Does anyone know when the new swimming pool is going to be opened?

MuffinsDa

there was talks of it being ready by october - is it still go?

symbolic

where is the new Pool going to be located?

mikedragon32

It's between the rugby club and the junction of the Mill Road and Southern Access Road.

hon79

MuffinsDa
Did you manage to get an answer to when this is going to be opened? It definitely looks on track to be opened in October. Car park markings are in since the weekend so looking good!

Matt Le Tissue

Looking good for the end of October, or so I hear

thecommander

Anyone know of any clubs lined up to use it, or if theres an early morning swim club (6am - 8am)

Oiche_mhaith

I heard it was opening next week

Lil' Smiler

thecommander wrote: »

Anyone know of any clubs lined up to use it, or if theres an early morning swim club (6am - 8am)

All clubs that are interested in using it were only sent out a form to fill out with requested times 2 weeks ago.

Opening hours are as follows:

Monday 7am - 10pm

Tuesday 9am - 10pm

Wednesday 7am - 10pm

Thursday 9am - 10pm

Friday 7am - 9pm

Sat / Sun 10am - 6pm

The club i'm involved with was hoping for a 9am opening on Saturdays to keep going with our usual class times for when we move premises.. hopefully we can work it out with them!

thecommander

Cool. Do you know if there was a website or anything mentioned in the literature?

CHD

I heard theres a swimming pool being opened.

Can anyone confirm?

Hammiepeters

Yes of course theres a pool. Have a look at the centre in Bray. Same builder/architect. It's going to be great so long as they can keep scumbags out.

Lil' Smiler

thecommander wrote: »

Cool. Do you know if there was a website or anything mentioned in the literature?

No idea about a website, that's just what info was passed on to me from my club administrator

CHD wrote: »

I heard theres a swimming pool being opened.

Can anyone confirm?

Yes, here is the full list of amenities..

Greystones Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre

The hard work of the Greystones community has finally paid off. The long awaited dream of Greystones Leisure Centre is about to become a reality when it opens its doors to the public. This state of the art facility, which was built by Wicklow County Council, will be opening in October.

We have a huge sports hall area which can cater for the needs of all sports so we would like to offer you the opportunity to book a slot in any of our facilities just fill in the form below and return it to Charlesand Sport and Recreation Centre, Charlesland, Co. Wicklow, or you can email it back to me at greystonesleisurecentre@gmail.com.



The following outlines the facilities, opening hours and prices:



Our Facilities:

25m Swimming Pool

Learner Pool and Toddler Pool

4,000 foot sq Gym

Sauna and Steam Rooms

Aerobic Studio

Spinning Studio

Fitness Classes

Swimming lessons for kids, teenagers and adults

Sports Hall catering for a large range of sporting activities

2 Meeting Rooms

Band rehearsal / Studio recording room

Large Changing Room Village

Large Parking Facility

LMC

Thats sounds great

hon79

Hi Lil' Smiler

You mentioned prices but they weren't at the end of the post. Would you be able to put them up?

and76

Brays is €7.20 a go, shoreline leisure if you want to google it, they have membership rates

Lil' Smiler

hon79 wrote: »

Hi Lil' Smiler

You mentioned prices but they weren't at the end of the post. Would you be able to put them up?

I have no idea of them, I pretty much just pasted the email I got forwarded form them. When it meant talking about prices, it meant for clubs renting time in the sports hall anyway

Lil' Smiler

Now Ladies & Gents...

"the new community centre is being called Greystones Leisure Centre and will be ready for use on October 12th"

Was sent to me in a new email today, You can view the place from September 22nd

Wineman

I was talking to the Assistant Manager this morning - he told me the rates are the same as the new pool/gym in Bray (run by the same company), they are as follows:


Annual Memberships

Full Peak Membership
€495

Full Peak Couple
€880

Family Membership (includes 2 children)

Additional Child

€995

€95

Full-time student over 16yrs(ID required)
€395

Over 55s (ID required)
€395





Pay as you go options

Adult Swim
€7.20

Child Swim
€4.00

Full access pass
€10.00

Children Swim lessons 8wk course
€90.00 See time-table

Adult Swim Lessons 8wk course
€110.00 See time-table

Astro-pitch rental per hour paid 4wks in advance.
€70.00


Opening hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 7.00am-10.00pm
Tuesday and Thursday: 9.00am-10.00pm
Friday 7.00am-9.00pm
Saturday and Sunday 10.00am-6.00pm

sasmac

Does anyone know if there is a child minding service?

