Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre, Swimming center in Ryde, Australia.
Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre is a swimming complex in Ryde, New South Wales, with both indoor and outdoor pools serving different needs and age groups. The facility has lane pools for serious swimmers, a shallow toddler pool, and a larger recreational pool for general use.
The original Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre was demolished in November 1998 and rebuilt from April 1999, reopening in May 2000. The rebuild was undertaken so the venue could host water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and Ryde Council contributed to its financing. It hosted the water polo preliminaries and the women's semifinals.
The centre is a regular meeting point for families in the Ryde area, where swimming lessons and group sessions bring people together throughout the week. On weekends, the outdoor areas tend to fill up with locals of all ages.
The rebuilt venue opened in May 2000 with a pool built to Olympic water polo dimensions, plus a 25 m lap pool, a wave-generator pool, a children's pool, a water slide, a sauna and two further pools. It stands in Ryde, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
The rebuilt venue included a wave-generator pool among its facilities, alongside a 25 m lap pool, a children's pool, a waterslide and a sauna. It was one of two water polo venues for the 2000 Olympics, the other being the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.
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