WW Swimming Alternate Arrangements

WW Swimming cancelled until September

Due to circumstances beyond our control the pool in Westwood will be closing for urgent repair and refurbishment from tomorrow Wednesday 16th July for a period of 2 – 3 months. Apologies for the short notice, however it appears Westwood took an urgent decision to close following recent assessment of the pool facility. See extract from mail below:

‘Over the course of the last week we have had a specialist company from the UK examining the structure of the pool and they have recommended immediate and urgent repair work is required. We have decided to carry out complete refurbishments of the pool area – full resurfacing of the pool basin, resurfacing the pool deck, upgrade lighting and air handling systems – to minimise further disruption down the line.With all of this taken into account the estimated completion date for all work is the 14th September. As with any project of this size and without being able to fully see the extent of the work required underwater this date may need to be extended – we truly hope this is not the case.We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause but as I said we have been left with little choice but to start this work immediately. I fully believe that the work that we will undertake will improve the facilities that we offer to you’

Fear not, team COB were on the case swiftly and have made alternative arrangements with the NAC – 

http://www.nationalaquaticcentre.ie/

Starting from next Tuesday the 22nd of July you will be able to avail of lanes in Blanchardstown (50m pool) on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 7 to 8am as normal. Please note that we were unable to get a lane on either a Monday evening or a Saturday morning so these sessions are unavailable until WW Swimming pool opens again in September. Coaches and lanes will remain the same.

The swimming timetable has been updated to reflect these changes and can be access here: 

http://www.cloverock.info/piranha/oldsite/training/training-schedule/swim-training

I’ve also ammended the What’s on this week thread here: 

http://www.cloverock.info/piranha/oldsite/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&;t=2464&sid=c7a7148906d8f40d6bb08d485b485273

Please spread the word to other members who might not look at the website every day. 

Thanks you and well done again to team COB, I believe there were late night conference calls in order to get this sorted for you, the members.