MACPool News

MACPool will close for major maintenance and refurbishment on Monday 23 June and will reopen on Saturday 28 June. During this time we’ll be replacing the media within the pool’s 17-year old sand filter – a critical piece of equipment which makes sure we maintain our exceptional... Read More →

It’s been a busy few months and overdue that we publish the swimmer of the months. This time we have the April and May awards for the junior and senior swimmers who have made the greatest contribution to the club or shown the biggest improvement, April’s prizes went... Read More →

We are pleased to say that the pool will be open as usual with public swimming from 7am tomorrow (Thursday 8th May). Our technical wizards have done their stuff and the boiler is now operational. We also have taken this time to complete some preventative maintenance on our other... Read More →

As we are unable to have the repair completed today we have decided to remain closed this Wednesday (7th May). This, we hope, will give us time after the repair to bring the water temperature back to a more comfortable level. Again, our apologies! Read More →

I am sorry to say we have to temporarily close from this evening (Sunday 4th of May) the pool due to a technical problem with the boiler.  The auger that brings the wood chip into the boiler is damaged and has been removed and needs to be repaired. As a result of this the pool... Read More →

Expect to see some new faces on poolside this summer as a new batch of lifeguards completed a week-long training course at MACPool to gain an internationally recognised qualification. Some of our regular lifeguards also attended to renew their qualification – a requirement for... Read More →

Dalriada Dolphins member Ruby Bosomworth completed her five mile fundraising swim on 13 April 2014. And in the process she raised hundreds of pounds for Inveraray-based charity First Aid For Gambia. Ruby completed the swim in three hours and fifty six minutes and has so far... Read More →

This year’s Scottish Sea Farms Crinan Puffer 8.5 mile fun run was a sell -out – and a great success. All of the 175 available places were sold out. This was the first year MACPool had taken on organisation duties, in conjunction with Jog Scotland. Next year all of the... Read More →

MACPool deputy manager Kirsty Young swapped waterproofs for sunscreen after heading to Doha, Qatar as part of a swim teacher exchange programme. Arranged and sponsored by Tidal Waves Swim School, Kirsty shared her experiences as a swim teacher in Scotland with swimmers in Qatar,... Read More →