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Record summer numbers for Hutt City pools
Record summer numbers for Hutt City pools
Almost 300,000 people swam at Hutt City’s three indoor and three outdoor pools this summer, an increase of 15 per cent on the year before.
January saw the biggest numbers with 111,655 people swimming across the month, an average of 600 people at each of the six pools every day. Compared to January last year that was an increase 20,000 people.
Marcus Sherwood, Divisional Manager of Leisure Active puts the increase down to the range of swimming experiences Hutt City has to offer and a bumper summer.
“In summer we have our three summer pools operating and we run special events, which helps increase the numbers. This includes our Big Summer Splash promotion and one-off events like free entry in exchange for food that we give to the local food bank.
“The continued popularity of swimming in Lower Hutt bodes well for the redevelopment at Huia Pool, which will increase the numbers of people we can take at Learn to Swim and add hydrotherapy services as well as a new Fitness Suite.”
The Huia redevelopment is planned to open late 2016.
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