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Swimming Pool Scene NEWS


£1.3m Refurbishment Unveiled


…news in brief… NEW LIFE


Swimmers have launched a petition calling for a closed down Devon swimming pool to be reopened. The fun pool with fl umes and fountains was closed in 2012 at Plymouth Pavilions and replaced with the £46.5m Life Centre. The Pavilions pool is now empty and off limits as plans to turn the venue into a massive arena remain on the table.


ABOVE: Visitors fl ocked to the reopening of Brighton’s Saltdean Lido in June. by Waterco.


The historic Saltdean Lido reopened this summer following a £1.3 million renovation. Over 3,000 swimmers took to the water to celebrate the Brighton-based lido’s refurbishment after a long campaign by the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company (CIC), and their newly appointed operating partner, Fusion Lifestyle.


The Grade II listed lido was renovated in phases by contractor Aqua Platinum, including the complete demolition and new modernised design with heated pool, lighting, interactive water features and improved fi ltration supplied


The Saltdean CIC, founded by local residents, has played a key supporting role in making the main outdoor pool and children’s pool operational again after working with Fusion Lifestyle, who add the pool to their current portfolio of six other sites. Anthony Cawley, Director of Operations at Fusion Lifestyle commented, “We are delighted to be the operational partner at Saltdean Lido and it’s wonderful to see this historic site up and running again.”


Pensioners Solve Lifeguard Shortage


Leisure operator GLL is recruiting older people to help save a national shortage of lifeguards. With up to 20 per cent of its lifeguarding


roles unfi lled and around 90 current vacancies, GLL also hopes the initiative will counter common misconceptions around lifeguarding and encourage a wider demographic to apply. “You don’t need to be body beautiful to


save lives, nor do you need to be in your teens or twenties,” says Gerry Kendrick, Head of HR Operational Services at GLL. “Of course a good level of fi tness and swimming ability is key, but we currently employ around 40 lifeguards who are in their 50s, 60s and 70s and they are all valued and well respected members of our business.”


One example is 74-year-old David Hall from Oxfordshire. With more than 20 years lifeguarding experience, David continues to compete in swimming at an elite level. In 2013 he was the Great Britain Masters (70-74yrs) national champion in the 100m Butterfl y and 200m Butterfl y. To older people considering a lifeguarding role David says: “Get back in the pool! It


might seem hard and a big step initially, but once you’re into it, lifeguarding is hugely rewarding, very social and a great way to keep fi t.”


POOL DAMAGED


Hundreds of children have been left without swimming lessons after vandals damaged a pool and lifesaving equipment at a school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The pool at Paston Ridings Primary School was hit by vandals in July with brickwork also damaged.


NEW APPOINTMENT Sue Smith has been appointed as Swim


England Group Board Director. Sue brings a wealth of experience in the public sector, after 37 years of employment with local authorities.


BABY SWIM


Updated guidelines for the safe delivery of baby swimming have been launched. The PAS 520:2017 outlines best practice for swim schools, swimming teachers, leisure operators, underwater photographers and carers of children aged 0 to 4. This is the second edition of the British Standards Institute Code of Practice.


TOXIC FUMES


William Barnes Primary School in Dorset was closed for the day after a chemical leak at the school’s swimming pool sent toxic fumes into the air. Emergency services were called after a report that a container of 18 chlorine tablets had come into contact with water which created chlorine fumes.


CONTAMINATION RISK A study by the Centre for Disease Control


ABOVE: 74-year-old David Hall has been a lifeguard for more than 20 years and continues to compete in swimming at an elite level.


and Prevention (CDC) in America showed that chemicals and parasites contaminate thousands of swimmers every year. Mishandled chemicals in public and residential swimming pools, as well as hot tubs and spas, leads to 5,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments annually.


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