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Reopen the Fort pool
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From Rachel Scrimger.
ON 26 June, my husband took our three-and-a-half year old daughter for a swim at Le Quennevais. She was very excited and off they went at 9 am.
I received a phone call about half an hour later to tell me that his mission had failed on two counts: Les Quennevais was not open to the public due to a competition and the Aquasplash was only open for swimming lessons on a Saturday morning.
My husband asked if there were any hotels that they could go to. Yes, there are, but we are not members of any of their clubs.
Why should we be? There are two public pools in the Island. Both pools are taxpayer funded, the former is States owned and, for the amount of subsidy we pay, the latter may as well be.
I think it is a disgrace that something so simple could not be accomplished. I call for the States to look into re-opening the Fort pool as an additional venue for what is obviously a popular pastime for many Islanders, young and old.
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