Swimming Pool Scene INDUSTRY NEWS
New Year Honours for ISPE Members
ISPE Vice-President Colin Day, who was chairing the meeting in the absence of ISPE President John Cheek, announced two special presentations at the 117th ISPE One-Day Seminar in Clevedon, North Somerset. The first was the presentation of the Jim Johnson Filtration Shield to Dane Wilson from the UK Pool Store in Kent. This trophy is awarded for an excellent technical paper, or presentation, on the subject of filtration, or, as in this year, for an outstanding ISPE Filtration exam paper. Dane had scored scored a very impressive 90% in his filtration exam. There was one more surprise award and this was
for an ISPE Fellowship and he read a citation outlining the special contribution to the ISPE of Philip Barlow. A very surprised Philip was presented with his Fellow certificate and a silver ISPE lapel badge. A strong turnout of 45 delegates event held before
Christmas, heard an an informative presentation from Brian Tyler and Steven Gallagher from Lonza who talked about the impact of the ‘Biocidal Products Regulation’ upon European companies who manufacture, sell or distribute pool treatment products.
ABOVE: UK Pool Store’s Dane Wilson, pictured right, receives the Jim Johnson Filtration Shield from ISPE Vice- Present, Colin Day.
new and updated from the previous edition of the book. Copies are available at the special price of £55 from the ISPE stand at SPATEX.
Colin Day teamed up with Colin Jenkinson, MISPE, to guide delegates through the five section of ‘The control of Legionella and other infectious agents in spa-pool systems’ (HSG 282) from the legislative requirements through to the testing and monitoring of water quality.
In a commercial, ‘paid-for’ presentation, Michael
ABOVE: Pictured here with ISPE Vice-Present, Colin Day, Philip Barlow, right, has been made a Fellow of the Institute.
NEW PUBLICATION Howard Gosling, FISPE, and Colin Day, FISPE, gave a joint presentation on the new PWTAG book ‘Swimming Pool Water’. This publication had been launched the day before and the presentation outlined what was
Cormacey, MISPE, of Aqua-Blue Designs, outlined the background to Aqua-Blue Designs’ activities as designers of pools and pool halls, moving on to their specialist pool equipment design fabrication work; specifically pool sumps and their latest invention the ‘Kormo-safe’ anti-entrapment outlet.
The next ISPE Seminar will be on Thursday March
8th and more details will be available the ISPE website (
www.ispe.co.uk under diary dates) or from the ISPE office, email:
ross@ispe.co.uk, or telephone 01603 499959.
About ISPE
The Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers was set up in 1978 to establish an organisation for the individual swimming pool engineer (no corporate membership) to:
• Foster a professional approach to the design, installation and maintenance of swimming pools, enclosures and all ancillary equipment;
• Give recognition to technical skill and ability;
• Engage in the education and training of persons within all sectors of the swimming pool industry;
• Promote unrestricted co-operation and liaison between all persons actively involved in the industry and its allied professions and trades;
• Provide opportunities for association and
interchange of thought and experience amongst the members and their colleagues.
www.ispe.co.uk ISPE Institute of
Swimming Pool Engineers PO Box 3083 Norwich NR6 7YL
ross@ispe.co.uk Tel. 01603 499959
ABOVE: Michael Cormacey of Aqua Blue Designs gave delegates information on a new anti-entrapment product. Swimming Pool Scene INDUSTRY NEWS 55
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