FINA and Swiss Aquatics celebrate opening with Myrtha Pools

FINA AND SWISS AQUATICS CELEBRATE OPENING WITH MYRTHA POOLS

NEW VAUDOISE ARÉNA AQUATIC CENTRE

Author and photo Myrtha Pools, IT – 46043 Castiglione delle Stiviere, www.myrthapools.com

How do you inaugurate Switzerland’s largest and most advanced aquatic centre? Together with FINA and Swiss Aquatics, Myrtha Pools chose the popular 24-hour swim (promoted by Lausanne Aquatique) to commemorate the event. The Italian company is proud to have contributed to fundraising for children and young people recovering from cancer and to illustrate how the Myrtha pools at the new aquatic centre help to promote benefit events related to swimming and various aquatic disciplines.

Thanks to its tremendous competition swimming pools, the Vaudoise Aréna is the perfect venue for the training of Swiss athletes. In his opening speech, Roberto Colletto, CEO of Myrtha Pools, explained: “I’m very excited to be here for the 24-hour swim charity event in an outstanding facility, in the city of sport, Lausanne. I would like to thank all the teams and stakeholders that have made it possible to complete such a beautiful facility, one of the largest in Switzerland, and I’m sure the most advanced one. I’m happy to celebrate this centre with FINA and Swiss Aquatics: thank you for your support. And speaking of the Vaudoise Aréna Aquatic Centre, for us it’s a beacon, a model, an example. Thanks to the vision of the Pont12 studio, it is an example of a beautiful and functional centre. Here we have a model that combines the best of aquatic technology available in terms of swimming pools and accessories, not only for high-level athletes, but also for everyday users interested in keeping fit.” Longest-standing global partnership This clear message was reinforced by the presence of representatives of the international swimming federation (FINA). Their presence underscored the importance of the new Swiss aquatic centre. Representing FINA, with whom Myrtha Pools has been partnered since 2009, Marketing Director James Moy explained: “FINA is delighted to be supporting one of our longest-standing global partners following the installation of another state-of-the-art pool facility: pools that will provide a superb new focal point for aquatic sports in the city of Lausanne and the wider region. In addition, it is great to see the pools hosting such important charitable events as the “24 Heures de Natation” promoted by Léman Hope and Lausanne Aquatique.” Thanks to the presence of such swimming champions as Olympic athlete Jérémy Desplanches along with the performance of a number of divers from the Swiss national team, every record from the previous thirty-six 24-hour swimming sessions was beaten. A total of CHF 3,354 was collected in aid of young people recovering from cancer. Some 1,200 swimmers took the plunge at the new Myrtha pool of the Vaudoise Aréna. Myrtha Pools celebrates the idea that part of this distinction is fuelled by the desire to experience the world’s very finest swimming pools.