Best Pool In The World

[sisclub]

Hey, I think the best pool i have been to latly is the new Norwich Pool at the Univercity. Absoloutly brill!!!!!!! Sheffield is pretty good but i don't like it as much as they spelt my name wrong on the electronic time board.

:eek:

:devil:

:angel:

[Bazza]

Personally, I've never seen a (or swum in) a better pool than Sheffield, and I don't think you can convince me otherwise...

[BigFish]

I believe Sydney Aquatic Centre is considered *the* best (most world records set). I believe it took the unofficial title from an American college pool (I'll try and remember which).

But having been to neither, I would go with Sheffield too. Besides, I've never given them the opportunity to spell my name wrong :(

[swimusa]

The University in the US which Sydney Aquatic Centre replaced would either be University of Texas - Austin or Indiana University in Indianapolis. I must say though, I have never swum a bad race at Harvard.

[Mel]

If you like sheffield, you should see Glasgow! I swam at Glasgow before i saw Sheffield, and i was disappointed with Sheffield after that! Glasgow has a huge spectator area, with another massive area for the swimmers to sit. the cafe serves good food, there is a great scoreboard....what more could you ask for, and as well as that, the scottish people are really friendly (i'm english by the way). i definately think that Glasgow rules

[Bazza]

That's very nice, but what is the pool actually like? I hope it's fast because I'm going up there next week and have some BR's to smash!:D

[Steve]

Originally posted by bazzaroodoo
That's very nice, but what is the pool actually like? I hope it's fast because I'm going up there next week and have some BR's to smash!:D

BR's? I assume you mean 'Barrie Records'...;)

[Julia]

Originally posted by Steve Buckley


BR's? I assume you mean 'Barrie Records'...;)
Or- British Rail
You miss a good session tonight Bazz. There is talk of pinching some of your water time for Polo!! ( just kidding):devil:

[Bazza]

I hope not - we hardly have any as it is! In fact I can tell you there would be uproar against a certain someone if any time was given up to other sports when we've been asking for ten years and got nothing...:mad:

And yes Steve, I did mean Bazza records, I think the GBR's are a little out of my reach just now...:D

[Katie]

I agree with Mel, partly because I think I know who she is haha. No not really, Tollcross is the nicest pool to swim in, there's loads of space around it and its got a great atmosphere. Also, the people at Glasgow swimming club who ran the gala held there in early April were absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much if any of them are reading this!!!

[swimmer]

hehe yeh a mel i kno said that glasgow was really good and i am 99% sure that thats the mel that posted that! and yeh i think i kno u katie and u kno me, tee hee :cool:

[Katie]

erm, yes. :eek: Can anyone tell me how 2 get that chucking up smiley? It would have been really useful here!

[Mel]

er i don't know how you describe the pool, but i normally swim well there. obviously its deck level and 50m and electronic timing etc, it has 10 lanes as well which is nice

[Bazza]

Thanks Mel, I'll let you know what I think of it after next week!:)

[swimmer]

Can anyone tell me how 2 get that chucking up smiley?

i dont think they do a chucking up one, y do u want one neway?

[gordyb]

Apart from the pool where I learnt to swim (best views in the world in a little-known part of East Africa), it has to be the pool at Club La Santa. What a cool place!

Gordon

[rogant stard]

I'd have to endorse that after taking my squad on a training camp to La Santa back in October.
Only problem was we were given the 1900-2100 slot and had to struggle with no lights for the first couple of days until they found the light switches - their techniques looked better in the dark however.

[Bazza]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only swimmer in the country who hasn't been to Club La Santa... *sigh*

[lane4]

Originally posted by bazzaroodoo
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only swimmer in the country who hasn't been to Club La Santa... *sigh*

Don't worry about it Baz, you're better off not being one of the commoners.

[ChlorineHead]

IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. People call this one of the fastest pools on earth. The entire facility exudes this air of excitement. When you walk in, the celing towers 90 feet above you, and the 20 ft tall scoreboard looms on the north wall flashing the times and names and pictures of the swimmers. The south wall has the names of all the swimmers who have made the US Olympic in this pool. (The US Olympic time trials was held here more times than any other pool in the US). The pool itself is just amazing. It is 10 ft deep from wall to wall, and the gutters are 4 ft deep so NO waves can come back at you when you turn. The lanes are 8 ft wide so two sets of lane lines can be put between each lane (NO WAVES!!!) The water isnt pumped out from jets in the wall, it is pumped through thousands of tiny holes in the black line at the bottom of the pool, so if you swim right down the middle (every coach's dream!) the water actually lifts you just a little bit. Water is ALWAYS 79 degrees. And lastly the air. Nice and clean. There are blowers (or suckers i guess) at deck level that pull out the chlorine smell and replace it with fresh air.

