The Aquatic Centre encompasses an eight-lane 25m main pool, a leisure pool (including a toddler’s pool, rain drop, water fountains, walk-in beach area, bubble pit & sprays), a hydrotherapy pool as well as a wide variety of inflatables to use. They hold regular events.
Caregiver – no charge. Pool side, they have two hoists. One at the Main Pool and the other at the Hydrotherapy Pool. The friendly pool side staff are available and trained to assist you with the hoists. A wet wheelchair available to get you from the changing room and into the pool. A Disability Changing Room, which provides a safe space to shower and change. Features include: the extra safety benefit of a ‘staff assist’ button for if you get into difficulty, electric, height-adjustable change table, hoist for transfer to and from table to wet chair.
Mobility Parking
Are you not exercising? Are you struggling with your health and fitness? Are you limiting your life because of your fitness? Does your fitness make you feel disappointed or guilty? Have you given up even trying because you think you will fail? Does this area of your life make you feel embarrassed? Have you just accepted that you will always be unfit? Get up to Five is an 8 week group training programme with 3 x group sessions each week. The coaching team guides you through each session as you follow the Get up to Five programme.
Gone are the days of old-school scales, calipers, tape measure and guesswork as a means of comparing and tracking your health and fitness progress. Using a combination of precision instrumentation and technology, as seen on the award winning TV3 show MATCHFIT, they can help you gain a high quality and complete understanding of all aspects of your health and fitness inside and out.
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