Pool closure hurting Sharks Swim Club
The closure of the Frank J. Dunn pool in Prince Albert has been a real pain in the neck for the Prince Albert Sharks Swim Club.
When the pool was officially closed on Feb. 8, the team was left without a place to practice. After contacting pools in towns around Prince Albert, the Goldfins Swim Team in Saskatoon offered to provide some pool times at the Shaw Centre in Saskatoon.
“They have a bit of extra space usually,” said Steven Hay, head coach of the Sharks Swim Team. “They’ve arranged the lanes a little bit so that they can allow us to have some space, so that we don’t have to pay for it either, which has been great.”
But despite finding a place to practise, the drive to Saskatoon has been challenging for the team and the amount of pool time the swimmers get has been cut in half.