{"id":31356,"date":"2019-01-31T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=31356"},"modified":"2019-01-31T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:02:43","slug":"olympian-steps-in-over-cardiff-swim-clubs-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/01\/31\/olympian-steps-in-over-cardiff-swim-clubs-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian steps in over Cardiff swim club\u2019s crisis\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31357\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1359px) 100vw, 1359px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31357\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/01\/IMG_1275-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1359px) 100vw, 1359px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nAN Olympian has urged for a solution to be found after Cardiff Swimming Club announced it faces an uncertain future.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nEarlier this week, it was revealed that Legacy Leisure &#8211; the company that runs the International Pool in Cardiff \u2013 has raised the pool hire charges for the second consecutive year.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe latest price rise means that the swimming club will have to pay a further \u00a350,000 per year, leaving its future in disarray.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAnd now Olympic medalist David Davies, who started out at the club in 1993, has had his say on the problem.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMr\u00a0Davies,\u00a033,\u00a0who won silver in Beijing in 2008 and bronze in Athens, told\u00a0<i>The\u00a0<\/i><i>Cardiffian<\/i>:\u00a0\u201cThe club is obviously a massive part of my life, it gave me great memories and was the foundation from which I have gone on in my career. I don\u2019t want it to end \u2013 I want it to carry on.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMr\u00a0Davies reflected on his time with the club and fears its closure would stump the development of young people looking to follow the footsteps taken by himself, Mark Foster and Ieuan Lloyd in competing at the Olympic Games.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI joined when I was seven years old,\u201d he said \u201cI went through all the development squads and I started with the senior squad when I was 15. I was with the club until I retired in 2012 and made a life member.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIf the club folds you are losing the conveyor belt of talent that has come through in the past, and it is something it shouldn\u2019t come down to.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMr\u00a0Davies, who now teaches kids to swim across South Wales, has called for a solution to the problem.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cMaybe they can look to other pools. I did not have this fantastic facility [the international pool] they have now when I came through.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI think the price increases are\u00a0unfortunate. It is just a way of the world. You do feel for the parents, \u00a3100 is a lot for a family &#8211; I have kids myself &#8211; but this is the nature of the industry.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are other options. They could look for sponsorship and funding from other people to increase their own revenue.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult situation but there are definitely other avenues they need to explore before throwing in the towel.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe hike in prices means that members will now have to pay \u00a3100 a month to swim. Graham Wardell, Head Coach at Cardiff Swimming Club, outlined that the price rises are a sign of the sport becoming inaccessible to many.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIt is a travesty that we have an international pool in the city yet a swimming group from Cardiff cannot use it. It just doesn\u2019t seem right.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe sport is becoming more and more elitist. This has become a private member club that says, \u2018if you can afford it, you can do it.\u2019\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMr\u00a0Wardell, who has\u00a0swam\u00a0with the club for 46 years, fears that it is young people who will be most affected should the club fold.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cYou keep reading about obesity in young people and here we are as a volunteer club trying to give kids the opportunity to swim and to keep fit, and this is now being taken off us.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cFor the club to finish could have a massive knock on effect for Welsh Swimming as a whole. People forget we are a volunteer club.\u201d<br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">Mr Wardell revealed that Legacy Leisure had imposed a \u00a350,000 price increase on the Club in 2018. Despite negotiating that price down to \u00a322,000, the Club still lost 57 members.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAsked whether the Club has explored other options,\u00a0Mr\u00a0Wardell told\u00a0<i>The\u00a0<\/i><i>Cardiffian<\/i>: \u201cWe are considering a lot of options\u00a0at the moment. We are looking at pools inside and outside of Cardiff.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe club are very keen on the idea of funding\/sponsorship. A lot of the large businesses want to support charitable cases, though.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cSupport from the wider community in general has been great to see and it\u2019s great to see people come out to say that they have great memories of their time with the club.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0Mr Wardell is now calling for the problem to be solved once and for all.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;It is about helping us find a solution so that we do not again face this problem.\u00a0We do not want another short term solution only to be hit by another price increase.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN Olympian has urged for a solution to be found after Cardiff Swimming Club announced it faces an uncertain future.\u00a0\u00a0 Earlier this week, it was revealed that Legacy Leisure &#8211; the company that runs the International Pool in Cardiff \u2013 has raised the pool hire charges for the second consecutive year.\u00a0\u00a0 The latest price rise means that the swimming club will have to pay a further \u00a350,000 per year, leaving its future in disarray.\u00a0 And now Olympic medalist David Davies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":31357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,70,4,113],"tags":[1291,378,74,130,339],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-31356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-grangetown","category-sport","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-2","tag-olympics","tag-sport-2","tag-swimming","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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