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Press Article Page

Here you can browse any press related topics about Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool and links to articles from the local press. If you have seen an article which may be of interest to our members and users, then contact us with details.

NEW                                                       PAT BRODERICK

Long time pool supporter Pat Broderick recently completed a 100 length sponsored swim at the pool. Follow the link for a recent article about Pat's efforts for the pool. Diving in for pool (From Swindon Advertiser)

PETER FOSTER

The pool have had the great pleasure of nominating Peter Foster for a    Spirit of Swindon Award.

You can read the article about Peter and the voluntary work he has carried out for the last twenty years at the pool

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Peter gives his time for free to help at pool (From Swindon Advertiser)

The Association are lucky to have such a good friend as Peter.

NEW                                                         Swimathon 2008

This article appeared in the Evening Advertiser on Friday 7th November 2008

Swimathon Article

NEW                                                  Pool Fight's Back

The pool have taken extreme measures to combat a Speight of lead thefts from the roof of the pool, the main step being removing all lead and replacing with a non lead product called "Ubiflex" .

Ubiflex has no monetary value. but has all the properties of lead.

Big Bill To Keep Out Thieves (from Swindon Advertiser)

To find out more about the lead substitute go to

Welcome to Ubbink.co.uk

 Di'mond Spurs Line Dancers

Members of  Di'mond Spurs Line Dancers paid a visit to the pool to have a look around the many facilities on offer, they were shown around and introduced to some users of the pool  by Deputy Manager Jan Platt.

At the end of the tour members of the group kindly handed over a cheque for £1,350 to the Association, which will be used in projects at the pool, including putting solid tyres on all the wheelchairs at the pool (No more punctures)

Also helping to develop and print a new brochure.

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We have invited members of Silver Di'mond to come and do a dance session in the pool, watch this space to see what happens!

If you are interested in line dancing visit:  The Home of Di'mond Spurs Line Dance Club

A big thanks to D'imond Spurs for their generosity in helping others.

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Members of the Swindon Natural Health Centre presenting a cheque for £579-01p to Pool Manager Paul Charlwood. This pioneering group that originally formed 25 years ago have now ceased operations and kindly donated the residue of the Groups income to the Hydrotherapy Pool Association to carry on its work.

Latest articles to appear in the local press

Swindon Half Marathon

Pensioner swims into pool history

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Mick Greening of Rover Coleview Angling Club presenting a cheque for £460 to Hannah

proceeds of the recent

John (Bomber) Sainsbury Memorial and Charity match on the River Thames at Rushy.

After the competition a presentation and raffle was held at Coleview Community.

PRESS RELEASE

06 February 2006

Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool

Now for some good news, the Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool situated in Jefferies Avenue Stratton celebrates 26 years of providing thermal water therapy to the disabled, whether that disability is temporary or permanent.

Back in 1979 the pool facility was used by 7 adult disabled groups, 8 schools with special needs units and 5,000 referral sessions for patients referred by doctors and hospitals. Today the pool handles 29 adult groups, 15 schools and 35,000 referral sessions annually. The catchment area although predominately North Wiltshire also caters for patients from as far a field as Oxford, Bristol and Bath.

As part of the 25^th Anniversary Appeal several projects were identified to improve and modernise parts of the service provided, the latest project of a new hot spa facility has just been completed and will officially be opened by the High Sheriff of Wiltshire, David Margesson at the pool in Jefferies Avenue on Friday 10^th February 2006 at 12-00 for 12-30pm.

This project has been made possible by the generosity of The Federation of Master Builders South West Region Charitable Fund who provided the majority of the funding for this £53,000 project, The Herbert & Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust & The Friends of Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool also made sizeable contributions.

The new spa will enhance the experience of using the pool for all users and help with relaxation and rehabilitation work undertaken at the pool.

A group from the Forget me Not Project will be at the pool to officially “christen” the spa when it is declared open by the High Sheriff.

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/archive/2005/04/19/swindon_news6ZM.html

London Marathon Article:

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http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2005/10/21/252422.html

For More Information Contact:

Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool
Jefferies Avenue, Off Cricklade Road. Swindon. SN2 7HJ
Tel: 01793 496002

Internet: info@thamesdownhydrotherapypool.com

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