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32 The Link Magazine • August 2005
Iceman heads for Olympic city
Swindon is exporting its sports facility management talent to other
parts of the country with the departure of Alan Seabrook from Link
Centre.
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2012 will be centred on the park,
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Alan, who came to Swindon as
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131ack T7o ii g Li in ite^I the ice rink development officer
and leaves as the ice business man-
ager, said Link Centre had given
huge numbers of people the op-
portunity to discover, enjoy and "Link Centre is the South West
excel on ice. "Link is a great exam- Centre of Excellence for skating
ple of the sport for all philosophy and ice hockey. But just as impor-
that Thamesdown Council pro- tant are the hundreds of people
moted when the building opened involved in some way or other, the
twenty years ago which, Swindon families who give their time and
Council has continued. Since I money to their children's training,
joined we have had 35 skating to the hundreds of skaters - aged 2
champions plus winning ice to 78 - who take part in the Christ-
hockey teams in different age cat- mas ice show, plus the parents who
egories. help with the behind the scenes
"Nowadays 390,000 people use organisation.
the ice rink annually, from casual, "The centre is very much a hub
social skaters to the youngsters of social and sporting life."
striving for excellence with the Alan has put down his roots in
coaches based here. We have skat- Swindon and won't be moving his
ers travelling from Reading, Bris- family to London. He plans to com-
tol and Coventry to train. mute on a weekly basis.

Time to try yoga and Pilates
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outdoors! calm the mind and relieve stress.
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Cole and Cherylyr combined with
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