Also if you are a member of Greystones can you use Bray?

loyatemu

Shoreline Leisure Bray rates (nicked from another thread):
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/147904/60297.doc

Wicklow public pool rate for comparison:
http://www.coralleisure.ie/wicklow_prices.php

Shoreline don't seem to be offering a lot of the options available in Wicklow, like Family Swim, pool-only annual membership and direct-debit. Hopefully they will add these.

Welsh Wizard

Wineman wrote: »

I was talking to the Assistant Manager this morning - he told me the rates are the same as the new pool/gym in Bray (run by the same company), they are as follows:


Annual Memberships

Full Peak Membership
€495

Full Peak Couple
€880

Family Membership (includes 2 children)

Additional Child

€995

€95

Full-time student over 16yrs(ID required)
€395

Over 55s (ID required)
€395





Pay as you go options

Adult Swim
€7.20

Child Swim
€4.00

Full access pass
€10.00

Children Swim lessons 8wk course
€90.00 See time-table

Adult Swim Lessons 8wk course
€110.00 See time-table

Astro-pitch rental per hour paid 4wks in advance.
€70.00


Opening hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 7.00am-10.00pm
Tuesday and Thursday: 9.00am-10.00pm
Friday 7.00am-9.00pm
Saturday and Sunday 10.00am-6.00pm

Is this going to be like the one in Monkstown where you get something like 45 mins and then get turfed out.. or are you able to stay in the pool intill you've had a decent swim....?

GingerDave

Pay as you go swimming would work out at 1,185k if a family of four goes swimming ONCE a week!!!

€100 a month for swimming, thats a lot of money!!

Will there be a swimming only membership option that takes less out of the pocket? or is it the norm, take it or leave it?

loyatemu

GingerDave wrote: »

Pay as you go swimming would work out at 1,185k if a family of four goes swimming ONCE a week!!!

€100 a month for swimming, thats a lot of money!!

Will there be a swimming only membership option that takes less out of the pocket? or is it the norm, take it or leave it?

well, in that case you'd take out the 995 family membership - but thats still very steep if you only want to swim. There has to be some sort of swim-only membership. In Wicklow this is 670 for a family of 4.

Mullie

Does seem very steep for a pay as you go swimming. Is that normal these days? I would have thought €5-6.

CHD

Lil' Smiler wrote: »

No idea about a website, that's just what info was passed on to me from my club administrator






Yes, here is the full list of amenities..

Greystones Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre

The hard work of the Greystones community has finally paid off. The long awaited dream of Greystones Leisure Centre is about to become a reality when it opens its doors to the public. This state of the art facility, which was built by Wicklow County Council, will be opening in October.

We have a huge sports hall area which can cater for the needs of all sports so we would like to offer you the opportunity to book a slot in any of our facilities just fill in the form below and return it to Charlesand Sport and Recreation Centre, Charlesland, Co. Wicklow, or you can email it back to me at greystonesleisurecentre@gmail.com.



The following outlines the facilities, opening hours and prices:



Our Facilities:

25m Swimming Pool

Learner Pool and Toddler Pool

4,000 foot sq Gym

Sauna and Steam Rooms

Aerobic Studio

Spinning Studio

Fitness Classes

Swimming lessons for kids, teenagers and adults

Sports Hall catering for a large range of sporting activities

2 Meeting Rooms

Band rehearsal / Studio recording room

Large Changing Room Village

Large Parking Facility

Thanks. Pity the mods thought my post was worthy of a ban

Jemmy

Just to let you know the swimming pool is open to view from the 22nd of sept (monday!) and is due to open mid october. You can ring the office to organise a viewing of the facilities.

Wineman

Jemmy wrote: »

Just to let you know the swimming pool is open to view from the 22nd of sept (monday!) and is due to open mid october. You can ring the office to organise a viewing of the facilities.

Strange that there was no notice of this or even a flyer distributed.

Does anyone have the office number?

Jemmy

Wineman wrote: »

Strange that there was no notice of this or even a flyer distributed.

Does anyone have the office number?

