Thermapool, the swimming pool insulation company, earned itself a place in the finals of the recent
Hertfordshire Green Awards, alongside major international companies.
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DC Leisure has once again won the highly distinguished title âFacility Operator of the
Yearâ at the 2011 Kelloggâs ASA Swimtastic Awards, making it their seventh time scooping the top prize.
The companyâs continued commitment to the development of community wide swimming programmes and initiatives led to them winning gold, up against GLL and Everyone Active.
Makers of Hot Spring, Caldera, Hot Spot Spas and Limelight Hot Tubs, Watkins Manufacturing recently celebrated the significant milestone of producing its one millionth spa.
To mark the occasion, Watkins recognised its employeesâ significant and ongoing commitment to excellence with celebrations at its manufacturing plants in California and Mexico.
Working from its prime office and showroom location in Essex,
formerly home to Penguin Pools, renowned pool builders of the Seventies and Eighties, Aquascapes has not flinched from filling such large water leisure boots.
Whether as project consultants, designers or providing a turnkey wet leisure installation, Aquascapes has carved itself a
formidable name in the commercial water leisure sector.
Representatives of the 26 member companies that make up the UK-based buying consortium of National Leisure gathered in Amsterdam recently accompanied by Pool and Spa Scene editor, Christina Connor. The group visited the premises of Interhiva and Starline in Holland and Belgium to find out more about the products National Leisure already stocks and to learn about many new products they could potentially add to their 2012 offering.
Until recently, four-year-old Rowan Reardon could only access hydrotherapy on a very limited basis at Severndale Special School
in Shrewsbury and on his visits to Hope House Childrenâs Hospice in Oswestry.
Rowan was born prematurely and suffered severe brain damage. He now suffers from cerebral palsy in all four limbs and severe
developmental problems.
According to the Guinness Book Of World Records, San Alfonso del Mar, is the largest and deepest swimming pool in the world.
The focal point of a private resort located in Algarrobo, Chile, about 100km (60 miles) west of the capital Santiago, San Alfonsoâs
pool is 1,000m long.
With grateful thanks to our friends at the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, Pool and Spa Scene is delighted to bring you extensive coverage of the latest gold medal winning pools from the United States and around the world…
Set up in 1978 as an organisation for individual swimming pool
engineers rather than pool and spa businesses, The Institute of
Swimming Pool Engineers recently celebrated its 100th seminar.
The event, at The Watermill Hotel near Hemel Hempstead in
Hertfordshire, marked 32 years of service in which the Institute
has closely adhered to its core aims to foster a professional
approach to the design, installation and maintenance of
swimming pools, enclosures and all ancillary equipment.