So many fast swims.
So much history.
My favorite pool on earth!!!

[nsswimmer]

wow.. that sounds incredible.... i wish i could swim there one day!! ;D

but i hav a q.. hehe... if the gutters are 4 feet, what if a little kid falls in?! :P

[super_fish88]

Wow!!! I'd love to swim there, sounds amazing! :D

[swimmer]

OOOOMMMGGGGG THAT POOL SOUNDS ABSOLUTLY INCREDIBLE! I WISHHHH soooooooooooooooooooooo much that i could swim there! why can't we have at least one of those in the uk???? GRRR

[ChlorineHead]

If i can dig up some pictures of the olympic trials there i will post them. Or i can post some pics of the Duel when i get back.

By the way the deck overhangs the gutters, but i have seen people slip getting out and stick their leg in them!

[super_fish88]

Isn't that a little bit dangerous????

[ChlorineHead]

I cant really explain the gutter situation. I will try to find a picture of it. I discribed it very badly, its quite safe.

[rubber ducky]

i dont think i have a favourite pool as such, i've swum in 51 different ones!!! But the uea pool at norwich is good. Swam there the other week. The main thing i like about it is the lack of chlorine! this helps swimmer like me who are allergic to the damn stuff!

[super_fish88]

I don't think anyone has heard of this pool, Cambridge Road Swimming Baths, that's where i learnt to swim between the ages of about 3-6 :D It got demolished though i think :confused:

[chris_lamb]

What was good about it?

[super_fish88]

Erm...nothing really! It's just a very memorable pool for me because that's where i started swimming so i thought i'd mention it :)

[olympicdreams]

Yeah the Tollcross pool is v. good but the pool at Stirling Uni looks fab too! not swum in it yet but soon will if i get in to stir next year. The only thing to put down about it is that there are hardly any seats for spectators. :rolleyes:

[Frank]

I like the Sydney Aquatic Center and the Berlin European Championships pool best. I had a practice/competition in both of them and they are faaast :D

[superfreak]

Sydney Aquatic Centre (now actually called Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre - SOPAC) has got to be hard to beat throughout the world but NSW swimmers seem to take it for granted as we have state, country and lots of club and district carnivals there. Sydney is really well off for pools as well as Canberra - they have about 5 indoor 50m pools with a tiny city population and area. But the Australian Institute of Sport pool has still got to be my favourite as i have done so many good races in that pool! The pool I train in is also pretty good an outdoor 50m 7 lane pool with wetdecks, and a new indoor 10 lane 25m. :clear: :) nice stuff... but on another note one of the worst pools i have ever been in has got to be Chandler in Brisbane. Age Nationals was there last year and it was shocking. It was dark and smelt really bad and was hot and we only had one warmdown pool with about 10x25m lanes and there were literally about 40 people in each lane maybe more. A lot of people got slammed into the ends of the lanes and swum over the top of... not so nice. :chainsaw:

[chris_lamb]

Sounds good.

One question though - wet decks?

[Steve]

Sounds good.

One question though - wet decks?
deck level methinks

[chlorine_babe]

wouldn't it be nice to complain about only having ine 10 lane 25m pool for warm down

[lane4]

we only had one warmdown pool with about 10x25m lanes

How awful for you. You Aussies really have it bad when it comes to facilities!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Bazza]

How about using a diving pit which is not separate from the racing pool, as I did at my only NAGs in Coventry!

[Coach]

:p I must say though, I have never swum a bad race at Harvard.


Nor me!! However I've never swam a good one there either!

:p :p :p
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
:devil: :devil: :devil:

[lozswimmer]

Aylesbury is a cool pool too. I swam there the other day. Not only is there an electronic time board but theres a fun area next to it, a gym behind the spectators seats and really big changing rooms unlike some of the pools ive swam in where about four of you end up crammed in the toilets.

[Cheeky Swimmer]

My Favourite swimming pool has to be sheffield because its a really fast pool and is a great pool for holding the nationals

[swimmer]

good :) i'm going there for the first time for the meet in march!

