Swimmers at Whyteleafe pool have experienced this term water temperature that is slightly less than the usual warm water at this popular location.

The lower pool water temperature has been caused by the new plant fitted to control pool room humidity and pool water temperature.

The new plant system is quite fascinating, the unit is located at school entrance end of the pool building. The system measures the room temperature and the humidity in the air. Swimmers may remember that the pool windows used to run with water especially during the winter. This was due to the high water temperature evaporating into the pool room. The new system monitors the air humidity and claims back the heat that is coming out of the pool. This humidity and heat is channelled to a reclaim unit that draws off the heat and removes the humidity. The drier warm air is then returned to the pool. The system is much more efficient than the previous heat only boiler.

The boiler system installed to supply heat to both the air and the water temperature was found in the commissioning trials to be slightly undersized. This is why the pool temperature has been 30 – 31 degrees Celsius. This temperature is acceptable for normal swimming activities. Due to the warmer water requirements of Baby Swimming and to meet the demands of the school, the contracting company have at the end of last week, fitted a larger boiler unit at no cost. The pool water temperature was measuredon Sunday 19th October at 32 degrees and today is back to a lovely 32.8 (33) degrees.

We would like to thank the school for acting so promptly to the demands of our swimmers and to the swimmers themselves for understanding the pool temperature was something we had to work on and could not resolve immediately.

In addition at Whyteleafe, we have been working with the pool to assist in the cleaning of the pool whilst the new plant was being refitted during the term break. Ultan, (the mighty Celtic), visited the pool on several occasions, donning his SCUBA diving equipment to pressure wash the pool basin, whilst the pool was being commissioned with the new heating plant installed.

We hope everyone enjoys the lesser humidity and the now warmer water and continues to enjoy swimming through to Christmas  with us this term.

Hello Sevenoaks Swimmers,

Sadly as your text explained we will now not be able to swim on the following dates:

Friday - 23rd October

Saturday - 17th & 24th October

This is due to the hospital having to do a large re-cabling job which has forced the hydrotherapy section to shut for a couple of weeks. We are very sorry for the delay this will cause to your term but below are the make up dates for your classes.

Friday - 18th December

Saturday - 19th December & 9th January

Many apologies, the Aquatots team.

Hello Sunbury swimmers,

Hopefully you've all now recieved the letter explaining about the ongoing delays at Sunbury. Sadly the pool is not going to be available to us until February. We wish to apologise to you for this delay.

We have, however, transferred your swimming to a lovely pool in Worcester Park, where we will run the term from Saturday 17th October. We've tried as best as possible as well to keep you at a swim time similar to Sunbury.

We hope that you can come and swim with us at Worcester Park, a pool which was refurbished roughly 18 months ago and truly is a lovely facility.

If you have any questions or queries please do contact us either by telephone on 020 8688 6488 or e-mail at info@aquatots.com or peter.collard@aquatots.com

Hello Sunbury swimmers,

Hopefully you've all now recieved the letter explaining about the ongoing delays at Sunbury. Sadly the pool is not going to be available to us until February. We wish to apologise to you for this delay.

We have, however, transferred your swimming to a lovely pool in Worcester Park, where we will run the term from Saturday 17th October. We've tried as best as possible as well to keep you at a swim time similar to Sunbury.

We hope that you can come and swim with us at Worcester Park, a pool which was refurbished roughly 18 months ago and truly is a lovely facility.

If you have any questions or queries please do contact us either by telephone on 020 8688 6488 or e-mail at info@aquatots.com or peter.collard@aquatots.com

New Course Fee - Minimal Price Increase - October 09, Autumn Term

Aquatots, has to announce a new course fee increase of 3 pounds fifty pence per swimmer per term. The rise in course fees  has unfortunately occurred due to the continued increase of some pool hire fees. The swimming pools are keen to express that their increase in hire charges are in direct proportion to the rise of the cost of fossil fuels (i.e; Gas Bills)required to heat the swimming pools. Aquatots, always try to find ways of avoiding an increase of our course fees at anytime and appreciate doing so now in the current economic climate may not be a wisest of decisions. Price increases are not something that we have choose to just do with out much thought and consideration.  Aquatots, have absorbed the costs of the hire fees throughout the current year. However, some of the more recent rises in pool hire have resulted in some pool sites just tipping to not break even. As a result, to cover the majority of increased pool hire costs, we have marginally increased our per lesson fee by 39 pence per lesson.  

We hope you, our swimmers will try to understand, not only, why we have had to implement the current increase, but  consider we have tried to keep the rise to an absolute minimum. Please do not hesitate to contact us at the office to discuss if in the current climate, an option to divide the course fee payment into two equal monthly payments of 56.25  would be of assistance with course fee  payment, please just send in two cheques. We will bank them a month apart.

Thank you all for your custom throughout the summer. We hope to see you all swimming in the Autumn Term.

Happy Swimming – The Aquatots Team

Hello Tadworth Swimmers,

Unfortunately there will be no swimming this weekend the 15th & 16th August. This is due there being a problem with loose tiles in the pool which needed addressing immediately. The pool is being completely drained so that the work can be done and the pool will be back fully working on the following weekend. We have arranged for there to be a make up sossion for our swimmers on the 3rd and 4th October. we are very sorry about this disruption to your term but when these issues are resolved we hope to finish the term without any furhter delays.

Many thanks

AquaTots

Hello Sunbury Swimmers,

We have recieved an update from the Sunbury pool regarding the problems with the pool water filtration system.

Sadly there will not be any swimming on August the 22nd. There have been complications with the repair works which have caused this further delay. A letter with a full explanation will be coming out next week. A letter with a full explanation will be coming out next week.

We apologize for the continued delays, we are very hopeful that we will be swimming very soon. Please keep checking the website for further updates, and we appreciate your patience, we are doing everything we can to start swimming as soon as we are able.

Many thanks

The AquaTots Team

The good news is that we have finally made conatct with the new pool owners who have bought the premises  and who have agreed to continue to hirer the pool out to AquaTots classes.

However it will take a few more days to confirm what the exact term dates for the summer will be. It will probably be delayed to the end of July or even early August.

We do apologize for the recent changes to the term dates and for any inconvinience caused, and would like to thank you for your patience.

We will of course confirm to you in writing the exact term dates and swim days/weekdays available as soon the pool owners contact us again.

AquaTots is pleased to announce we now have 3 new pools available. We will now be swimming at Ashford in Middlesex as well as Bisley & West End in Surrey. Bisley and Ashford are available for the summer term and West End from October, so please ring the office on 020 8688 6488 to book your space.

Aqua Tots is proud to annouce that from our Spring term starting in April we will have a new pool in Caterham.

The pool is in Marden Lodge School, and has just been fully refurbished, and re-built with new changing facilities.The water temperature is over 32 degrees and the air temperature is high too, due to their brand new heating system that has been installed.

There is also plenty of off road parking within the school grounds for our swimmers to use.

We will have levels 1 -5 available at Caterham from the Spring term on a Saturday.

If you are interested in booking please call the office on 020 8688 6488 to check availability.

We now have 2 news pools available to our swimmers. They are Cheam in Surrey, and Abbey Wood in London. They are all heated to above 30 degrees with plenty of space to change and shower. We will be swimming in these pools from the start of our Winter 2009 term commencing at the beginning of January. Please contact the office to check availability and book your place.