Adelaide Aquatic Centre

Last updated

Adelaide Aquatic Centre
Adelaide Aquatic Centre sign.JPG
Building information
Full nameAdelaide Aquatic Centre
City Adelaide, Australia
Coordinates 34°54′3″S138°35′27″E / 34.90083°S 138.59083°E / -34.90083; 138.59083 Coordinates: 34°54′3″S138°35′27″E / 34.90083°S 138.59083°E / -34.90083; 138.59083
Opened20 December 1969
Home club(s)Burnside Swimming Club
Main pool
Length50 metres
Lanes8 lanes

The Adelaide Aquatic Centre is a complex of indoor heated swimming pools operated by the Adelaide City Council and located in the northernmost extent of the Adelaide Parklands in North Adelaide, Australia. It is located in the square of parkland bordered by Jeffcott Street, Barton Terrace West, Prospect Road and Fitzroy Terrace. There is a car park to the west whose entrance is off Jeffcott Street, but the entrance to the centre itself faces north, towards Fitzroy Terrace. The centre opened on 20 December 1969. [1]

Contents

Facilities

The centre features a 50-metre Olympic-sized swimming pool and a smaller adjacent pool (33m x 21m) used for aqua aerobics, canoe polo, diving, underwater hockey and water polo. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] These two pools are surrounded on three sides by raised seating for competition spectators. The wet areas also include an octopus-themed 'Octopool' for children's swimming lessons and recreational use, two leisure pools, two water slides, two spas, a dry sauna and a steam room. At extra cost (unless one becomes a member), the centre offers a crèche and a health club equipped with cardio machines, pin-loaded weight machines and free weights. There are also shops providing swimming equipment and food, and an outdoor barbecue area.

Fees

There are separate prices for families, single adults, children, and concession card holders (Health Care Card or full-time tertiary students). [8] to the different areas of the centre, including the pools, sauna, spa and gym. Adelaide Aquatic Centre also offers membership for full access to the centre.

State of maintenance and future plans

Since 2005, peak representative bodies such as Diving Australia, Swimming Australia and the Aquatic Sports Coalition of SA have criticised the condition of facilities at the centre. [9]

There was a plan that in the period April to July 2011 the centre's roof would be replaced as the first stage in upgrading the centre.[ citation needed ]

Adelaide City Council has reportedly allocated $6 million for a leisure centre conversion for the aquatic centre, but requires additional funding from the state or federal governments to go ahead. [1] The council is to undertake a detailed study on how best to proceed in further upgrading the centre in coming years, to shift its focus from swimming competitions to a family oriented leisure pool facility, along the lines of an indoor waterpark.[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Aquatic Centre</span> Indoor aquatics facility, Dublin, Ireland

The National Aquatic Centre (NAC) is an indoor aquatics facility in Blanchardstown, Fingal, Ireland. The State-owned complex houses a 50-metre swimming pool with an associated diving pool, an aquapark and leisure pool, and a fitness centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ponds Forge</span> Pool and sport hall in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in Sheffield, England, that contains an Olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and children's pools, water slides and other sports facilities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manchester Aquatics Centre</span> Public aquatic sports facility in Manchester, England

The Manchester Aquatics Centre, abbreviated MAC, is a public aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolitan University. It was purpose built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and cost £32 million to build.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Aquatics Centre</span> Public aquatic sports facility in London, England

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre (164-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, designed by architect Zaha Hadid as one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events. After significant modification, the centre opened to the public in March 2014.

A leisure centre, sports centre, recreation center, or aquatics centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the local government authority, where people can engage in a variety of sports and exercise, and keep fit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre</span>

The Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre is a major, $17 million aquatic sporting facility located upon the Queens Domain, within less than 1 kilometre of the CBD of Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania, Australia. The venue has hosted the Australian Swimming Championships, the Tasmanian Swimming Championships, FINA Swimming World Cup, Pan Pacific Games and the Qantas Skins. Other major events held at the venue throughout its first seven years of operation include the Australian Canoe Polo Championships, Australian Diving Championships, Australian Water Polo Under Age and National League events and the World and Australian Underwater Hockey Championships.

