Lakes Leisure Limited is pleased to announce that agreements have been concluded with all parties who applied for access to Alpine Aqualand to provide "learn to swim" programmes.

Water Discovery will provide its specialised programme for under 5's in partnership with the Aqualand Swim School, commencing Monday 21 July.

Access arrangements have also been finalised with the Wakatipu Swim School, which will commence it's learn to swim lessons on Monday 21 July 2008. "I feel very excited at finally being able to teach in the fabulous learners' pool at Alpine Aqualand. Our swimmers will make amazing progress with regular year round swimming and I am looking forward to being a part of that" director of swimming Jane Hughes said.

North Island based coach Graeme Laing would also be offering school holiday block lessons in the future, with dates to be confirmed

"Enrolments for the Aqualand Swim School are flooding in with plenty of spaces still available for term 3. It is fantastic that so many parents see the importance in their children learning such an important life skill and that the community has a range of providers to choose from" Cam Sheppard General Manager Aquatics said.

Lakes Leisure's next focus will be on the delivery of other community programmes including Aqua Fitness and the launch of Masters swimming.