[Cheeky Swimmer]

its amazing because its so huge

[Katie]

It's so nice to swim in! It looks completely different with the sponsors boards around the outside and the curtains up, which is how it is for nationals, but either way I find it's a really good temperature and makes you feel like you're swimming fast!

[fLuTtErBy]

I love the pool at Sheffield too; other than Coventry (don't get me started on that pool!) it's the 50m I swim most often in, I think it's really fast. However my best ever swim 2 date was @ the Commonwealth trials at the Manchester Aquatic Centre :-) GOOD POOL!!
Has any1 swum @ Leeds btw, and of the ppl who have, does any1 know the secret of how 2 swim bk in a straight line despite the fact that the pool is built so that the ceiling tiles go across the pool diagonally?!?!

[swimmer]

i've heard about the wonky tiles in Leeds (from Katie mayby??) I really wana swim in the competition pool at Manchester - it looks sooo nice (I think one of the distric champs is held there - lucky ppl!!!)

[Top10ranking]

the national pool in wales is my favourite pool its really clean etc and its a fast pool becasue i got my top 10 ranking there in the 100bk

[Katie]

the national pool in wales is my favourite pool its really clean etc and its a fast pool becasue i got my top 10 ranking there in the 100bk
What's a top 10 ranking? Sorry if I'm being unbelievably thick...

[Top10ranking]

rofl, i have a top 10 ranking in the country for my age in the 100bk

[GettingFaster]

Katie, are you taking the ....? Very funny, even if you aren't!

[Top10ranking]

how is it funny?

[GettingFaster]

how is it funny?
Please, stop, my sides are splitting!
:D :D :D

[Top10ranking]

:mad::mad:

[swimmer]

hehehehe! nice one katie!

wot on earth does rofl mean by the way?

[lane4]

hehehehe! nice one katie!

wot on earth does rofl mean by the way?

I think the correct term is "rotflmao" to be honest.

[swimmer]

hummm so if imao means i'm laughing my a*s off, what does rotf mean?

[lane4]

hummm so if imao means i'm laughing my a*s off, what does rotf mean?

rolling on the floor

[Katie]

We're very funny today... no sorry I wasn't joking, must just be thick!!!! Well, it is a bit vague... it could have been top 10 anything, in anything. Yes. I think I'm in my own little world here, must be the effect of school.

[matt]

I think it might be, school seems to make me go a little bit wierd as well ..... maybe it's part of a secret education plan?

[matt]

Oh and being a stupid Guernsey person who leads a sheltered life, I don't know what any of the little abbreviations mean apart from the basic ones

[GettingFaster]

Oh dear, Katie's having another blonde moment!

[Chris]

I think it might be, school seems to make me go a little bit wierd as well ..... maybe it's part of a secret education plan?

I don't think you can blame the school for your wierdness Matt :p

[whiteminiman]

Manchester Aquatics Centre is quite a nice pool. We train in there twice a week. The facilities are good, although I wouldn't recommend the sausages in the cafe.
The gym is very tightly packed with machines, but not so bad that you can't get around. There's lots of public access time, although rarely into the 50m.

For those of you who've not been there. There's a leisure pool area, with splash pool & jacuzzias and stuff, then the main 50m pool with a movable bottom from 2.0m to 0.0m, central boom in the middle to split it to a 25m and a 23m pool. Eight lanes wide. Full electronic timing. The diving pit is 5.0m to 0.0m 25m eight lanes again.
Underneath the main pool is the 50m training pool, again with a movable boom, but this time on 25m of the bottom can be moved from 0.0m to 2.0m. Only four lanes wide.

The air is always clean in there, they run an excellent system, also It's not too noisy - they have very clever accoustic baffles.

My biggest gripe is the staff, the Lifeguards are very lax, and the management are impossible to get hold of. I wouldn't mind if I was a 'normal' customer, but as I'm trying to organise a large competition there I need to talk to somebody with a little more clout than a receptionist.

Cheers, Dan.

[CGorman]

Well we have'nt got a lot of choice in Ireland (just three 50m) but the 50m University Arena in Limerick is incredable, its were the UK team trained before the recent European SC Campionships in Dublin.

[Top10ranking]

isnt that where the irish nationals are held?

[CGorman]

isnt that where the irish nationals are held?

Yep! Division's 1 & 2 are held there in July (i'm hoping to go to division 1 as I missed the competition last year because I was in France.)

