2 Jul, 2007
If you or you child would like swimming lessons, then please let us know by telling the lifeguards at the pool (especially on Wednesday or Thursday when one of our swimming teachers is working there) or by email to cottenhamlifeguards@hotmail.com, or call and leave a message on (or text to) the LidoPhone: 07948 255278. Please supply a postal address so that we can send registration forms to you.
We are running classes in the summer holidays. There is a course starting Monday 6th August. If there is enough interest we will run another course too. We also offer private tuition.
To help us organise classes, please let us know the age and swimming standard of the swimmer (e.g. complete beginner, can swim but needs to improve technique and stamina). Beginner lessons will be 11-11:30am and Improver lessons will be 11:30-12 noon.
The cost for the one-week course, i.e. one half-hour lesson per day for five days, is 25 pounds in total, to be paid in advance.
Teaching will continue in most weather conditions - only in an incident where the pool must be cleared (e.g. thunderstorm) would we need to reschedule the lessons.
25 Jun, 2007
The weather was rather cruel to us on Saturday, and the Swimming Gala we ran as part of the Fen Edge Family Festival Fotos was nowhere near as well attended as it would have been had it not been pouring with rain! Still three hardy swimmers rose to the challenge and raced their lengths with all the familiar strokes. Thanks to Gill T for lifting and separating the floats along the lane dividers and to Laura D and Geoff R for running the show. As well as the lifeguards in attendance and the smattering of spectators for turning up.
That said, a lot of new faces popped their head round the gate on their way to and from the Colourdome and took timetables and flyers, so hopefully we’ll see some new swimmers in the coming weeks.
21 Jun, 2007
To celebrate 40 years of swimming and the relaunch of the Cottenham Pool website we’re making your swimming even more of a bargain than before!
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SWIMMING POOL MONEY-OFF COUPON
Print this coupon and bring it with you to get 50p off per person until the end of term (July 21, 2007) on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon general swims (3:30 to 5:00pm and 5:30 to 6:30pm)
Valid: June 12 to July 21, 2007 for the stated sessions only. One coupon per person only. Not exchangeable for cash.
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15 Jun, 2007
Maintaining, running, and lifeguarding a swimming pool is an expensive business. Most of us help out in a voluntary capacity, some tirelessly, others in smaller ways, but all essential to the splash-free running of the pool. But, for several years, the Pool has run from season to season with fraying armbands. This year, like most before it, could make or break the Pool, depending on the weather and gate money received.
Just as a matter of interest it costs the Pool Committee 420 pounds a week during the season to keep the Pool heated and the water-quality maintained. Lifeguard fees are on top of that. In our fortieth anniversary year it would be rather sad to discover that come season end we were massively in the red rather than the blue and so we are asking you and local businesses for direct financial support. As I said, 420 pounds would cover pool running costs for a week.
In return for (tax-deductable) donations of at least 200 pounds, which can be made via the Fen Edge Community Association (FECA) charity account, we are offering organisations, businesses, or individual donors a free one-hour private hire session with two qualified lifeguards in attendance. If you have a special occasion coming up or fancy a small corporate event with a big difference (great for team building), then a private hire at the Pool could be the perfect answer. Please get in touch if you would like to make a donation to the Cottenham Pool, however, small.
I’ve added a supporters and friends section to the right of this page, if we have missed anyone off please let us know. If you would like a link to your site in the list, send us a promise of a donation and we’ll get you signed up right away.
14 Jun, 2007
Ticket Prices: Adults £2.50, Concessions (Children and Senior Citizens) £2.00, Pre-schoolers FREE, Family (2+2) £7.50, Supersaver 12 swims for the price of 10.
Private Hire: £15 per hour for the pool itself, plus £10 per hour per lifeguard. For 27 swimmers or fewer, and no play equipment in the pool, 1 lifeguard is enough. For more swimmers or for floats and toys in thepool, you need 2 lifeguards. Book 1 week in advance if at all possible, although sometimes hires can be arranged at short notice.
Remember! If you volunteer to supervise a session (i.e. assist the regular lifeguard and take gate money) you get a free swim at another session!
14 Jun, 2007
Extra ‘General Swim’ sessions: Saturday 16th June (9h00-11h00, 11h30-12h30) and Sunday 17th June (9h00-10h30).
12 Jun, 2007
Further to my original post on early birds sessions. After 17th June there will be early morning lane-swimming 7am to 8am on Mondays and Fridays, with one lane for recreation/leisure and one lane for fitness swimming/training.
This is in addition to the regular old-favourites the Tuesday and Thursday early bird slots.
First swimming of the season began June 9, pool was beautiful and clear blue, and at a lovely 28 Celsius, perfect for that pre-commute swim!
28 May, 2007
Welcome to Cottenham Pool for 2007 and our all-new website to celebrate 40 years of staying afloat in Cottenham. We will update timetable information here in the very near future. The Pool will open June 9, this year.
The orange RSS newsfeed buttons to the right, in case you don’t know, allow you to subscribe to updates, so that you don’t even have to visit the site to know what’s going on. The current timetable will not appear in the feeds though, so you will have to pop back occasionally to check on swimming times.
The “Blogroll” is not yet up and running, but if you have any sites you’d like us to cite, please get in touch. Also, if you have anything to say about a particular event or post, or the site in general please use the comments box associated with each news item.
Oh, and if you think we’re lacking photos on the site, I’ll be reinstating those soon. Watch this space.
28 May, 2007
Click here for the current timetable.
28 May, 2007
Thanks to everyone who is and has supported the Pool - Cambridge Building Society, Cambridge Cabinet Makers, Cottenham British School Trust, the Fen Edge parish councils (in 2004 so far Willingham and Rampton), Fen Edge Community Association, Jasper Kay, the Jenny Kay Memorial Fund, Les Ward greengrocer, Target Litho, David B for hosting the website, Marie B and her cake-baking friends. Also thanks to all our supervisors and lifeguards and of course you, the swimmers! All contributions welcome. Even volunteer-run community swimming pools cost a lot of money to run!