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Khan set to splash the cash to re-open Crystal Palace pools
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has approved the immediate spending of up to £10million to bring key parts of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace back into use, providing for urgent repairs to the Olympic-sized swimming pool and for the … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, GLA, Greater London Authority, London, Mayor Sadiq Khan
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Trinity’s water polo players are making a splash at World Cup
Trinity School has two alumni – one a former pupil, the other currently in the Sixth Form – playing for Great Britain’s senior women’s team in the water polo World Cup in Berlin this week. Lucy Bullock and team captain … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Schools, Sport, Swimming, Trinity School
Tagged Kathy Rodgers, Lucy Bullock, Sean King, Trinity School, Trinity School water polo
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London Stadium deal could give Crystal Palace new lease of life
After decades of damaging dither and delay, might an eclectic coalition of bodies, including a Premier League football club, be about to come up with a plan, and the cash, to revive the NSC? By STEVEN DOWNES Might there be … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Commonwealth Games, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, Dave Bedford, John Powell, London, London Assembly, Lord Coe, Matt Lawton, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe
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Fuel crisis takes grip of borough leisure centres’ opening times
Times are tough. Now Croydon’s leisure centres and swimming pools – owned by the cash-strapped council and operated for them by Greenwich Leisure – are reducing their opening hours because they can’t afford the steepling costs of heating the buildings, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, New Addington, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, Swimming, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Tagged Better, cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Energy crisis, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, New Addington, New Addington Leisure Centre, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, South Norwood Leisure Centre, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Tory budget amendment looks to reopen Purley Pool for £3m
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The disparity in provision of leisure facilities between the north and south of the borough has sent mayoral candidates trying to make a budget splash. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The Tory opposition group at the Town … Continue reading
Mayor Khan agrees to repair Crystal Palace swimming pools
Crystal Palace’s swimming and diving pools are set to get a multi-million facelift and repair package to enable them to re-open, after the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, agreed to get the works done, a decision which City Hall today … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Ellie Reeves MP, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Alex Yee, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, Joe Choong, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Tom Daley
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Crystal Palace at risk as London squanders its Olympic legacy
Britain’s Olympic heroes and heroines had barely stepped off their homecoming flights from Tokyo than coaches and administrators were warning that the promised “sporting legacy” of greater participation and increased achievement and excellence is being squandered through neglect and lack … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Park, Herne Hill Harriers, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Alex Yee, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, diving, Joe Choong, John Powell, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, swimming
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11-year-old schoolgirl splashes the cash in swim fundraiser
Inspired by her Olympic heroes Alice Dearing, Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps, 11-year-old Amelia Smith is on a mission to get more Croydon children swimming. Smith has loved swimming since her first visit to her local pool when just six … Continue reading
Posted in South Croydon, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Amelia Smith, South Croydon, South Croydon Swimming Club
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Choong’s Olympic gold burnished on playing fields of Croydon
Whitgift School can now add Olympic gold to the long list of sporting achievements of its former pupils, after Joe Choong won the men’s modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Games yesterday. Whitgift has long been a nurturing ground for outstanding … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, South Croydon, Sport, Swimming, Whitgift School
Tagged 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Croydon, Joe Choong, South Croydon, Whitgift School
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Sanderstead mum’s Channel swim closes in on bionic target
An amputee from Sanderstead has added “Channel swimmer” to her list of accomplishments after a 15-hour relay effort at the weekend gave the latest cash boost to her fund-raising campaign to pay for a bionic hand. Nicola Wilding, 44, was … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Sanderstead, Swimming
Tagged English Channel, Nicola Wilding, Sanderstead
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Purley Pool remains shut despite £1m grant to council
Croydon Council has received nearly £1million of government covid cash from a fund to ensure local sports and leisure facilities can reopen safely after the coronavirus lockdown – but the authority has done nothing to open the doors of Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Purley, Purley BID, Purley Pool, Save Purley Pool Campaign
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Councillor warns Purley leisure centre may never reopen
A ward councillor in Purley says that the council-owned swimming pool and leisure centre there, which has been closed since March because of coronavirus, is at serious risk of never being reopened.