[sub24]

Cool pools: Montreal Olympic pool 1976 is an amazing pool. The 10m diving tower has an elevator, the pool is of course 10 lane 50m and the 50m warm down tank has a boom that raises instead of pushing to the side. But the coolest thing is the pool is under the tower of the stadium. The stadium is a space age design building that has to be seen to be believed. Oh ya, they have a 50 foot deep scuba diving tank beside the dive tank too. Huge stands. I'll have to find a picture on the internet to post.

Another cool pool is in Bonn Germany called Frankenbaden. It is a 6 lane 25m pool that probably has more world records swum in it than any other pool. The stands are almost right over the pool and everything is so compact within and around the deck. The pool seems like it is only 20m long when you race in it. The pool is all tiled the old way and it makes the turns easy to spot and SOLID. In 1988 I swam a 1:47 in heats 200 free and was walking around like I was all that... and didn't make the finals. Oops. Unfortunately it is very old and not used too much any more. because too many new spiffy pools to use, but this is a 'classic'.

Sydney, Indianapolis, Sheffield, all rockin' pools no doubt. But Victoria's Commie pool is as good as those but not mentioned yet.

[sub24]

The pool us under the 'tower' and takes up very little space in the whole scheme of the stadium.

[chris_lamb]

the 50m warm down tank has a boom that raises instead of pushing to the side.

So this means that with the boom raised you do not get two 25m pools. :rolleyes:

[GettingFaster]

So this means that with the boom raised you do not get two 25m pools. :rolleyes:

...unless it lives in the bottom of the pool and lifts up like the Thames Barrier.
:rainbow:

[chris_lamb]

...unless it lives in the bottom of the pool and lifts up like the Thames Barrier.
:rainbow:

You still wouldn't get two 25m pools.

Assuming a 2m boom, you would have:


_______________________50m________________________ _
|--------------------------------------------------|

_______25m_________________________23m____________ _
|-------------------------||-----------------------|

[GettingFaster]

True, but it's a warm-down pool so does it really HAVE to be 2 x 25m?

OR, you could have something like this, with another bit at the end that's up when it's a 50m pool:


_ ______________________50m______________________||_ |
|------------------------------------------------||--|
--------------------------||---------------------||--|

_ ______25m_______________||________25m_____________ |
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
--------------------------||---------------------||--|

[chris_lamb]

True, but it's a warm-down pool so does it really HAVE to be 2 x 25m?

No, but it does not it more versatile, and versatility is good.

OR, you could have something like this, with another bit at the end that's up when it's a 50m pool:

You could, but it seems a rather expensive way to do it.

[Katie]

The pool in Berlin is a bit weird, there are 2 50m pools (woo!) and in the competition one for s/c comps as well as putting a boom at the end they also shove in some spectator seating somehow... so the spectators are pretty much in the pool! And if you walk on the boom it's like walking on a cheese grater. Ouch. Amazing pool though. I'm not sure if you'd get 2 x 25m pools if you have just the boom in. That one in the picture looks amazing sub24, where is it? I think I went to the pool in Victoria once and I remember it being pretty cool, never swam in it though!

[sub24]

The pool in the picture is in Montreal, I think World Short Course is going to be held there in 2006.
The boom raises in the swim down pool from lying horizontal to vertical. The bottom is fixed at both sides while one end raises. Like the hood over a car's engine. And I always wondered too if one end was 25m and the other was shorter.

[croberts]

The pool in the picture is in Montreal, I think World Short Course is going to be held there in 2006.

The World Champs (lc) are going to be held in Montreal in 2005. But in a newly built complex, not at the Olympic Pool which is falling into disrepair.

[happySwimmer]

I like the National Pool in Malta for training. Its 50m, 8 lanes (I recall), heated - but not too hot, and is within walking distance of the centre of Sliema. Any staff or customers I've had dealings with have been very friendly and welcoming. When I've been there I have often had the whole pool to myself.

Absolute bliss!

[neilogden]

I still likme Tadley swimming pool, although somewhere I can't touch the bottom would be nice - yet to find it.:)

[Ljunberg]

Canet, South of France has an excellent 50m pool, v clean, and v fast.
Weather isn't bad either!!!!!

