After reading the thread, “bad pools” I can relate! My swim team has been cut to two lanes-making it difficult for 10-15 people to lap swim. We have had several problems including swimming against bugs who swim faster than we do, pool temperature at a constant 86 degrees, and a difficult club manager. We have tried talking with the club; however, it is the only pool in town. We have discussed the idea of building a pool; however, we have no idea where to begin. Our goal is to build a competitive pool that the high school, age group, and masters teams could use for practices and competitions. We are in a great location—a city of 250,000 and several small towns in the surrounding area. We would like to bring several new “aquatics” ideas to this area. We are only 10 years behind the rest of the world! We are having a difficult time finding a “ball park” estimate of what it would cost for a 50m pool with a diving well. Does anyone have some suggestions of where we should start? Thanks!!
Parents
Former Member
Great ideas! Thank you for your thoughts.................the main problem is getting the money together. We have people who want an aquatics center and want to see it happen. We have a club that has an indoor and outdoor pool...but, refuses to open their doors to the high schools without a large price tag attached! The kids in this area (including masters) have a lot of talent and I think it's a shame that we don't have a facility. Ok, I'm going to climb down from my soap box. I know many lap swimmers face the same problems. Everybody pray that the lottery gods smile on us!!
Great ideas! Thank you for your thoughts.................the main problem is getting the money together. We have people who want an aquatics center and want to see it happen. We have a club that has an indoor and outdoor pool...but, refuses to open their doors to the high schools without a large price tag attached! The kids in this area (including masters) have a lot of talent and I think it's a shame that we don't have a facility. Ok, I'm going to climb down from my soap box. I know many lap swimmers face the same problems. Everybody pray that the lottery gods smile on us!!
