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Category Archives: Swimming
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 South, 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
Croydon schoolboy is rewarded for his Peake performances
A pupil from a Croydon school has just had an out-of-this-world experience, meeting British astronaut Tim Peake at a reception in No 10 Downing Street. Michael Eagling, 15, was invited to the event, hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May, after … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Cycling, Sport, Swimming, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Shirley, Tim Peake, Trinity School
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Make a splash with council’s free swimming offer for under-16s
Free summer swimming for under-16s is available at all of Croydon Council’s leisure centres for the six weeks of the schools’ summer holidays. As well as free swimming there will be crash courses for those new to the water, and … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Council, Education, Health, Leisure services, New Addington South, Purley, Purley Pool, Schools, South Norwood, Swimming, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, New Addington, Purley, South Norwood, swimming, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Waddon
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Make a charity splash in the new year with Purley Swimathon
There are still a few lanes available for eager fund-raisers at the 2016 Purley Swimathon on Saturday February 27 and Thursday March 3.
Posted in Activities, Charity, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Rotary Club, Swimming
Tagged Purley, Purley Pool, Rotary Club
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Tooting Triathlon Relay, Tooting Bec Lido, Sep 27
Online entry for the 2015 Relay Tri is open!
Posted in Athletics, Cycling, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Herne Hill Harriers, Tooting Bec Lido, Tooting Triathlon Relay
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Coe’s Olympic legacy promises left in ruins at Crystal Palace
In all the furore surrounding corruption at FIFA, the world governing body of football, one name that has barely been mentioned is Sebastian Coe. Lord Coe spent almost two years as the chairman of FIFA’s ethics committee. He was appointed … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Education, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Sport, Stephen Carr, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Sebastian Coe, Tory
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POLL: Back our scheme to save Purley Pool – permanently
FLIP FLOP (Part 94): Purley Pool has been given a reprieve, of sorts. Following an announcement this morning by Tony Newman, the council leader, the only public swimming pool serving a vast catchment area in the south of the borough … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Fusion, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Planning, Purley Pool, Swimming, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Mike Fisher, Purley Pool, Tony Newman, Tory
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Money-saving argument over pool closure won’t hold water
Campaigners hoping to keep Purley Pool open might want to consider whether the costs saving argument put forward by Croydon Council for the closure actually… well… holds water. The pool at Purley was earmarked for closure in 2014 by the … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, New Addington South, Planning, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Way, Sport, Swimming, Tony Newman, URV, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Purley, Purley Pool, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Developer price tag for New Addington pool is £10m too much
David Cameron and Gideon Osborne, the Tory Prime Minister and his Chancellor, have been described as “two posh boys who don’t know the price of milk”. Croydon’s own career politician, Gavin Barwell, the MP for the Whitgift Foundation, has himself … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Leisure services, Nathan Elvery, New Addington South, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, New Addington, Purley, Purley Pool, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Purley Pool to close as council Budget cuts begin to bite
Croydon Council is to close Purley Pool in a cost-cutting exercise aimed at avoiding having to spend at least £780,000 on urgently required repairs and renovations to the much-neglected swimming facility. Purley’s swimming pools’ fate was sealed once the council … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fusion, Leisure services, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Purley, Purley Pool, Tory
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Jowell criticises Boris plan to ‘rip up iconic athletics track’
Tessa Jowell, the former Olympics Minister, has joined the campaign to keep viable athletics and sports facilities at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in a submission to the Greater London Authority’s consultation which is highly critical of the way … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Planning, South London Harriers, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Coe, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lord Coe, Mayor, Mayor of London, Olympics, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Tessa Jowell, Tory
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Waddon pool’s service without a smile for £44 a month
WALTER CRONXITE, our intrepid reporter in the 32in waist Speedos who has a faint whiff of chlorine about him, reports from poolside at the over-priced and poorly finished Waddon Leisure Centre If you ignore the stinking pool of brown water … Continue reading
Posted in Fusion, Health, Leisure services, Purley Way, Sport, Swimming, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon South, Purley Way, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Building problems force another closure at Waddon pool
The swimming pool at Waddon Leisure Centre is part-closed again, for the second time in just a couple of months. The Waddon Leisure Centre was opened in January 2013, but has been prone to a range of snagging issues with … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Swimming, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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