I'll stick it up 2moro ill get it in the office, someone else me for it already!

loyatemu

Wineman wrote: »

Strange that there was no notice of this or even a flyer distributed

there is a flyer - saw one yesterday. First line on it says "25mm six-lane pool" - so not as big as people expected

future_plans

loyatemu wrote: »

there is a flyer - saw one yesterday. First line on it says "25mm six-lane pool" - so not as big as people expected

What's this? A pool for ants? How are they supposed to swim if they can't fit inside the building!! It needs to be at least......... 3 times bigger!

sso

three times bigger than 25 mm is still only 7.5 centimeters long!!! I'd like to have a 25mm pool multiplied by 1000 myself! That said with budgetary cutbacks I wouldn't be surprised if they scaled down everything. "We gave you a swimming pool and now you want one 1000 times bigger - tighten your belts!"

:P

Eoin

Somebody hasn't seen Zoolander!

Lil' Smiler

Aww gotta love that Zoolander!!


I have a scheduled visit for my club on Wednesday evening so have no probs taking down a few notes and letting people know what it's like. My club owner saw it last week and said it's brilliant!

JanneG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7WdkJm3H0

about 2 mins in...

lastsaturday

folks anyone know if they have a squash court in the leisure centre? there are none in greystones and i'll be delighted if they have thought to put one in..

loyatemu

haven't seen any mention of squash courts, so probably no.

Lil' Smiler

Nope, see the post above from me which shows everything thats in the new community centre

BonnieD

Really disappointed to see the literature picked up in the new centre. The annual memberships are expensive, particulary as you have to pay for ALL classes in addition to your membership. There's no membership for pool-only, and the times you can use the pool are also limited, so you can't use the pool when you please. I realise it is operated by a private company but at the same time, alot of fund raising went into this place by the people of Greystones. Seems the private operators have landed a really cushy number!

Jemmy

The annual membership isnt expensive at all compared to other places, you obviously havent priced around. In most places classes are additional anyway and the classes aren't always run by the company they rent the rooms out for people to come in and organise the classes.

Pool times are limited everywhere if you have ever noticed there is always certain times set for schools, clubs, parent & toodlers etc.

The gym is restricted for an hour or two on certain days for gym members which i think is a great idea when your paying membership, and its not really effecting anyone bcoz its outside peak hours as far as i remember (i could be wrong on that).

But your totally wrong imo there is nothing 'Cushy' about it. It has brought alot to Greystones and over all is very welcomed and anyone ive spoke to thinks its very reasonably priced too. Eh...3 euro swims at certain times, you cant go wrong there!



Oh I was meant to get back to you guys with a number, I got it but left it in the office! Opps lol! I'll stick it up tomorrow but my friend just dropped in the other day and got a tour around without ringing in advance. She was very impressed, the gym staff were there to speak to. One of the ladies was asking what kind of programme they would do for her because she has dodgey hip and they were able to tell her things they would set out for her and machines she should stay off etc.

Overall I think its a Yay for the new greystones pool!

Hammiepeters

Yes very reasonable. Needs to a be a fee of some relavance or will be taken over by scumbags from nearby.A charge will hopefully keep them out. They can wash in a bath like everyone else.

loyatemu

BonnieD wrote:

I realise it is operated by a private company but at the same time, alot of fund raising went into this place by the people of Greystones. Seems the private operators have landed a really cushy number!

Its not privately run - its owned by the council and Shoreline Leisure is a company the council itself has formed to run the pools.

Jemmy wrote:

The annual membership isnt expensive at all compared to other places

the annual membership is expensive compared to the most relevant local alternatives - the other council run pools in Wicklow and Arklow (and in Sth Dublin). Why would people in Bray and Greystones have to pay more and have fewer payment options.

Comparisons with JS or the Glenview are irrelevant - the main purpose of the new complex is the pool, this is what people have asked and campaigned for over the last 2 decades. Most people aren't going to use the gym and shouldn't have to pay for it.

Hammiepeters wrote: »

Yes very reasonable. Needs to a be a fee of some relavance or will be taken over by scumbags from nearby.A charge will hopefully keep them out. They can wash in a bath like everyone else.

what the hell is this supposed to mean?

and76

Can anyone post what type of fee's you're talking about or is this not allowed by the moderator?
Just wondering are the aerobics and other classes available by themselves i.e pay as you go or do you have to sign up to some sort of membership.
Also how much is the pay as you go swimming? Brays is €7.20/a go.?
Thanks!

