Strong aquatic stream for National Sports Convention

The National Sports Convention will be held at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney on June 23 and 24.

The convention will explore all the hard questions around the future of aquatic, recreation and sports facilities and provide global and Australian examples of best practice.

The aquatic centre sub-stream will discuss future design requirements to engage the broadest sectors of the community for the next generation of users. These include:

• The Future of Community Aquatic, Sport and Leisure Centres – Andrew Burges, Principal, Andrew Burges Architects, who is working with the City of Sydney on the new $90m Green Square Aquatic and Leisure Centre, integrating it into the local community.

• How Should Facilities be Designed from an Operators Viewpoint? Damian Gorman, General Manager of Belgravia Leisure explores the balance between art, science, development and management.

• Aquatic Centre Facility Mix – Ross Coggan, Executive Manager, Sydney Olympic Park Authority explains how to obtain the right mix of facilities to balance traditional sport, with family fun, the aquatic experience and balancing budgets.

• Developing the Most Successful Swim School in a Local Government Aquatic Centre – Gary Barclay, Chief Executive Officer, Nunawading Swimming Club talks about how the club has outgrown its aquatic centre and now has satellite centres to continue to manage demand from swim education up to Rio Olympic swimmers.

As the ARI Conference is on Monday and Tuesday of the same week, individuals who are attending both conferences will receive a discount of $100 off the National Sports Convention entry price.

Contact: melanie@intermedia.com.au