Laurentian swim club wants in on discussions about pool

With the now four-year-long closure of the Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool having “severely impacted” the club, the Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club said it wants to participate in discussions between LU and the City of Greater Sudbury aimed at reopening the facility.

In February, Laurentian’s board of governors passed a motion to initiate discussions with the City of Greater Sudbury for the creation of a joint planning committee on facility renewal. Mayor Lefebvre and LU president Lynn Wells met on the issue last month. The university received a repair options report on the pool in December 2023 from consultants JL Richards, but has declined to make the public report to date, prompting a freedom of information request from Sudbury.com.

“I met with the new president, Dr. Lynn Wells, and we discussed several issues of importance for Laurentian University,” said Lefebvre, in the statement. “Since the pool’s closure, Sudbury has been unable to host any competition of significant size because of the state and size of city pools,” the letter said. Also highlighted is the lack of accessibility at not only the Jeno Tihanyi pool, but city pools.

He points out that the longer the Laurentian pool is closed, the weaker the club is in terms of its financial capacity to contribute to the pool’s operation, as it’s losing swimmers. The prolonged closure of the pool, initially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later because of maintenance issues, has severely impacted our club and other users in the region . Despite the efforts of NEOR swim clubs , Swim Ontario, Swim Canada and others to engage with Laurentian University to facilitate the pool's reopening, communication has been consistently frustrating.

We can all agree that the pool is important for the university and the City of Greater Sudbury. The pool used to be the most important pool for regional competitions. Our club hosted 4-6 Swim Ontario sanctioned club level swim meets, and numerous high school level competitions annually, bringing thousands of school aged swimmers and their families to campus and

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