BonnieD

Jemmy, I have to disagree. By Direct Debit for a family of four, it is almost EUR 1200! We were paying 1300 in Jackie Skelly's. Most classes in other gyms are NOT pay as you go, certainly not the Aqua Fit, or the aerobic or Spin classes. Usually, it is the likes of Pilates etc. that you have to pay for. If I were to take two aerobic classes a week, and have to pay in addition, it would certainly push me over the cost in JS.

I am inclined to agree with Loyatemu about the fact that most families will not be looking for the full membership, but there is no facility for a pool only membership. It looks like we are being pushed into the costly pay as you swim option (which is dearer than the likes of Coral) or the costly full membership - not exactly what I'm looking for for my two toddlers!

I fully appreciate the fact that the pool runs closed sessions, but this has more than your average, and if I'm going to pay on par with JS membership, I want to be able to use it as often as I could there. I will be very interested to see if the cost of Schoolchildren lessons are what is payable in Coral Leisure or what is payable in Jackie Skelly's.

From a local's perspective, it appears now that this is just an alternative to JS, and not a particularly competitive one at that. Roll on Ben Dunne, maybe then we might get a decently priced alternative, and not have to fundraise also to pay for it!

BonnieD

Single EUR 54.04 per month
Dual EUR 89.01 per month
Family EUR 99.46 per month
Over 55's EUR 44.96 per month
Student EUR 44.96 per month
Additional Child EUR 15.44 per month

Pay as you go
Adult Swim EUR 7.20
Child Swim EUR 4.00
Swim for all (limited times) EUR 3.00
Gym EUR 10.00

Since the timetable for the pool is quite structured, and there is a minimum of 5 closed sessions each day (except sunday), it would appear that the pay as you go option will entitle you to One Hour in the pool, but perhaps Jemmy could verify this.

dubsgirl

Well the DD monthly fees are more expnsive than Jackie's down the road! Can't begin to understand why this is possible:mad:

Not having a swim only membership package for families is disgraceful when so many people put so much hard work into fundraising to have this facility in our area.

Kids school lessons though are resonable they got a note from school yesterday saying 50EUR for 10 lessons. Less than half price of JS.

BonnieD

Good to know Dubsgirl, that at least the Kids School Lessons are on par with what they are paying in Coral at the moment. Other than that, it looks like a pretty costly place, particularly if you want to do any aerobic type classes in addition, or if you just want to swim regularly with your family.

Jemmy

You guys are unbelievable you say you've waited for this for years and now you have it you have nothing but negative thoughts on it.

Have you even dropped in to see what the facilities are like?
Or approached the management on pool only deals?
I doubt it, you wont get anywhere moaning about it, enquire.

Sorry mods but people have no problem giving out but rarely go ask about these things. And i cant compare to Jackie Skellys personally but from what i was told by a close friend who was a member there and a regular gym user, greystones is a hell of alot better.

Also any gym ive been to classes have had a pay as you go option but from the information i got nothing says that is the only option in Greystones.

It is only opening up of course there is going to be a few bumps in the process like anything. Whats the old saying...ask and you shall receive! Try it what have you got to lose!

BonnieD wrote: »

Since the timetable for the pool is quite structured, and there is a minimum of 5 closed sessions each day (except sunday), it would appear that the pay as you go option will entitle you to One Hour in the pool, but perhaps Jemmy could verify this.

I cannot verify anything and i dont appreciate your smartness. Im just giving my opinion like everyone else on the information and leaflets i received from my visit to the pool.

But from my personal experience in the Wicklow pool (only one ive been to recently) you'll find that pay as you go only entitles you to an hour. I think this is only right otherwise you will just have people in there taking advantage. I dont think the gym is restricted to the hour tho that would be ridiculous.


But for anyone who wants it the Greystones pool office number is 01 2878180 and the email is greystonesleisurecentre@gmail.com . But if you drop in the manager is knocking around most days as far as i know.


Just to clarify I have nothing to do with the pool, eventho BonnieD seems to think otherwise, I got the contact from the sheets i was given when i dropped in.

BonnieD

Apologies Jemmy but your original post did resemble almost a sales pitch, so I did think you were somewhat involved. I wont apologise however for not jumping up and down at what is being sold to us now.

