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Posted: 11 February 2019 at 11:40am |
This news release was emailed to me:
A partnership between Thorpe House boys’ school in Gerrards Cross and Seriously FUN Swimming Schools saw the completion of a much anticipated indoor swimming pool! On Wednesday 30th January 2019, Thorpe House School and Seriously FUN Swimming Schools celebrated the launch of the school’s newly covered and renovated 18 metre swimming pool with an official ceremony. Despite the freezing temperatures and threat of snow, the event was well attended; guests included school governors, directors, staff and parents from both Thorpe and Seriously FUN plus the senior Head Boy and a selection of the school’s elite swimmers. The star guest however was Olympic gold medal winner Adrian Moorhouse MBE. Adrian, who lives in Cookham and is a long time Seriously FUN customer, performed the ribbon cutting ceremony and talked about how the pool will benefit pupils at Thorpe House, Seriously FUN customers and the local community. Following a demonstration by some of the school’s swimming team coached by PE teacher and qualified swimming instructor, Paul Britton, Adrian joined Year 11 pupil, Ellis for an interview about his swimming career. Sean Day, Director of Sport at Thorpe House School is thrilled with the improved school swimming facilities: “At Thorpe we have a number of swimmers who compete at a high level; now we can play a much bigger part in their continuing development as we are able to train them throughout the year, whereas before we were only able to train during the summer term. Parent feedback has been really positive; those with younger boys are delighted their sons can now enjoy year-round swimming lessons during the school day, in familiar surroundings and with our experienced teachers. As PE teachers this also means we can be there at the start of their swimming journey and can identify swimmers that show extraordinary talent, but also those that are less confident and need extra help. In addition to school swimming lessons, the pool will be used for GCSE classes, elite team training and galas”. Seriously FUN approached Thorpe House in 2017 to fund the building of an enclosure to cover their existing outdoor school swimming pool. In the 1980s, there were an estimated 3,000 school swimming pools, those numbers have dwindled by one third, and are being lost at a rate of 10 per cent a year, according to the *Amateur Swimming Association. Jonathon Madden, Owner at Seriously FUN commented: “It has been an absolute pleasure working with Thorpe House School to create this fantastic new swimming facility. The partnership provides ongoing income for the school by way of a long term hire agreement and secures the pool's future at a time when many other schools are closing their swimming pools”. Seriously FUN Swimming Schools offer weekly term time and school holiday lessons for children aged 3 to 12 years from beginners to advanced swimmers. Seriously FUN, a family business founded in 1990 by Janet Madden, teach more than 1,300 children per week essential swimming and lifesaving skills across 13 venues in Berks, Bucks, Surrey, Kent and Sussex. Edited by watsy - 11 February 2019 at 11:40am |
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its a good pool, used to use it alot.... even better now its covered
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need a stella and i need one now !
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EmmaO
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Can anyone use it Baggles?
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The artist formerly known as Bobblehead :)
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you used to be able to buy a membership ticket to use it during the summer holidays, - not done so since the ' facelift and the cover ' but i guess if you contact the school they will tell you if this scheme is still running
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need a stella and i need one now !
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Thanks Baggles, I'll look into it.
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