Pool & Spa Scene: COMMERCIAL POOLS
Inspire Sports Village Will Live Up To Its Name
ABOVE: The competition standard 50m, eight-lane main pool has a moveable boom to add to the fl exibility of the venue.
Visitors queued outside and enthusiastically joined in a countdown to the opening of the much-anticipated Inspire: Luton Sports Village this summer.
More than 500 people passed through the doors within the fi rst hour of operation to have a look around the new £26 million world class performance centre and to be one of the fi rst in the 50m pool. The venue houses one of the best swimming facilities in the country with a world class diving facility, the largest sports hall in the town, a high quality gym together with spinning, dance and aerobic studios.
The facilities include:
• a competition standard 50m, eight-lane main pool, with moveable boom
• a 10m, world class diving facility
• dry diving facility featuring fl oor mounted trampolines, harnesses to learn and practice in complete safety
• seating for 400 spectators
• a 20m x 10m, fi ve lane community pool with moveable fl oor to cater for a range of classes and users such as special needs groups, aqua aerobics, parents and baby classes and single sex swimming
• the pool has accessible changing facilities and all other changing will be accessible for wheel chair users
The centre also has a large sports hall capable of hosting a wide range of sports and regional competitions, a 100 station gym, dance and aerobic studio and a treatment room that will
28 Pool & Spa Scene: COMMERCIAL POOLS
ABOVE: A separate 20m x 10m, fi ve lane community pool with moveable fl oor will cater for a range of classes and users.
provide a physiotherapy service.
Active Luton is working closely with the ASA on the promotion of the sports village, who have already committed funding a post to develop aquatic activity in Luton from early years up to elite performance.
DIVING TOWER
The trust has employed two highly experienced divers, Harry Glover and David Jenkins, who have trained with and been coached by the very best in British diving. Their posts have been funded by British Swimming and together they will develop
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