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February 25, 2010 Swimming Pool News


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Growing 'grass' in the swimming pool (Lancashire Evening Post)
Cannabis farms are appearing at properties in quiet residential streets throughout Lancashire and the rest of the UK in unprecedented numbers.

USA Swimmer Chloe Sutton Wins Third Gold at 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet
Chloe Sutton waves to the crowd prior to competing in the Women's 800 Meter Freestyle finals during day three of the Missouri Grand Prix on February 14, 2010. Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty ImagesChloe Sutton won her third gold medal of the meet Sunday at the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet, taking the women's 800m freestyle with a time of 8:40.16. Sutton also took second in the women's 200m butterfly Sunday, bringing her total medal count for the weekend to five - three golds, a silver and a bronze.
Photo of Chloe Sutton by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images

USA Swimmer Chloe Sutton Wins Third Gold at 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 23:19:37.

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Cost-cutting closes swimming pool three days a week (This is Bristol)
A swimming pool in Churchill is to close to the public three days a week as part of cost-cutting measures by the council.

The CADIZ Freedom Swim 2010 to Benefit the Vista Nova School in Capetown
Looking for a challenging open water swim for a good cause? Check the CADIZ Freedom Swim in South Africa on 2 May.Cold water, 7.5km of strong currents, and (while no one has ever been hurt) the possibility of a shark. The swim has both individual and relay divisions and follows English Channel Swimming rules.

The CADIZ Freedom Swim 2010 to Benefit the Vista Nova School in Capetown originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 00:47:10.

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Name the Cities new Swimming pool (Wakefield Today)
THE name game for Wakefield's new swimming pool is proving popular. Entries for the name the pool competition have been flooding in since it was launched by deputy leader of Wakefield Council, Coun Denise Jeffery, in the Express this month.

Chloe Sutton is Top Swimmer on First Night of 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet
Chloe Sutton swims in the Women's 400 Meter IM finals during day one of the Missouri Grand Prix on February 12, 2010. Photo of Chloe Sutton by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty ImagesChloe Sutton emerged as the top swimmer Friday, on the first night of competition at the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet. The 2008 Olympian won the women's 200m free with a time of 2:01.26 and finished third in the 400m IM in 4:59.15. She was the only member of the U.S. National Team to win an event Friday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
Photo of Chloe Sutton by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images

Chloe Sutton is Top Swimmer on First Night of 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 01:56:37.

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Swimming Pools Brisbane Award-Winning Installers, Renovators And Suppliers (OfficialWire)
If you own a pool - or are thinking about it - and live in the Brisbane area, there's only one choice when it comes to exceptional pool sales, service, installation, repair and renovation: John Clark Pools ( www.johnclarkpools.com.au ). This family-run company has been in business for more than 25 years; its track record for excellence is backed up by a huge roster of ...

The Swimmer's Catch-up Drill - Better Freestyle Swimming by Using a Drill to Improve Your Swimming Technique
To be a better swimmer, you need to improve your swim technique and you need to improve your swim fitness, two key elements of good swimming (you probably already realized they were needed!). Getting better at either could improve your swimming speed. Getting better at both could improve swim speed and efficiency. The catch-up drill is one of the many swimming drills that can be used to help a swimmer learn better freestyle swimming technique. Because it is a lot like regular swimming, once the catch-up drill is learned, the swimming drill can be used at almost any point in a swimming workout, at almost any swimming speed, at almost any level of swimming effort.

The Swimmer's Catch-up Drill - Better Freestyle Swimming by Using a Drill to Improve Your Swimming Technique originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 01:10:14.

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How Quickly Can You Teach a Child To Swim?

How fast can you teach a child to swim? Let me start by asking you these three questions: How fast does a child learn to walk? How fast does a child learn to talk? How quickly does a child learn to read?

Learning to swim is really not much different. It is a process, not an event. Can you remember when you were teaching your child how to walk or talk? Do you remember how encouraging and how excitable you were as your child made even baby steps of progress? I believe it's important that you give the same unconditional support and patience when your child is learning to swim. With that said, there are a variety of things to account for when determining how quickly you can teach a child to swim.

How Quickly Can You Teach a Child To Swim? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 00:04:39.

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Indoor pool offers swimming lessons (Portsmouth Herald)
PORTSMOUTH — The Recreation Department is accepting registrations for March/April swimming classes. These Red Cross lessons are held at the Indoor Pool on Andrew Jarvis Drive next to the high school. More than 40 courses will be offered for infants...

Man builds garage swimming pool (BBC News)
A man builds a swimming pool in his garage in Oxfordshire to offer swimming lessons.

Save Money By Picking The Right Size Pump For Your Swimming Pool
No one likes to walk out in his or her yard and find a green swimming pool and yet green pools are now in style. We are not talking about letting your swimming pool water turn green - instead, we are talking about creating a swimming pool that is easy on the environment and easy on your budget. Armed with just a little information you can easily save $30-40 and still enjoy your swimming pool, and your pool water will never look better!

Save Money By Picking The Right Size Pump For Your Swimming Pool originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 02:08:25.

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