[icelolly]

Little L will be kind of partial to Penlan Leisure Centre swansea for a while i feel. took 28 seconds off her 100 free last weekend only been 4 weeks since she set the pb ! not sure what went right but she came out saying it felt great ! confidence i think and a great dive and turns helped!
ice

[danny]

28 seconds off her 100 free!!! you mean 2.8?

[icelolly]

no i mean 28 seconds
1st ever time 2.10.98
2nd ever time 4 weeks later 1.43.48 (nb she is only 8)

[eeyore_25]

The pool at Hatfield is very good as well and it is meant to be the fastest pool in the country. I believe that as I took 6 seconds off my 200fs and fly today and 2 secs of my 50fs making my time finally under 30!:aarrgghh:

[lane4]

The pool at Hatfield is meant to be the fastest pool in the country.
Apart from your own PB's, on what grounds do you say that?

[Taxiandbank]

Apart from your own PB's, on what grounds do you say that?
Jonathon Quinn 4.20.16 400 IM British Junior record by 5 seconds!
Cassandra Patten 2.08.?? 200 fly only .2 away from British senior record.
Liz Johnson 1.42.?? 100 Breaststroke S6 less than .5 off World record
Definately a "fast" pool.

[Gina]

I have to agree that it is a very fast pool. Swam a pb in the 50 free yesterday (26.55) and that was after a good 100 breaststroke time and a tough morning training session. It has no shallow end (1.8m all thru) so that will make it faster than most normal pools in this country. Sheffield may be slightly faster, but then it comes down to how well a swimmer is racing and not the pool really.

[Katie]

Please could someone explain what difference the depth of the pool makes? I have always heard that deeper ones are supposed to be faster but I don't really understand why. I swam at the Fort Lauderdale Hall of Fame last year, where the racing pool is REALLY shallow (to the point when you can only just turn at the far end!), but I think it's supposed to be a pretty fast pool, and I swam some of my fastest times ever there. :confused:

[Pete]

In a shallow pool more turbulence is created because there is not such a large body of water to absorb it and also bounced back off the bottom.

[swimmer]

I would have thought that you would be slightly more bouyant in a deeper pool aswell?

[selkie]

Hall of Fame Pool gets you mentally even though the construction would suggest otherwise. When you get up on the blocks there, it's sunny and warm. You feel the breeze coming off the ocean a block away. You can see the palm trees. You look around, and with the other pools and the ocean there, and it just seems like a place where you're supposed to go fast. And it's got tradition- the stories about all the fast times that have come before in that pool.

When Natalie Coughlin set the 100M backstroke world record there, she reportedly came close to hitting her heels on the bottom on the shallow turn end. It's all part of the myth of the place.

[Steve]

I would have thought that you would be slightly more bouyant in a deeper pool aswell?
Absolutely not - the buoyancy force is proportional only to the volume of water displaced and is independent of the amount of water in which you are immersed (as long as there is enough water for you to displace of course!)

I believe that Pete's answer is the generally accepted reason for deeper pools generally being faster, ecept that the amount of turbulence generated is the same in both cases, it just disspiates faster in a larger volume of water. As an aside, having a deeper pool is an advantage at the start and turns (apart from the danger of hitting your feet/head on the bottom in a shallow pool) too. Swimming underwater is faster than swimming on the surface because of the drag effects caused by interaction with the water's surface. The further you can get away from the surface the smaller effect this will have (up to a limiting value).

[NotVeryFast]

I have to say, I love constant depth pools for the simple reason that you can tell how deep you are whilst still looking straight down in a streamline position. This is particularly helpful for breaststroke. When I did 100 breast at Bracknell, I made the error of doing my underwater pull to take me parallel to the pool floor, which I'm used to doing because I train in a constant depth pool. Unfortunately the pool at Bracknell descends rapidly away from the starting blocks, and I ended up really deep and had to glide up to the surface. At Basingstoke, on the other hand, a constant 1.8m depth pool, I've always done my best breaststroke swims, it's so easy to judge your depth in the underwater bits of the swim.

[Spidey]

Unfortunately the pool at Bracknell descends rapidly away from the starting blocks,

Rapidly?, quite a gentle incline from the start to more than half way along the pool NVF.

[NotVeryFast]

Unfortunately the pool at Bracknell descends rapidly away from the starting blocks,
Rapidly?, quite a gentle incline from the start to more than half way along the pool NVF.
I suppose when you dive in and do the underwater pull for breaststroke it takes you roughly halfway down the pool, it's possibly the gentle nature of the decline that deceived me into going along parallel to the bottom of the pool. I just know I had a very long glide up to the surface. Won't make the same mistake again, just shows the need at meets in general to warm up in the racing pool, whereas I warmed up in the less crowded and warmer training pool.

