Anna Stadium Swimming Pool

According to residents, swimmers from the city, who are aspiring to participate in the National and State-level tournaments, were left without guidance for the past five years. However, patronage has increased ever since the swimming pool got a permanent coach. \n \n�Without a proper coach, they are unaware of most of the competitions happening around, and we were forced to train on our own and under the guidance of our parents at nearby ponds. But now we started training at the swimming pool,� said D. Vignesh of Anna Nagar. \n \nAlthough the pool got a poor response in the last few years due to various factors, the number of visitors to the facility has been rising. The pool which was generally getting good response during summer holidays, is also being utilised on weekdays. \n \nDistrict sports officer Antony Joel Prabhu said the response had been really good and most of the trainees were youngsters. \n \n