Posted on 2014-04-08 | 04:43

Roger joined with local Councillors Mohammed Fazal and Habib Rehman and Sparkbrook Councillor, Victoria Quinn, together with local children to celebrate the news that swimmers in Sparkhill will soon be able to swim in a new Olympic Swimming Pool used during the London 2012 Olympics.

  Thanks to the ongoing campaign by Roger and the Springfield Councillors, together with the support of local people, Sparkhill is going to have one of the nine London 2012 Olympic Training Pools which are to be dismantled and rebuilt in a brand new baths. The new facility will include a 25m six-lane swimming pool, a learner pool and an 80-station fitness suite, dance studio, community room, sauna and steam facilities.

Said Roger: “The people of Sparkhill and the local Councillors have been superb in their campaign to ensure that this replacement baths project went ahead. The previous Tory/Lib Dem Coalition in Birmingham fobbed off local people with vague and uncosted promises but nothing materialised. “The new Labour administration in Birmingham is to be warmly congratulated for honouring our pledge to get new baths for the people of Sparkhill. The facility that is going to be provided will be outstanding, and it is what the people of Sparkhill deserve.”