The Swimming Pool and Spa Alliance (SPASA) is launching the SPASA CONVENTION.

SPASA Convention is the result of SPASA and its members sharing the same vision and strategy to deliver a national trade expo. The convention will feature educational seminars and provide a platform to network with professionals across the entire pool and spa industry.

WHY ATTEND THE SPASA CONVENTION?

• See the industry’s most respected exhibitors
• Talk with manufacturers and suppliers of the latest and most innovative products [Read more...]

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The Total Facilities Expo is being held on 5-6 June 2013 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Total Facilities Expo will be Australia’s largest expo and learning event for the facilities management community.

Register to receive your free expo and education pass and get access to:

The Expo Floor
5th – 6th June, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Put yourself amongst hundreds of the latest cost-saving tools, technologies and solutions that are helping run buildings and facilities smoother, cleaner, greener and more efficiently. You’ll find a comprehensive showcase of over 65 industry categories covering everything from the boiler room to the rooftop, inside and out. [Read more...]

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Fitness Australia has launched its 2013 industry awards, mailing entry guidelines and criteria to eligible facilities. The Awards are presented annually to recognise, promote and celebrate industry excellence.

They have a rich history of recognising achievement and success within the fitness industry, with previous award recipients being able to celebrate and promote their success with their customers, team and industry peers.

Fitness Australia highlights that taking part in the Quality Awards process will help applicants to:

• Identify business strengths and opportunities for improvements;
• Align resources with strategy; [Read more...]

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The inaugural joint Parks and Leisure Australia and Recreation SA conference held last month was opened by Leon Bignell MP Minister for Recreation, Sport and Tourism, raised some intersting points.

• Recent trends show a shift away from organised sport in favour of more unstructured activity including walking, cycling, fitness, recreation.
• Government is urged to recognise leisure and recreation as a profession and commit equal if not greater resources and funding to ensure the community participation in unstructured activity (and sport) is maintained. [Read more...]

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The date has been confirmed for the 2013 Recreation SA Aquatics Conference, which is being held on Friday 6 September 2013 at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre Marion.

Join us for:

• Trade Displays
• Launch of Watch Around Water with Brenton Ragless
• Keynote Speaker – Julian Burton
• Innovation Panel – innovative programs to grow your client base [Read more...]

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The NSW Country Pool Managers will be staging their 2013 industry conference in Cowra from Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th May.

To be held at the Cowra Services Club, the conference will include a training session on water testing and quality while Neil Shaw. Manager, General Environmental Health at NSW Health will discuss the Public Health Act 2010 and Public Health Regulations 2012. [Read more...]

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The Victorian Government has made a $6.4 million budget commitment to the State’s major aquatic, recreation and sport venues.

Victorian Minister for Sport and Recreation Hugh Delahunty said the funding would go towards ensuring the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (MSAC), State Netball Hockey Centre (SNHC), and Lakeside Stadium remained at the top of their game. [Read more...]

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Auckland (and former Manukau) Mayor Len Brown’s policy of extending free entry to children 16 and under at all of Auckland Regional Council’s 24 swimming pools has been in operation since the beginning of April.

In May last year, Mayor Brown had to abandon plans to extend the former Manukau City Council’s free swimming at five pools to those across the now unified Auckland Regional Council area. However, the new Council did back allowing free swimming for those aged 16 and under. [Read more...]

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Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair John Wylie has today announced almost $120 million in Government investment allocations to Australian national sporting organisations for 2013-14.

Introducing the funding allocations, Wylie explained “the investment in sports we are announcing today reflects the robust approach we have adopted under Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022 the high performance game plan for moving Australian sport from world class to world best. [Read more...]

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