Personally, I know people who have had direct debits running monthly already to fund the building of this complex, and a hell of a lot of fundraising, so asking them to fork out the price of a JS or equivalent membership is at bit OTT for my liking, particularly when that's not what they are looking for.

My husband has seen the facility and has asked the question about classes which he has been told are extra, and no, there is no swim only membership. I dont know what gyms you have been involved in, but as a member for 20 years in 6 different gyms, I never had to pay extra for the basic keep fit type classes. Also, according to the pool timetable, it's not an hour or two that the pool has special sessions, but at least 4-5 hours each day (bar Sunday). There is only 3 swim for EUR 3 sessions a week, at 9am in the morning, so I dont think there is going to be many people in a position to avail of that fantastic offer. I know all new ventures have bumps along the way, but usually in service or the general workings, not around the fundamentals such as what is being charged. This isn't a winge about a great new facility, it is about the fact that the Greystones people have already contributed to this hugely and therefore, shouldn't be pumped for top dollar now to use it.

dubsgirl

Jemmy wrote: »

You guys are unbelievable you say you've waited for this for years and now you have it you have nothing but negative thoughts on it.

Have you even dropped in to see what the facilities are like?
Or approached the management on pool only deals?
I doubt it, you wont get anywhere moaning about it, enquire.

In all fairness Jemmy you can't argue with the fact that it is more expensive than Jackie Skellys...

You also can't argue that there are no swim only family memberships.

Yes it's great that we have this fantastic new facility on our doorstep but I for one am incredibly dissappointed that our family will not be in a position to avail of it very often.

Lil' Smiler

Hi All,

So am just back from my visit to the community/leisure centre.

The place really really is an amazing facilty.
Our club was offered a tour by the Manager, he brought us around himself and discussed our issues and concerns with moving premises and seemed to be very accommodating, as far as he could.

When we entered, we came to a large reception area, we were told that over on the left side where the windows are beside the pool, there will be a coffee dock. He first showed all 6 of us the pool and changing room area, it really is so brilliant to look at. Rows of seats as a viewing area. We walked all around the changing rooms, saw the sauna and steam room. Stayed in there for a while chatting about how it would work with the kids we train using the sports hall using the changing rooms and everyone from the pool using them - as matters of child safety and safety and health -wet floors etc), he was very good with our concerns.

Afterwards we went upstairs to view the gym, would be about the size of Jackie Skellys, nicely air conditioning (unlike JS) and it overlooks the pool, nicer than looking at a bare white wall. We were told that it was not fully finished yet and all of the equipment was not out. We were not really shown all of upstairs as our main interest was the sports hall. We passed a dance/yoga studio which was small but there was a partition covering up the 2nd half. Down another corridor there was more rooms, not sure what they were but there was also a viewing area over the sports halls which would be suitable for parents watching kids training.

The hall itself is brilliant. At the time the work men were putting in the tiered seating which seems to take up alot of room but in any case it is put in and out when needed. The hall will be divided in 2 to form 2 halls so 2 different clubs/sports can use it at a time.

There is not much leniency with opening times, our club was really hoping for a 9am start on a Saturday as they are our current training times but the manager expressed that a lot of the decisions are not his that there are people over him and then a board of control who have the final say.

The cost of the hall seems to be a little bit expensive too and we asked about the possibility of our training session being cancelled at short notice to accommodate say a tournament for another club which would bring in alot of money for the centre, so he would be silly not to allow them to use the hall. The Manager said that he would try his best to accommodate everyone... such as making sure everyone gives him alot of notice in advance so he doesn't end up causing hassle or disappointing everyone.

In all, I was delighted with my visit. It was great to finally see the place.

Jemmy

dubsgirl wrote: »

In all fairness Jemmy you can't argue with the fact that it is more expensive than Jackie Skellys...

You also can't argue that there are no swim only family memberships.

Yes it's great that we have this fantastic new facility on our doorstep but I for one am incredibly dissappointed that our family will not be in a position to avail of it very often.

Ok well like i said i dont know JS personally but it has a pretty bad rep from everyone ive heard reports from thats all im saying.

I didnt argue about the swim only memberships, i think it would be a great idea and it is a shame there is none but like i said would you not approach the managment and pitch them the idea?