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New Centre Opens In Hampshire
More than 5,000 people turned out to join double Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington, and local Rio golden girl, Alex Danson, to help Hart District Council and Everyone Active open the doors to the new Hart Leisure Centre in Hampshire.
Hart District Council has invested more than £23million in the new centre, which boasts top-of-the-range equipment and facilities. As well as three new swimming pools, a 130-station gym, four exercise studios and an eight-court sports hall, the centre will introduce a range of brand new facilities, including a climbing wall, multiple outdoor sports pitches, as well as a sauna and steam room. David Love, Everyone Active’s Area Contract Manager in Hart, said: “The new centre’s improved design, increased provision of swimming space and enlarged activity offer means it is better equipped to cater for local people’s health and fi tness needs, and shows Everyone Active’s commitment to Hart District Council’s long- established philosophy of supporting the health of its residents and
ABOVE: Double Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington offi cially opened the new Hart Leisure Centre in April.
ensuring they have access to top-class leisure facilities.” At the opening event, Rebecca Adlington jumped into the pool to start a host of water-based activities for more than 100 local children. Swimmers got to try their hand at synchronised swimming and water polo, as well as well as race against former Olympians Cassie Patten and Craig Figes.
Park Pool Upgrades Splash Back In Time
For one day only, Victoria Baths in Manchester gave people the chance to enjoy the fi rst public swim in the Grade II* listed building in 24 years. The heritage swim event in May was organised to increase awareness and help raise vital funds for the Baths as it continues to make its journey towards restoration.
ABOVE: The pool at Campsie Glen Holiday Park has been upgraded for the summer season by Eagle Leisure.
Campsie Glen Holiday Park in Stirlingshire has invested £80,000 into upgrading its outdoor swimming pool facilities. The new development, which launched in April, features an enclosure over the existing outdoor pool, plus the installation of a brand new children’s pool and new changing and toilet facilities. The new Perspex enclosure, model Endless Summer in Moss Green, is an aluminium and acrylic structure that offers safety by taking away the danger of broken glass, and functionality by sheltering the pool area from cold drafts and making it more weatherproof. The new children’s pool is a 2.5m x 4m NIVEKO one piece pool, which was supplied and installed by Eagle Leisure from South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Both swimming pools run on energy effi cient air-source heating system contributing to the environment-conserving focus of the park.
Swimmers were transported back in time and were able to use the original changing cubicles. The water was heated, but the building wasn’t, so swimmers came prepared to wrap up warmly after their swim. The Tea Room sold old-fashioned hot drinks including Vimto and Bovril on the day to add to the experience. Gill Wright, project development manager for Victoria Baths commented: “Lots of people enjoy visiting Victoria Baths, but it is a very rare opportunity for members of the public to be able to swim here. “We wanted to create an experience that enabled people to relive the Baths in its heyday, and to demonstrate what a wonderful and unique swimming experience it offers.”
ABOVE: The heritage swim event at Victoria Baths was organised to help raise vital funds for the Baths.
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