Ian Thorpe at BEST Centre

Thorpe graces BEST Wall of Fame One of the greatest swimmers in modern history, Ian Thorpe, was at the BEST Centre in Colonia Sant Jordi last week on a training camp with the Swiss Elite national team, coached by Gennadi Touretski. The 5 time Olympic gold medallist is...

March of Triathletes

March madness at the BEST Centre Triathlon at the BEST Centre goes from strength to strength. In the last week in March, all 10 lanes of the pool were taken by triathletes for the 7-9am session! German Olympian Christian Prochnow ran a great camp here, with a group of...

Germany Water Polo enjoy BEST facility

Germany Water Polo having a ball at BEST The Germany national water polo team have taken over the pool at the BEST Centre this week. Having a ball and enjoying the conditions at the BEST Centre, the team are led by 1984 Olympic bronze medallist Hagen Stamm, who also...

Blanchart kicks off 2012 at BEST

The BEST Centre has opened its doors again for 2012! The second week in February sees the sun shining in a blue sky, and in the pool today is the ITU European LD Triathlon champion, Spain’s Miquel Blanchart, along with Tri groups from Germany and Belgium, and the...

Belmonte the BEST in Euro SC

Mireia Belmonte takes 4 gold Congratulations to all the swimmers who won medals in Poland at the European short course last weekend, particularly those who have trained with us at the BEST Centre. Span’s Mireia Belmonte was the star of the show with 4 golds, following...

Sjostrom hits top form

Swede becomes fastest 100m free in textile suit The big news of the weeked was Sweden’s Sara Sjostrom’s 53.05 100m free lc from the international meeting in Eindhoven. It is the fastest swim in a textile suit and puts her among the contenders for the Olympic title in...