Three under threat school pools in Glasgow could be saved thanks to a private swimming tuition company.
British Swimming
With the London Olympics almost upon us, these are exciting
times for swimming in the UK and the swimming pool industry as
a whole.
At five key training centres across Britain, competing
swimmers are working flat out before they go for gold – and
already swimming pools are seeing a dramatic increase in interest,
particularly amongst youngsters.
Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool has re-opened following a two-and-a-half-year, £37.5 million refurbishment. Built in 1970 for the Commonwealth Games, the A-listed, Olympicsized swimming pool was also used for the 1986 games. Now, following its £37.2 million renovation, the pool will host the diving events for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as being selected by the British Swimming squad […]
With the London Olympics almost upon us, these are exciting times for swimming in the UK and the swimming pool industry as a whole. At five key training centres across Britain, competing swimmers are working flat out before they go for gold – and already swimming pools are seeing a dramatic increase in interest, […]
Nearly three million people take the plunge every week, making swimming the biggest participation sport in the UK. But British Swimming and the BBC are working together to inspire even more people into the pool with the Big splash campaign.