[Silver Fox]

Manchester is good but I do agree that Sheffield is also good ! Laurie

[SuperMangs]

Lots of people mention fast pools, but on a recent visit to Sydney, I swam in some gorgeous pools that probably don't have records set in them these days.

1. Boy Charlton Pool, Woolloomoolloo

Set on pylons out over the harbour, when you breath on your left you see gardens, and when you breath on your right you see the harbour. It's an amazing place to start the day.

2. North Sydney Pool

This was a fast pool in its day. Shane Gould set a 100m fs record here. But whilst no longer up to that standard, it is one of the most dramatic settings in the world. It's almost immediately under the Harbour Bridge, and you can see the Opera House from here and look out on the harbour. Just amazing.

3. Icebergs, Bondi

This pool tucked up on the south side of Bondi beach is rough and ready, and is filled by sweeping waves fresh off the ocean. I don't think any formal squads swim here even; just a motley collection of lifeguards, old dudes, kids, wives, etc, etc. But if you want to remember why it is that you enjoy moving through the water, then this place is as good as any.

All that said, I've developed a fondness for CP here in London. On a Saturday morning in summer, the light coming through the windows is pretty, and the high ceiling gives it an almost cathedral-like feeling.

[Steve]

2. North Sydney Pool

This was a fast pool in its day. Shane Gould set a 100m fs record here. But whilst no longer up to that standard, it is one of the most dramatic settings in the world. It's almost immediately under the Harbour Bridge, and you can see the Opera House from here and look out on the harbour. Just amazing.


That'll be this one then :) :

http://www.pullbuoy.co.uk/australia/images/nsydney.jpg

I had the pleasure of training there for two years, and I can assure you that it was a pleasure, even in the depths of winter. As for records, it still has its fair share of masters records set there. IIRC correctly Tattersalls set an Australian Record there last year for the 4x50m freestyle relay 120-159 agegroup (a couple of seconds shy of the world record) and a team that included Chris Fydler (2000 Olympic gold medallist in the 400 free team) - man was he fast!

[INDswimmer14]

I have never had a bad race at the IUPUI facility in Indianapolis.

[stinkpot]

Sheffield is the best pool in my opinion. I've raced in Glasgow and wasn't impressed. I've never raced in Sydney's facility or Indianapolis which is apparently also an amazing facility. I've raced in Texas and it's a fast pool, always had good times there but it's not as nice as Sheffield.
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[fast-swimmer]

I must admit that sheffield is a really good pool but i can't really make a decision cause there are so many pools out there but i also like manchester and sloterparkbad ( the dutch pool in amsterdam, 8 lane 50m pool )
I havnt swam at tolcross yet but i hope to do so in the future.

[Spidey]

I must admit that sheffield is a really good pool but i can't really make a decision cause there are so many pools out there but i also like manchester and sloterparkbad ( the dutch pool in amsterdam, 8 lane 50m pool )
I havnt swam at tolcross yet but i hope to do so in the future.

My memory of Tolcross is that it is far from anywhere and with a very small cafe.

[Alaric Smith]

In Britain, I think that the Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh has a long way to go, quirky and fun. My favourite pool in the world, well; my old home pool in Port Harcourt, Nigeria (50 x 25 m, open air, surrounded by imported Eucalyptus and Flame of the Forest trees, fast & deep, - 1.5 m shallow, 4 m deep, cool and nearly always empty, as well as the best Chapman's served anywhere in the World), the Son Hugo pool in Palma, Mallorca or the Athens Olympic pool.

[fast-swimmer]

In Britain, I think that the Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh has a long way to go, quirky and fun. My favourite pool in the world, well; my old home pool in Port Harcourt, Nigeria (50 x 25 m, open air, surrounded by imported Eucalyptus and Flame of the Forest trees, fast & deep, - 1.5 m shallow, 4 m deep, cool and nearly always empty, as well as the best Chapman's served anywhere in the World), the Son Hugo pool in Palma, Mallorca or the Athens Olympic pool.

i think that athens olmypic pool looks amizing. Outdoor training in Greece is the best, loved it when i used to live there. is there any training camps in Athens olmypic pool??

[NuRRr!]

meLbourne =)