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Beccles Lido holds fundraiser triathlon to help chlorine costs

News imageBBC Shaun Crowley, managing director of Beccles Lido, standing in front of the poolBBC
Shaun Crowley said the lido was lucky in that it used less chlorine gas than indoor pools

An outdoor pool held a fundraising triathlon to help it meet the rising cost of chlorine.

Beccles Lido in Suffolk hosted the event on Sunday amid a nationwide shortage of the gas.

At the weekend, a public pool in Norwich reopened after a 17-day closure over a lack of chlorine.

"We can't open without it, but fingers crossed our supply chain is good," said Shaun Crowley, managing director at Beccles Lido.

"Every time another pool shuts, we get busier, so I guess we are the beneficiary of others' problems.

"But, ideally, we want people to be swimming everywhere and for the price to come down."

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