The Sabadell Swimming Club (Club Natació Sabadell) members have a good reason to celebrate. The Sabadell Swimming Club Foundation and the company AstralPool, part of the Aquaria Group, have signed a sponsorship agreement for the installation of the most modern pool of its category at the Can Llong centre for use beginning in the summer of 2008. Versatile and designed with the latest technology, this 50m Olympic pool has side walls and a bottom that can be moved. Its installation is set to begin this very summer. The future installations are one more step towards converting this Can Llong centre into a benchmark facility in Spain and Southern Europe.

 

The new swimming pool is similar to the one AstralPool is installing for the FINA World Swimming Championships, taking place in Melbourne (Australia) from 17 March to 1 April. It incorporates the same technology already featured in the pool used at the Championships held in Barcelona in 2003.

 

As the pool’s walls and bottom are moveable, the Sabadell Swimming Club will be able to divide a single pool into several areas of different sizes and depths. In this way, it will be able to accommodate various uses and groups at the same time.

 

The Foundation’s commitment to the future

 

As a result of the sponsorship agreement signed by AstralPool, the Sabadell Swimming Club Foundation will have more funds available to develop training programmes for member athletes and to enhance the promotion of the sport within the community. This agreement fulfils two goals: on behalf of AstralPool and the Aquaria Group, to demonstrate the commitment that this multinational company, headquartered in Sabadell, has made to the community and its closest neighbours; and on behalf of the Foundation, to establish itself as the Club’s ideal collaborator, with the first agreement between the entity and a company.