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Community Swimming Grants Program

The Australian Government is investing $28.9M over four years to get the least active Australians active through the Move It AUS - Participation Grants Program. Swimming Australia has received Move It AUS funding and have created the Community Swimming Grants Program so we can partner with local swimming and aquaticâ€™s providers to get more people moving in the water.

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Wed 02 Oct 2019

Vale Merv Millar

Sad news of the passing of one of the founding members of LIWA Aquatics. Merv passed away peacefully at St John of Gods in Midland Sunday 25 August 2019 Merv was the original manager of Bilgoman Pool and worked for the Shire of Mundaring from 1968 to 1998. He was the coessential pool manager, professional, friendly and supportive of all the local kids and their families.

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Tue 24 Sep 2019

New LIWA Website

LIWA Aquatics is proud to announce the creation of its new website. The website aims to provide members with additional functionality, more user friendly access to the site and personal account information with the ability to view a history of emails, payments, event registrations and Accreditation details (including downloading your current Accreditation Certificate for your employer)

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Thu 19 Sep 2019

50th Annual Conference 2019

The 50th Annual State Conference was always going to have an expectation to be a great event and it exceeded all our expectations. With a record number of over 250 delegates attending over the 2 days of the conference, 39 Trade exhibitors layed out in a brand new booth configuration and 215 attendees to the Annual State Dinner.

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Fri 23 Aug 2019

LIWA Aquatics turns 50

It all began back in 1969 when it was originally called theÂ "Swimming Pool Managers Association of WA Inc."Â From approximately 1957 - 1967 the Local Authorities Swimming Pool Conferences were held annually in WA and from this a steering committee was developed. On the 18 July 1969 a constitution was adopted and the Association was formalised. Fred Smith Life Member of LIWA Aquatics was on the committee when it began....

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Thu 18 Jul 2019

23rd North West Aquatics Seminar 2019

The 23rd North West Aquatics Seminar was recently held in Port Hedland and was attended by 40 delegates from across the North West region. The first time back in Port Hedland since 2006 it was great to be able to host the annual seminar in such a magnificent facility of the Wanangkura Stadium.

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Thu 23 May 2019

Pool Lifeguard Challenge 2019

Pool lifeguards from various aquatic centres around the state descended on HBF Stadium last month for the 2019 Royal Life Saving WA Pool Lifeguard Challenge proudly sponsored by LIWA Aquatics. The highly-anticipated event, held annually in late February, sees teams of lifeguards pitted against each other for a day of friendly rivalry. Each team of four competes in a series of challenging events designed to test their fitness and skill levels.

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Sun 03 Mar 2019