LC water park Swansea, Kids go free!

LC Water Park Kids Go Free Sundays

25 Sep 2012

End the week with a splash in the LC Waterpark, bring the whole family down and the kids will enter absolutly FREE!

Every Sunday from 5:00pm - 8:00pm.

One child free with every paying adult.

LC Swansea is running a Lifeguard Training course in Swansea this October

LC Swansea has a Lifeguard Training Course in October

08 Oct 2012 (00:00) - 14 Oct 2012 (00:00)

The course will be an intensive week long course with the assesment at the end of the week. On compleition of the assessment you will recieve your National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ).

The cost of the course is £220 which includes course materials and the assessment.

For more information contact Andy Starling: andrew.starling@the-lc.co.uk or to book your space contact Water Safety on water.safety@swansea.gov.uk or 01792 635162

Bring the work tribe to Go Ape in Swansea

Go Ape know how to give you a truly memorable day in the forest with the whole gang (that could be work buddies, a stag/hen do or just a big group of friends) – that’s 15 to 280 of your tribe. (Don’t worry though – if there’s less than 15 of you, you can just get on an book an adventure for yourselfonline or by giving us a call).

We’ve got a helpful crew that will pack out a day for you – trust us, we’ve had eight years of experience putting together days that will never be forgotten. There’s so much choice of what you can enjoy in the forest…

Our Tree Top Adventure (Getting out in the open, having fun and being more adventurous).

Our Forest Segway Experience (We’ve not had this certified, but we think it could be the most fun you can have on two wheels).

Forest Biking (The thrill of pelting along dirt tracks never gets old).

Tree Top Junior (For those under 10!)

Our Events Team can add the following:

Refreshments and Outdoor Catering, including our Forest BBQ.

A Forest Shelter (perfect for a get together).

A personal host to capture those magic moments.

What we’ve discovered is that when you bring your whole tribe with you, Go Ape is even more fun. In fact, we’ll go on the record as saying we’ll organise a day out you and your colleagues will never forget. And the same goes for stags, hens or birthday parties. Everyone’s welcome…

Residents of London encouraged to visit Swansea the only Premier City in Wales

Many thousands of shoppers, workers, residents and visitors are being greeted by breathtaking images of Swansea Bay when they're out and about in central London.

Rhossili

Swansea Council has put up promotional posters of Gower in several parts of the city in the build-up to the Swans taking on teams like West Ham, Reading and Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium in the Barclays Premier League.

The posters show Rhossili Bay and encourage Londoners to escape the big smoke and take in some sea air when visiting the Swansea Bay area for world class football.

Posters have gone up in busy shopping areas in Westminster, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, Chelsea and Camden. They include QR (Quick Response) codes that people with smart phones can scan over to be automatically redirected to the official Visit Swansea Bay website.

The Swans take on newly-promoted West Ham in their first home Premier League game of the season on Saturday (August 25).

Cllr Nick Bradley, Swansea Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration, said: "We undertook a similar marketing campaign in central London last season and it was very successful. It encouraged many fans of clubs like Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal to spend quality time in Swansea Bay instead of just travelling down for 90 minutes or so of football at the Liberty Stadium. It also hopefully raised the awareness of Swansea Bay as a visitor destination to non-football supporters.

"We now need to build on that success, make sure we replicate activities that worked and continue to think of innovative ways to attract more fans in the months to come.

"These areas of London have been targeted for promotional marketing because of the footfall there and it was always our intention to attract fans of newly-promoted clubs like West Ham and Reading – many of whom may never have been to Swansea before.

"West Ham is a very popular club among Londoners and many people commute to central London every day from Reading."

Swansea Council has also organised a visit for Daily Mirror journalists this weekend to coincide with the football. This means many millions of Brits will soon be reading about Swansea Bay as a place to visit. The journalists have been sent an itinerary that takes in Swansea, Mumbles and Gower.

LC Swansea Summer Programme is out now

Summer Programme Out NOW!

20 Jul 2012

The LC's NEW We've Got it Covered is out ready for Summer!

Our new programme – like every where else – has a special focus on those all important games which are fast approaching... the Olympics! To celebrate this once in a life time event, we’re running the LC Summer Sports School which is made up of five mini crash courses in various different Olympic sports throughout the whole of the Summer Holidays.

Each course lasts one week, with the first course starting on the 30^th July. Each course runs from 9:30am – 10am and at just £15 for the whole week, it would be daft not to book your space now!

