clients, from private treatment rooms and a building to the interior styling.
LOSS MAKING residential to large multi-nationals gymnasium, which is situated on DV8 Designs are currently
SWIMMING POOLS A NO and have the flexibility and a glazed mezzanine level looking at similar architectural and
GO IN LINCOLNSHIRE enthusiasm to tackle both multi- overlooking the pool. interior design projects for private
Residents of Market Rasen in million pound enterprises through All of the finishes specified clients in Cheshire and Merseyside.
Lincolnshire have been told to modest residential projects. were of a high standard, including
that the odds of building a They were commissioned, by a a state of the art vaulted
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
new pool for the town are prestigious Aberdeen based stretched ceiling over the pool,
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limited because “swimming client, to design a newly contemporary mood lighting and F DV8 DESIGNS
pools very rarely operate at a constructed pool house in the the use of Villeroy & Boch ( 01925 850288
profit.“ grounds of their highland porcelain wall and feature tiles, to :
www.dv8-designs.co.uk
Locals have been warned of
the reasons for the lack of
progress constructing a Market
Rasen swimming pool. TEUFEL ENTER THE POOL HI FI MARKET
West Lindsey District Council
are looking at a revised Teufel, Europe’s leading seller of reflex housing, enable
concept for a new pool but are loudspeakers has launched a it to reproduce the
concerned that the venture water resistant swimming pool entire sound spectrum
will only ever cost money. and hot tub loudspeaker system with incredible
The council was told the to cope with what it calls accuracy and without
thinking would now be based increased demand for quality distortion up to an
on the one-year-old pool at hi-fi sound in and around pools eyeball-shaking 102dB.
Highworth. This would be a 4 and spas. Bass frequencies are
lane, 25 metre pool enclosed The launch of the Omniton represented so
by a light aluminium 202 powerful, full-range sound completely that a
structure. Highworth had brings the German specialist subwoofer is not
‘only’ cost £1.4m, but it did manufacturers into the UK pool necessary.
have a planned revenue market for the first time. Omniton 202 comes
deficit of £600,000 in five The company says the water- with a 12 year warranty
years. In other words, local resistant housing can tolerate on loudspeakers and 2 years
council taxpayers will only shock and moisture. warranty on amplifiers and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
have to find another The speaker’s 130mm electrical components.
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£120,000 a year! woofer and 25mm cloth dome The Omniton 202 is priced at F TEUFEL GMBH
tweeter, constructed in bass £140 per pair. :
www.teufel.eu
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