Sign up for Purley Swimathon to raise funds for your cause
“Don’t delay – enter a team today” is the message from the organisers of this year’s Purley Rotary’s Swimathon, being staged at Purley Pool on Saturdays March 7 and 14. Deadline for entries is February 8 and full details, including … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Purley Rotary Club, Swimming
Tagged Purley, Purley Rotary Club, Purley Swimathon
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Edberg has a (tennis) ball at Purley club after £2.5m upgrade
Stefan Edberg, the former Wimbledon tennis champion, was in Croydon recently to preside over the relaunch of the David Lloyd Purley health and fitness club following a £2.5million investment in new and improved facilities. Edberg, the Wimbledon winner in 1988 … Continue reading
Pool plans would make swims less accessible at Crystal Palace
The draft plans for the future of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre being presented as the “final” consultation at the venue tomorrow would, if finally approved by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, make it virtually impossible for the elderly … Continue reading
‘Unrealistic’ plans for Crystal Palace face a ‘final’ showdown
The latest draft of plans for the future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace “falls way short” and is “unrealistic”, according to the campaign group which represents thousands of users of the Olympic legacy sports facilities. There is … Continue reading
GLL Foundation seeks applications for 2019 round of funding
Posted in Athletics, Boxing, Charity, Cricket, Cycling, Football, GLL - Better, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Rugby Union, Sport, Swimming
Tagged GLL, GLL Foundation, Greenwich Leisure
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Purley Rotary Club Swimathon 2019, Feb 23/Mar 2
Posted in Charity, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Rotary Club, Swimming
Tagged Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Rotary Club, Purley Swimathon
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Meeting to discuss mounting threat to Crystal Palace centre
The Crystal Palace Community Association is holding an open meeting next week to discuss the future of the National Sports Centre. As details of plans for the Centre have emerged during the recent consultation process, organised on behalf of the … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Football, Hockey, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership
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Amnesty swimmers cover 25 miles to highlight refugee crisis
More than a dozen supporters of Amnesty International on Saturday swam a combined 1,152 lengths of a pool to raise money and awareness for the thousands of refugees who are forced to make the life-threatening journey across the Aegean Sea … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty Croydon, Charity, Swimming
Tagged Amnesty Croydon, Amnesty International
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Angry complaints force U-turn over leisure centre charges
The council’s ‘Better’ leisure centres have been forced to abandon plans to charge the carers of disabled people for use of the facilities. But those on low incomes are still expected to pay £28.50 for a membership scheme they probably … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Felicity Flynn, Fieldway, GLL - Better, Greenwich Leisure, Health, Leisure services, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Purley, Purley Pool, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Sport, Swimming, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Tagged Better, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Purley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Croydon pools to offer free summer swimming for under-16s
Youngsters aged 16 and under can use swimming pools at five Croydon leisure centres for free this summer.
Is the bell sounding for the final lap at Crystal Palace NSC?
There’s a public consultation underway to try to resolve the future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace. And it’s déjà vu all over again. Poor publicity for the process run by a bunch of consultants, a reluctant attitude … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Football, Mayor of London, South London Harriers, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, Dave Moorcroft, Greater London Authority, John Powell, Sebastian Coe
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2018 Purley Swimathon, Purley Pool, Feb 24 and Mar 1
Posted in Charity, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Rotary Club, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Rotary Club, Purley Swimathon
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Council is splashing the cash for another swimming summer
Croydon’s Labour council has splashed the cash again, to give the borough’s under-16-year-olds free swimming sessions over the summer holidays. The free offer runs from Monday July 26 to Tuesday September 4. “This is the fourth summer in a row … Continue reading
