Swimming Pool Scene NEWS
High Flying Certikin Host Traditional Seminars
The UK’s biggest wholesaler, Certikin stole its usual march on its distributor rivals, hosting its traditional customer seminars last month.
The popular annual showcase provides Certikin the ideal platform to highlight new products promising enhanced customer service systems for 2018.
With an emphasis on new technology, stand out new additions included the new Clever Pool Inverter, a low-cost solution for reducing the running costs of pool circulation pumps and improving the efficiency of swimming pool filtration. Look out also for Out Of The Blue, a smart pool analyser and the new Fit@Home APP that allows the control of the Fastlane counter current units. Liners have been given a refresh with new patterns giving the look and feel of ceramic tiles and with each liner embossed with a unique identification code to make replacement ordering seamless. The events provide an ideal opportunity for customers to air views and discuss how, with a new pool season ahead, Certikin can help boost business.
A free networking lunch was followed by the opportunity to browse around a ‘capsule’ exhibition showcasing the latest additions to Certikin’s portfolio. Certikin staff and suppliers were able to provide technical support, answering queries and offer advice on any projects you’re currently working on. The seminars were as entertaining as they were informative but it was former British ski jumper, Eddie the Eagle Edwards, as this year’s key motivational speaker, who stole the show. The highlight of the event was the chance to get to know Michael Edwards – better known as Eddie the Eagle Edwards – who captured the hearts of the British public at the 1988 Olympic Games. It was Eddie’s determination and stoicism, and arguably his lack of success that made him so popular amongst audiences who came to regard him as a likeable underdog. Having not made the grade as a downhill skier, he decided to switch to ski jumping as there were no other British ski jumpers with whom to compete for a place.
ABOVE: Neil Murray, left and Richard Way, right, pictured with Eddie The Eagle Edwards at the recent Certikin seminar.
Edwards was informed of his qualification for the games while working as a plasterer and residing temporarily in a Finnish mental hospital due to lack of funds for alternative accommodation (rather than as a patient). Edwards was the best, albeit the only ski jumper, in the United Kingdom, who still holds the British record of 73.5 m in one of his Calgary jumps of 1988. Edwards competed in and finished last in both the 70 m and 90 m events. Having published a book of his life, and even releasing a top selling single, in Finland, Edwards appeared in a number of advertising campaigns commanding fees of £10,000 an hour. Nevertheless, he declared bankruptcy in 1992. In 2003, he graduated from De Montfort University in Leicester with a degree in law. After several false starts the biopic movie, Eddie the Eagle, starring Taron Egerton as Edwards, and Hugh Jackman as his trainer was released in early 2016. It was a box office success.
ABOVE: Delegates took the opportunity to have a close up view of new products and enjoyed the added value networking.
ABOVE: Much loved ski jumper, Eddie the Eagle Edwards wowed the audience at the recent Certikin events.
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