Passionate petitions to save swimming pools from closure are barely out of the news. So it might be surprising to learn that official statistics from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) confirm there are 346 more public swimming pools in the UK than there were eight years ago. Although there are less diving pools and leisure […]
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The UK swimming pool and spa sectors celebrated one of its best years in a decade at its annual UK Pool & Spa Awards with an *eight per cent increase in business. More hostages to fortune with the unpredictable British weather, rather than the economy; two months of sustained summer temperatures in July and August […]
Three under threat school pools in Glasgow could be saved thanks to a private swimming tuition company.
A new initiative that looks to make swimming safer and ensure a minimum standard of quality and professionalism is maintained by swimming teachers has stated the importance of fully qualified staff in teaching young people to swim.
Hundreds of schools across the UK are allowing pupils to swim in sub-standard swimming pools unaware of the risks including the dangers of entrapment.
Once earmarked for closure by the local authority, prospects for the former Burnham Pool could not be brighter earning it the 2012 title of ASA UK Swim School of The Year.
Sport England has also announced a one-year investment in the ASA’s plans to tackle the decline in the number of people swimming regularly seen since 2006. £3.5 million of investment will help the ASA
Following a record-breaking number of entries, voting is neck and neck in the UK Pool & Spa Awards.
UK swimming personality Stephen Parry will be presenting the UK Pool & Spa Awards 2014 at the Crowne Plaza, Birmingham, NEC, on Thursday February 20,. An Olympic bronze medallist and a BBC sports commentator, Stephen is no stranger to the pool and spa sector and runs his own mobile pool business, Total Swimming.
Visitors queued outside and enthusiastically joined in a countdown to the opening of the much-anticipated Inspire: Luton Sports Village this summer
As the £24 billion London Olympics continues to dominate the headlines, UK leisure attention is already refocusing on grass roots sport, where funding concerns remain heightened.
A report by the Local Government Association warns that there will be severe cuts in non-statutory services by 2020 – but it is not all bad news. Sophisticated swimming pool design continues to deliver cost-savings while offering the potential for increased income generation by attracting more visitors – particularly the young – into the water.
