Swimming in Grenada is limited to a 25yd pool at Good Hope, St. Paul’s. There are presently significant difficulties for competitive swimmers and school children as the current 25ft, 4 lane pool cannot adequately serve the needs of the islands swimmers. The powers that be need to act as these facilities are hurting the progress of young swimmers. In spite of this team Grenada has seen some success at the regional level but better performances can be had if better facilities are acquired.
These key constraints can be summarised as follows:
The present facilities cannot accommodate the demand and places restrictions on swimming clubs in accessing more, and more convenient, pool time.
Four swim clubs train at this facility, which houses just 1 toilet and 2 external showers. There are no locker rooms or changing facilities.
The existing facilities are not designed well or with the needs of swimming teaching and training in mind.
There are no adequate spectator amenities to host competitive swimming in the Grenada as the current spectator stands are decaying and falling apart and are in urgent need of attention.
As a result of the above Grenada is unable to attract regional or foreign swimmers to local meets as the facilities are too limiting.
There are no parking facilities and current swim practise and local meets are very disruptive to surrounding residents.
Important points of consideration:
1. A 50 metre Olympic sized pool should be seriously considered as this would attract international swimmers to Grenada, which would in turn generate income in the form of hotel and gust house stays.
2. A pool this size will enable Grenada to host regional / international competitions like the OECS Swimming championships, Carifta, CCCAN and CISC.
Swimming is a sport that requires year round intensive training in order to have any possibility of success, and we as an island owe it to this generation to provide a pool to facilitate their development.
Let's join the movement to petition the state of the current facilities and urge our leaders to provide adequate training facilities for our nation's swimmers.
Updates
October 8, 2015
We just hit 250 signatures. It is clear that Grenada is ready for better swimming facilities.
Reached 250 supporters
October 8, 2015
October 6, 2015
100 signatures reached. It is time for the ministry to notice our island needs better pools.
October 6, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this level of support confirms that our swimmers deserve better than what we have.
Reached 100 supporters
October 6, 2015
106 Comments
I am in full support!! This was a promise to us for a very long time. It must be materialized. Sports tourism can contribute tremendously to our economy but we need the facilities. We have great swimmers so lets give them a great pool to practise in.
Swimming is one of the more popular sports that our students participate in in Grenada. The facility that they use should be able to accommodate training, host both locally and regionally attended swimming events, and allow athletes and onlookers to be in a comfortable and pleasant environment. This is certainly not the case right now and it needs to be addressed.
I give my support one hundred percent. We need better facilities for our kids even the parking is terrible and there are threats by the persons in the neighborhood to damage people's tyres
I worked on fundraising before I left the island in 1999 as I understand it the association was given land for the placement of the pool, it's 16 years later. What happened? It's time we see that money put to use.
I fully support this as well. The facilities have pretty much been the same since I used to swim about 15-20 years ago and as a past private swim coach I have seen numerous parents choosing to pull their children out of swim lessons because of the conditions.
What about the land offered by Govt. in Frequente. Is that still available?
I remember attending an OECS meet in Grenada when my kids were swimming in St. Lucia. It was cramped to say the least and I think a new facility would bring a lot of benefits. I don't recall it keeping Grenada from thumping the rest of us, however.
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Swimming in Grenada is limited to a 25yd pool at Good Hope, St. Paul’s. There are presently significant difficulties for competitive swimmers and school children as the current 25ft, 4 lane pool cannot adequately serve the needs of the islands swimmers. The powers that be need to act as these facilities are hurting the progress of young swimmers. In spite of this team Grenada has seen some success at the regional level but better performances can be had if better facilities are acquired.
These key constraints can be summarised as follows:
The present facilities cannot accommodate the demand and places restrictions on swimming clubs in accessing more, and more convenient, pool time.
Four swim clubs train at this facility, which houses just 1 toilet and 2 external showers. There are no locker rooms or changing facilities.
The existing facilities are not designed well or with the needs of swimming teaching and training in mind.
There are no adequate spectator amenities to host competitive swimming in the Grenada as the current spectator stands are decaying and falling apart and are in urgent need of attention.
As a result of the above Grenada is unable to attract regional or foreign swimmers to local meets as the facilities are too limiting.
There are no parking facilities and current swim practise and local meets are very disruptive to surrounding residents.
Important points of consideration:
1. A 50 metre Olympic sized pool should be seriously considered as this would attract international swimmers to Grenada, which would in turn generate income in the form of hotel and gust house stays.
2. A pool this size will enable Grenada to host regional / international competitions like the OECS Swimming championships, Carifta, CCCAN and CISC.
Swimming is a sport that requires year round intensive training in order to have any possibility of success, and we as an island owe it to this generation to provide a pool to facilitate their development.
Let's join the movement to petition the state of the current facilities and urge our leaders to provide adequate training facilities for our nation's swimmers.
Updates
October 8, 2015
We just hit 250 signatures. It is clear that Grenada is ready for better swimming facilities.
Reached 250 supporters
October 8, 2015
October 6, 2015
100 signatures reached. It is time for the ministry to notice our island needs better pools.
October 6, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this level of support confirms that our swimmers deserve better than what we have.
Reached 100 supporters
October 6, 2015
106 Comments
As a Grenadian national swimmer for 7 years. I fine its time a pool is given to us. We have gone to meets time and time again and brought back good results home. Athletes has been given a stadium, why not give the swimmers a pool to improve on their abilities!
I am in full support!! This was a promise to us for a very long time. It must be materialized. Sports tourism can contribute tremendously to our economy but we need the facilities. We have great swimmers so lets give them a great pool to practise in.
Swimming is one of the more popular sports that our students participate in in Grenada. The facility that they use should be able to accommodate training, host both locally and regionally attended swimming events, and allow athletes and onlookers to be in a comfortable and pleasant environment. This is certainly not the case right now and it needs to be addressed.
I give my support one hundred percent. We need better facilities for our kids even the parking is terrible and there are threats by the persons in the neighborhood to damage people's tyres
I worked on fundraising before I left the island in 1999 as I understand it the association was given land for the placement of the pool, it's 16 years later. What happened? It's time we see that money put to use.
I fully support this as well. The facilities have pretty much been the same since I used to swim about 15-20 years ago and as a past private swim coach I have seen numerous parents choosing to pull their children out of swim lessons because of the conditions.
What about the land offered by Govt. in Frequente. Is that still available?
I remember attending an OECS meet in Grenada when my kids were swimming in St. Lucia. It was cramped to say the least and I think a new facility would bring a lot of benefits. I don't recall it keeping Grenada from thumping the rest of us, however.
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As a Grenadian national swimmer for 7 years. I fine its time a pool is given to us. We have gone to meets time and time again and brought back good results home. Athletes has been given a stadium, why not give the swimmers a pool to improve on their abilities!