Kindersley Aquatic Centre unveils two new lifts

By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com

Kindersley Aquatic Centre unveiled two new wheelchair lifts with the help of staff members, several town councillors and a few guests. Sue Speir from Brock demonstrated how the lift works.

Tanya Phillips, interim manager at the Kindersley Aquatic Centre, said the inventor of the lift is from Scotland, and the new additions were acquired in mid-February from a company in Scotland that builds the lifts.The same type of lifts were used in the 2012 Olympics in England’s paralympics. A company in Ontario then helped bring the lifts to Kindersley and install them.

The purchasing of the lifts was made possible in part due to a grant the pool received from the Canadian Tire Jump Start Program. These lifts will not only benefit people using wheelchairs, but will also be helpful for people who have hip or knee problems and have difficulty getting in and out of the pool.

Photo by Joan Janzen

Sue Speir tries out the new lift.