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CANADIAN SHOW LOOKS AT PUBLIC POOLS The Canadian Pool and Spa conference and expo held in Niagara Falls on 8 to 11 December is set to be the biggest yet and a sign the Canadian economy and pool and spa trade is faring better than its US neighbours, says show organisers. The event is to include a special focus on the problems and opportunities for public pools in Canada.
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POOL WILL CLOSE FOR BIG REFURBISHMENT A busy Cambridge pool is to close for two months after it has reached its ‘10 year stage’. A £350,000 refurbishment at Parkside Pools will mean changes and upgrades to the pool and changing rooms. Cambridge City Council is refurbishing the facility, managed by leisure chain Everyone Active which said that the closure will cause “significant disruption”. The pool is 10 years old and a spokesman said that: “As with all these facilities the wear and tear on it is such that after 10 years things are looking a little tired.”
WIGAN NEEDS MORE SWIMMING POOLS Wigan doesn’t have enough swimming pools to meet demand – and that’s before any of them are closed. According to an
independent report by Sport England, the borough is likely to need more pools in the future as populations increase. The special report was commissioned by councillors looking to offload two of the borough’s pools to save cash and comes in the wake of a call to community groups to take over the operation and management of two pools.
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SPATEX ORGANISERS NEED MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE DECIDING SHOW’S FUTURE PLANS
The organisers of the SPATEX trade exhibition are not likely to make any decision about the future plans of the event until they have canvassed more opinions from within the industry and specifically from existing exhibitors. A poor response of 15% from an industry survey on the future of the show together with a disappointing attendance at an all day focus group meeting in Telford has left organisers feeling they do not have enough evidence about what the trade wants from its ‘own show’. The purpose of both the survey and the focus meeting was to gather intelligence and get a number of clear views established. The 2012 show is booked for Brighton but a number of options have been considered for 2013 with, at one stage a short list of 13 venues in the north, Midlands and London being considered should SPATEX move.
The next SPATEX Ltd board meeting is on Monday, 5 December where the future of the show is certain to be on the agenda. Any proposal for major change seems set to be sent out to the industry for consultation
The information gathered from the survey showed exhibitors, exhibition visitors and specialist companies were split when it came to any decision to move away from the event’s traditional base in Brighton. BSPF Managing Director Chris Hayes told the meeting: “The results of the survey produced no overall choice of preferred venue. There was a slight majority of visitors and a
THIS: One of the exhibition halls at Telford’s International Centre INSET: PIP Chairman Jamie Adams, BSPF President Tony Welsby and BSPF Managing Director Chris Hayes in discussion during a tour of Telford’s International Centre
larger number of exhibitors who did not consider Brighton to be the preferred location.” Other results included:
• Birmingham was the venue that came out as the preferred alternative to Brighton, but it was not a clear cut favourite
• There is a growing consensus for an annual trade show in February for three possibly four days straddling at least one weekend day and at least one week day
• A consumer audience is not a key target
Organisers have said they also want to look at the timing, duration of the show and whether it should be open to both trade and consumers. Telford was chosen as the meeting to give those attending the opportunity to look around the International Centre, a three hall exhibition venue providing 10,500 sq metres of space.
Chris Hayes led a discussion on the options available for SPATEX beyond 2012 which included views that: There was also some support for the idea of alternating between a venue in ‘the south’ and in ‘the Midlands’.
From the sample surveyed, there was little support for co-locating SPATEX with either a consumer or a trade show, but social events and access to social facilities was seen as important.
Chris Hayes told the forum that the next stage was to continue gathering feedback.
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PLYMOUTH POOL CENTRE AIMS FOR ‘GREEN’ AWARD
Due to open in February 2012, the pool facilities at Plymouth Life Centre will be one of Britain’s best. In the build up to opening the building is now bidding for it to also be one of the greenest.
The £46.5m centre will provide a family leisure pool with flumes, ‘beach entry’ and bubble pool, a 10-lane, 50- metre swimming pool with moveable floors and submersible ‘booms’ allowing flexible use and one of the top four diving pools in the country,
also offering a moveable floor so it can be used as a standard pool. A series of ‘green’ features is being implemented and 20% of the centre’s power will be generated through sustainable technologies. The building has been designed to maximise energy efficiency with a very high level of insulation being fitted. It will also feature a biomass boiler, as well as a combined heat and power plant to supply electricity. Heat will be recovered and reused from
the air conditioning to avoid unnecessary use of energy. The use of electricity and lighting will be minimised wherever possible, with Passive Infra Red Sensors (PIRs) being used to switch lights on and off automatically. Rainwater harvesting systems will be used for the dual-flush toilets; the flow of water to the showers will be limited to reduce water usage and aerated taps will also be used throughout the building.
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