News: Aquatics
Auckland swim scheme reaches 60,000 children
Over the last two years the Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) has delivered free swimming lessons to close to 60,000 children in the region. As part of collaborative...
Dec 12, 2013
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'People power' keeps Newcastle pools open
Advocates objecting to Newcastle City Council plans to cut operating hours and increase admission prices at the Beresfield and Stockton Swimming Centres have welcomed a change...
Dec 11, 2013
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Splash pad opens at North Brisbane's Newmarket Pool
The long-awaited refurbishment of North Brisbane's Newmarket Pool is now partially complete with the recent opening of their Vortex Aquatic Playground Splashpad. The...
Dec 11, 2013
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Perth attraction to open new children's aquatic playground on 21st December
Western Australia's The Maze Family Fun Park has revealed that the first stage of its planned waterpark expansion - a three-storey-high children's aquatic playground with two...
Dec 10, 2013
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Inquest hears of risky surf conditions at 2012 Surf Life Saving Championships
Several witnesses have told an inquest into the death of teenage lifesaver Matthew Barclay about challenging conditions at the 2012 Surf Life Saving Championships on the Gold...
Dec 9, 2013
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YMCA Swimathon aims to help wipe out drowning across Australia
Registrations have now opened for the YMCA Swimathon 2014, which will be held at 68 pools across Australia on Sunday 2nd March. The YMCA Swimathon encourages people of all ages...
Dec 6, 2013
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Victorian Government commits $3 million for new Hume Regional Aquatic Centre
The Victorian Government has announced it is to provide $3 million towards Hume City Council's plans to develop the Hume Regional Aquatic and Sport Complex at Craigieburn in...
Dec 5, 2013
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Swimming Australia to develop new National Inclusion Framework
Swimming Australia is marking Social Inclusion week and today's International Day of People with a Disability, by turning its focus to being proactive in its endeavour to ensure...
Dec 3, 2013
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Victoria launches Water Safety Week to combat increase in drowning numbers
Victoria's water agencies Life Saving Victoria, Surfing Victoria, Yachting Victoria, Kidsafe Victoria, Swimming Victoria and Aquatics and Recreation Victoria have launched Water...
Dec 3, 2013
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Wet'n'Wild Sydney set to launch Australia's second and largest Latitube standing surf wave simulator
In the lead up to its opening on 12th December, management at the new Wet'n'Wild Sydney have released details of their 'The Surf Deck' wave machine. The second, and largest,...
Dec 2, 2013
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WhiteWater delivers waves of excitement to Atlantis The Palm
WhiteWater has been promoting its newest innovation - a heart pumping, six waterslide complex overflowing with features not seen anywhere else in the world which has opened to...
Nov 30, 2013
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Commonwealth Games Federation impressed with Gold Coast 2018 progress
Following a visit to the Gold Coact, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission has backed preparations for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018)...
Nov 30, 2013
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Plans to redevelop Rockhampton's Rock Pool Waterpark
Gary Ireland, the former operator of Rockhampton's Rock Pool Waterpark, has revealed plans to reopen the troubled attraction, while also aiming to build a new waterpark on the...
Nov 29, 2013
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Ocean rips kill more than bushfires, cyclones, floods or shark attacks
Ocean rip currents kill more people in Australia on average each year than tropical cyclones, bushfires, floods and shark attacks combined. In a study released this week, Dr Rob...
Nov 28, 2013
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Motor driven pool covers offer maximum energy savings
Having installed heat retaining pool covers at 67 commercial swimming pools in 2013, Sunbather Pool Technologies - the leading designer, supplier, manufacturer and installer of...
Nov 27, 2013
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SwimSAFER week to combat drowning deaths
A new initiative aimed at stopping the growing number of drowning deaths in Australia was launched on Monday (25th November). Drowning deaths in children under the age of five...
Nov 26, 2013
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Albany Stadium Pool design team announced
Auckland Council has selected its key partners to design the new Albany Stadium Pool. A consortia led by Creative Spaces won a competitive process to develop the design for the...
Nov 26, 2013
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One in four Poms pee in public pools
A survey of United Kingdom consumers has found that one in four people admit to having urinated in a public swimming pool. The survey, conducted by swimming teaching and...
Nov 26, 2013
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Anti Wave International installations for 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar
High performance aquatic sport equipment supplier Anti Wave has installed a range of starting blocks, racing lanes, movable bulkheads, backstroke and falsestart poles for the...
Nov 25, 2013
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New Moss Vale War Memorial Aquatic Centre saves millions by using new procurement model
Set to open on 30th November, Wingecarribee Shire Council's new Moss Vale War Memorial Aquatic Centre is being acknowledged for delivering a highly cost-effective facility and...
Nov 20, 2013
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Bombers take off at new High Performance Centre
A new era for the Essendon Football Club (FC) and the Australian Paralympic Committee has began with the official opening of their new $26 million training base in Tullamarine....
Nov 19, 2013
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WaterMarc marks first birthday, celebrates 650,000 visits
In its first year of operations WaterMarc, northern Melbourne's largest aquatic and recreation facility, has welcomed over 650,000 casual and member visits. Developed by Banyule...
Nov 19, 2013
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New Splash Zone transforms Gladstone Aquatic Centre
Splash Zone, an interactive toddlers pool and splash pad/ water spray ground has opened at the Gladstone Aquatic Centre. The new $2.5 million attraction features water jets,...
Nov 18, 2013
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Monash University to host 11th biennial ANZALS Conference
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 11th Biennial Conference is to be staged at Monash University's Peninsula Campus from 4th to 6th December...
Nov 18, 2013
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