CARY, North Carolina, November 19. PREMIER Management Group, the nation's leading aquatic marketing firm, announced today the launch of a new website for their open water swimming venture, Open Water Planet, at www.OpenWaterPlanet.comOpen Water Planet (OWP) owns and operates several major open water swimming events including, Aaron Peirsol's Race for the Oceans™, The Corpus Christi Open Water Festival™,...
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the break of dawn, a group of youngsters assemble near the swimming pool of Madukar Vasudeva Goray, a Maharashtrian businessman, settled in the northern city of Kozhikode.For them it is time of take their swimming lessons. Rain or shine, Goray (62) has been giving free swimming lessons to young children for the last 40 years.Goray says he has lost count of the number of persons trained. "May be in...
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AMRAVATI: The group of swimmers stoodat the edge of the pool, waiting their turn eagerly and exchanging notes onvarious strokes. A mundane scene at any swimming competition, you would say.Except, this was no ordinary swimming meet. Because the youngest person in thegroup of swimmers was well over 70 years old. The oldest was a sprightly89.The participation of the veteran swimmers made the 12th statelevel...
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Swim Life will conduct a three-meet swim series at the St. Joseph’s Indian High School pool here for boys and girls (Group I to VI).The first meet will be held on October 31 and November 1, second on December 12 and 13 and the final one on January 30 and 31, 2010. Entries close on October 29. For details, call Satish Kumar, Director, Swim Life at...
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Concern And Help The Aged Comment On The Take-up Figures For The Free Swimming InitiativeCommenting on the take-up figures for the free swimming initiative, Andrew Harrop, Head of Policy at Age Concern and Help the Aged, said:'It's great news that increasing numbers of older people have taken the plunge and are now swimming their way towards a healthier lifestyle thanks to the free swimming initiative.'This...
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Victorian swimming pool in Edinburgh has been closed after a glass panel fell from its roof, leaving a man with large cut on his arm.The 25-year-old man was struck at about 1500 GMT on Thursday at Warrender Swim Centre in Thirlestane Road.All swimming lessons have been cancelled and the gym closed until further notice.Edinburgh Leisure, which runs the pool, said a full investigation was now underway...
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children and a man were taken to hospital with breathing problems after being overcome by chemicals at public swimming baths in Liverpool.Richard Davies, 30, was given oxygen for six hours to help his breathing after paramedics arrived at Lifestyles Centre in Garston on Wednesday night.Liverpool City Council said an inquiry had started and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had been informed.Paramedics...
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ELGIN -- School District U46 parents, students and coaches are protesting the closing of pools and elimination of "B" teams in middle schools and high schools.Over the past two weeks, the school district -- facing a $53.5 million budget deficit -- has gradually unveiled its plans to eliminate some, if not all, of its middle school and high school "B" athletic teams, as well as close its high school...
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Tiruchi-unit of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu will conduct the ‘learn to swim’ programme at the Anna Stadium pool here from November...
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Hanuman Rad of Agrod,Rajasthan was rescued at 2.30pm at Calangute after lifeguards saw him strugglingto reach the shore. Rad was swimming in the safe swim zone when lifeguard VithalChari saw him struggle and immediately radioed other lifeguards.While lifeguard Anuraj Harmalkar rushed to the victim with a rescueboard, lifeguards Krishna Halankar and Jagdish Tandel launched the jet ski. Thevictim was...
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