The Clarence Aquatic Centre is a major aquatic sporting facility located in Montagu Bay, in the city of Clarence, Tasmania, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moana Pool</span> Swimming pool in Dunedin, New Zealand

Moana Pool is the largest swimming pool in the southern half of New Zealand's South Island. It is located at the corner of Littlebourne Road and Upper Stuart Street close to Otago Boys' High School, on the slopes of Roslyn, overlooking the centre of the city of Dunedin. The pool complex can be seen from much of the city, and commands extensive views over central and coastal Dunedin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City Centre Aquatic Complex</span>

The City Centre Aquatic Complex is an indoor aquatic centre featuring an Olympic size swimming pool in the Town Centre area of Coquitlam, British Columbia. The building was designed by Vic Davies Architect Ltd., built at a cost of $8.2 million, and opened in March 1994. The interior is orange with rope railings around the wave pool. The pools use ozone for secondary water purification.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunderland Aquatic Centre</span>

Sunderland Aquatic Centre is an indoor sports complex next to the Stadium of Light in the city of Sunderland, England. It contains an Olympic-size swimming pool, a diving pool and a gymnasium. It is the only full Olympic-standard pool in North East England between Glasgow and Leeds.

Launceston Leisure and Aquatic Centre is a double storey structure built at the old Windmill Hill Swimming Pool site in Launceston, Tasmania. The centre was opened on 25 May 2009, at a cost of A$26.3 million. The Launceston City Council estimates that 400,000 people would visit each year after the establishment period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swimming pool</span> Artificial container filled with water intended for swimming

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground or built above ground, and may be found as a feature aboard ocean-liners and cruise ships. In-ground pools are most commonly constructed from materials such as concrete, natural stone, metal, plastic, or fiberglass, and can be of a custom size and shape or built to a standardized size, the largest of which is the Olympic-size swimming pool.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piscines Bernat Picornell</span>

Piscines Bernat Picornell is a swimming venue situated in the Olympic Ring in Montjuïc, Barcelona. The venue consists of three swimming pools: a 50m indoor pool, a 50m outdoor pool, and a pool for diving. It hosted the swimming events, synchronized swimming events, the water polo final, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon event for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium</span>

The Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium is an aquatics complex located on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary.The facility has four floors, covers an area of about 80,000 square meters and has eight indoor and outdoor pools, including training pools, diving pools and competitive swimming pools both for short course and long course.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre</span> Swimming pool complex in Melbourne, Australia

The Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre is a public swimming pool complex located on the corner of High Street and Edgar Street, Glen Iris, Melbourne, Australia. Built in the 1960s by Australian architects Kevin Borland and Daryl Jackson, the Swimming Centre is considered to be a fine example of Brutalist architecture. Originally built as a municipal swimming baths, in 1927, the facilities were renovated in 1967 by Borland and Jackson to accommodate for higher swimming participation numbers. It is named in honour of Prime Minister Harold Holt, whose apparent drowning death was announced during its construction and who was the local member of parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre</span>

The South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre (SAALC), also known as the State Aquatic Centre, is a swimming venue located in the Adelaide suburb of Oaklands Park in South Australia. The centre is managed by the YMCA on behalf of the Government of South Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aberdeen Sports Village</span> Sports facility in Aberdeen

Aberdeen Sports Village is a sports facility in Aberdeen, Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sandwell Aquatics Centre</span>

Sandwell Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility located in Londonderry, Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It contains an Olympic-size swimming pool, a 10-metre diving board with 25 metre pool, a community swimming pool and permanent seating for 1,000 spectators with an additional 4,000 seats during the Games. Construction began in January 2020 and opened on 12 April 2022 to mark 100 days until the start of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

References

  1. 1 2 Castellato, Renato (20 December 2009). "Our aquatic centre shame". The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009.
  2. "Facilities". Adelaide Aquatic Centre. Adelaide City Council. Retrieved 25 November 2007.[ dead link ]
  3. "Adelaide Aquatic Centre". Adelaide City Council. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. "UWH in South Australia". Adelaide Underwater Hockey. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. "CANOE POLO NOTICEBOARD". Canoe SA. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  6. "South Australian Water Polo Venues". Water Polo South Australia.
  7. "About Diving SA - Diving South Australia was formed in 2000". Diving SA. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. "Hours and Fees". Adelaide Aquatic Centre. Adelaide City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. Bildstien, Craig (7 March 2005). "Aquatic Centre too run-down". The Advertiser.