Private company to run Cuevas rowing canal

The ayuntamiento of Cuevas del Almanzora has ceded the management of the rowing canal, constructed for the Mediterranean games in 2005, and of the town's covered swimming pool to the company Celemin Formacion. The company will run these installations for ten years with a possibility of extending their contract to fifty years and will take over their management this summer.    

    The ayuntamiento councillor for sports, Paqui Rodriguez , praised the company's ambitious programme of activities which include making improvements in the swimming pool's infrastructure and the construction of a fitness suite and Padel courts.

    Among the new activities planned for the swimming pool are swimming courses for babies, relaxation classes for senior citizens and therapeutic activities. The rowing canal will host windsurfing, rowing and canoeing competitions, and other activities such as orienteering and archery among others yet to be announced.

    Celemin Formacion will pay the ayuntamiento an annual fee for the use of the installations, although this has been waived for the first five years. The first payment will be for five thousand euros and will increase annually. Each year the company will have to present its prices for all activities and membership which must be approved by the town council. The council reserves the right to us the facilities for special events without charge for five weekends per year.