Shirley McClellan Aquatic Centre Report

Another season at the swimming pool and it’s hard to believe we are over half way through already.  We started off the year on June 10th, a bit later than most years. We were busy right off the start with school rentals as Warren Peers (Acadia Valley), New Brigden, Assumption Roman Catholic (Oyen), South Central High School (Oyen) and Oyen Public schools shuffled students back and forth.  The 2024 summer has provided lots of sun and recently some extreme heat which has made the swimming pool especially popular lately as families try to keep cool.

We have finished one set of public lessons so far with two more upcoming.  Our next session begins Monday July 29th as we bring back preschool lessons for the first time since transitioning to the new Lifesaving Society lessons.  Our last session is another round of lessons for swimmers aged 6 and older on August 12-16th.  There is still room to register for this session, call 403-664-7946 to sign up.

We have a nice mix of new rookie guards and returning staff for our junior guards but struggled, especially early in the season, to find senior guards to help.  Thankfully, a few helpers responded to our senior supervisor advertisement such as Leslie Girletz, Kennedy Mouly, and Kari-Lynn Tucker.  We’ve also had a new senior guard apply named Megan Dammann as well as some help from Ki Laughlin who worked with us last year.  Many thanks to all the staff so far this year as it has been a scorcher at times and the pool has been a busy facility.