Splish-splash sessions prove a big hit
Free splish-splash children’s sessions at Carmarthenshire’s Leisure Centre’s are soaring.
Sport Wales has congratulated the county council for its work in increasing the number of children attending free swimming across the county.
Over the Easter holidays 4,173 children attended free public swims along with 799 children who attended the free structured activities.
This represents an increase of over 500 children in the free public swims and an increase of over 100 children in free structured activities for the same period in 2010.
County executive board member for leisure services, Cllr Clive Scourfield, said: “Free swimming is timetabled during all school holiday periods across the county's five swimming pools.
“It is fantastic to see a growing number of youngsters are taking advantage of this holiday opportunity.”
These statistics placed Carmarthenshire third in Wales for free public swims and sixth for free structured activities.
Additionally, 5,732 over 60s attended f...