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Old 07-25-2024, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bowlingal View Post
adult pools are supervised by the nearest rec center, so go to the nearest rec center and tell them of the situation. they will, then, go to the pool and and find out what's exactly going on. Exercise classes should only be done at sports pools ( residents only and over 30 yo), and only the times listed on the schedule. The schedule can be found in the rec news ( sports pool section) OR on the bulletin board posted outside the locker rooms/bathrooms. I suspect these people are NOT residents.
There have been threads in the past about these groups exercising in adult pools. Tthey won't necessarily do anything about it in the rec center. It has been taken all the way up to John Rohan, and he is reluctant to enforce the rule. Bottom line is TV does not want to anger any resident if they don't have/want to. This was a few years ago, though, so maybe their attitude regarding forcing the exercise group to use the sports pool has changed.
One problem is that the sports pools are jammed with classes and swimmers and sports. There's very little free time for social groups to conduct their own water aerobics. And to join one of the established ones means standing in line for a long time beforehand, hoping to get in.
I'm not in favor of exercise classes being held in adult pools. I'm just stating what the problems are. I have once in the past emailed the rec department about the issue. There was a very noncommittal answer from Rohan.
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