Whether its Athletics, Netball, Gymnastics , Football or Badminton, the kids are sure to enjoy this week long sports course. Just call 01792 466500 and book your space on just one or all five courses and get a taste of what paces our British athletes will be put through this Summer in London.

If you want to be more aquatic this Summer, then come along to the LC Waterpark and experience the Slides, Waves and Surf! We’ve even got an LC Summer Swim School with crash courses in LC Ducklings, Stage 1,2 and 3 Swimming.

There’s plenty for the adults too – we’ve added some great new Fitness classes to our Summer Timetable like Bootcamp, Yoga Dynamix and Bikini Body Blitz. Don’t forget you can get Summer Memberships for our special offer price of just £35 for 30 days! At just over a £1 a day to get that perfect beach body you’ve always dreamed of where can you go wrong? Call our membership team now on 01792 466500 (option 3)

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the NEW We’ve Got it Covered when you next visit the LC Swansea!

Supervised surfing and surf hire is also available on Gower

Make the most of Surfing Gower this August, when the water is at it's warmest, to join in the famous GSD Junior Surfing Academy at Caswell Bay.  We are open every day of the Summer holidays.  Drop off is from 0845 and pick up at 1530.  A full day costs £30, bring your own pack lunch or enjoy the hot snacks provided by the cafes based at Caswell Bay.  For more information checkout www.shopgsd.com then click on Junior Surfing.

Supervised surfing and surf hire is also available on Gower everyday throughout the summer. Wetsuits, surfboards and bodyboards are available. You should be a good swimmer and it is advisable that have had a surfing lesson with GSD or another GB Surfing School.  You must adhere to the safety information given out by staff to you when picking up surfing equipment. To arrange hire or supervised surfing simply TXT 07739 536122 the day or evening before.

A big congrats to RNLI Beach Lifeguard  Nick Dowrick for recently winning his second Welsh Longboard Title.  The RNLI play a massive part in the Surf Gower community, keeping beaches safe and of course giving young surfers a chance of a good job with superb training.  Please support the RNLI whenever you get a chance.

Love the Beach. 

After a hot spell in May many beaches including Caswell Bay and Rhossili Beach were left in an awful state almost resembling that of a music festival site. Please keep the beach clean and tidy by taking all your trash home with you or dispose in the bins provided. Most importantly if you do smoke please remember ‘no butts on the beach’ as they kill birds and marine life.  Leave nothing but your footprints on the beach.  

Thanks!

Simon Jayham, SurfGSD

Swansea Bay region reaches for the Sky

Millions of people across the world will again be tuning into Swansea Bay for live Premier League action before the end of November.

Swansea City Football Club logo

Sky Sports will be showing the West Ham, Everton and Liverpool games live from the Liberty Stadium – that's three of the Swans' first eight home games of the new season.

The West Ham game takes place on August 25, the Everton game on September 22 and the much-awaited Liverpool game on November 25 when ex-manager Brendan Rodgers returns to Swansea for the first time since leaving the club earlier this summer.

Swansea Council tourism experts say the coverage will help raise Swansea Bay's profile as a destination even further.

Cllr Nick Bradley, the Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration, said: "A lot was achieved last season in terms of making the most of the city's Premier League status, putting destination Swansea Bay on the map and attracting football fans and their families to the area.

"But the real challenge is building on that success and making sure we take advantage of every opportunity that's presented to promote the city and surrounding area.

"Swansea has developed a reputation as being a friendly city because local accommodation and activity providers, pubs, restaurants and residents did a fantastic job last season in extending a warm, Welsh 'Croeso' to visiting fans. This will have helped encourage many of them to come back to Swansea Bay in future either for another away game or for a general leisure holiday.

"As a council, it's important we continue to be as innovative as possible in our marketing efforts to ensure the whole destination continues to benefit from the worldwide exposure the Premier League generates."

The West Ham match at the Liberty Stadium builds-up to a series of major concerts in Singleton Park as part of Swansea Council's Swansea Bay Festival. Status Quo will perform at the park on the evening of Saturday August 25 and Steps will take to the stage on the evening of Sunday August 26.

Cllr Bradley said: "The appointment of one of the world's greatest ever footballers in Michael Laudrup as the Swans' new manager means the first home game of the season against West Ham will already be an occasion to remember.

"But the combination of the Premier League action and the major concerts at Singleton Park will help attract thousands of visitors to the city and give the local economy a boost as we head into September and the autumn."

The other Swans' home games before the end of November come against Sunderland, Wigan, Reading, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion.

Fan's corner page to see more information for visiting football fans.