When Aspire Sports and Cultural Trust installed a new spa at the GL1 Leisure Centre in Gloucester, technical manager Steve Tonks wanted the best possible conditions for users, so he opted for Zeoclere media for the filtration rather than traditional sand. Steve had previously used Zeoclere back in 1997 on a school pool filtration system […]
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Originally developed to deliver new UK schools more quickly and at a fixed price, Sunesis Leisure has now been launched a range of cost-effective swimming solutions aimed at the school and local authority markets. Each Sunesis Leisure design features a swimming pool and learner pool of either four or six lane widths, housed in a […]
When it comes to business, likeable Lancashire lad, John Preston, prefers to add the personal touch – well, after all, the company does have his name on it.
Key players in the water leisure sector for more than 35 years, Golden Coast is now leading the way when it comes to the use of online and social media marketing within the industry.
The Hydropool UK team is celebrating record-breaking sales at a mammoth Ideal Home Show, topped off by a royal visit to their
prominent hot tub and swim spa stand by HRH Prince Charles – who officially opened this year’s event – officially the UK’s number
one consumer show.
Making his second visit to Ideal Home in concurrent years, the Prince of Wales met Hydropool UK’s managing director Jonathan
Bunn asking about the business; its products and its history as well as Jonathan’s opinion on the economic climate and future
prospects.
Regulars at the Aqua Aerobics class at the Oasis Pool in Hunstanton, Norfolk, were devastated to hear their star instructor had been head-hunted.
Popular instructor, Bartosz Rewkowski, a degreequalified PE instructor in his native Poland, not only taught aqua aerobics but also undertook swimming lessons, mostly for children. His classes were usually full to bursting and his departure has left huge shoes to fill.
The eyes of the world will be on Britain this summer as the country celebrates a unique combination of events with the coinciding of
both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
The great British weather permitting; the summer of 2012 promises to be a ray of sunshine amid the recent years of
prevailing economic storm clouds.
A leading hot tub equipment supplier has warned of the dangers of selling spa components directly to the general public, fearing the consequences including inevitable fatalities. Ray Desmond, the co-founder of Spa Euro, one of Europe’s leading trade suppliers, says the spa and hot tub industry is sitting on a ticking time bomb because of the lack of regulation.
One in three children is leaving primary
school unable to swim, according to a report
by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).
Of those who cannot swim, nearly two
fifths (39%) have never been offered lessons
at school.
Spa spares and repairs offer a wealth of potential to the water leisure sector, as Christina Connor reports…
