Swim England recently joined forces with the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) to tackle the urgent issue of more than 660,000 children could be missing out on swimming lessons. The national governing body says there are 12,000 vacant roles across the aquatics sector, with more than 3,700 amongst national and regional operators. Based on the shortage, […]
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Contact with an object, contact with a wall or the floor, slip, human error, contact with another person and water incidents have been outlined as the top six causes of swimming pool accidents. The report, which was developed for Right Directions’ accident benchmarking platform STITCH, found that swimming pools were the second most likely place […]
Water play equipment of all shapes and sizes poses a huge hygiene challenge to swimming pool operators. Sealed inflatables are plugged to prevent air escaping. Constant-flow inflatables, which can be big and complex, have an air blower permanently connected and running when the inflatable is in use. The materials of construction often allow water absorption […]
From white knuckle flume rides to tipping splash buckets and interactive aquatic toys… water provides the magic ingredient for happy children and in turn happy families. With the fun factor at the top of visitor wish lists, it is vital for commercial pool operators to continuously not just meet but exceed demands for safe and […]
