Our Commonwealth Legacy

With less than two weeks to go to the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, where 6,000 athletes will compete for medals in 17 different sports, we thought it was time to blow our own trumpet for our contribution to the 20th Commonwealth games event.

Not only will Glasgow 2014 give us some sporting moments to remember but it’s also been the catalyst for the creation of an exceptional sporting estate - a significant legacy for Glasgow and for the whole of Scotland. Of the 16 competition venues, Horne branded products feature in all 4 of the new build facilities and in 2 of the 3 redeveloped/refurbished facilities. For a lasting legacy, quality counts.

Horne showers and mixing valves selected for the venues were:

• Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome (track cycling): T108A accessible/barrier-free shower and timed flow SP-200A sports panel shower (now superseded by the Duŝo shower column)
• Emirates Arena (badminton): T108A and SP-200A
• International Hockey Arena (hockey, marathon and road cycling): SP-200A
• The SSE Hydro (gymnastics, netball): TMVs – 15mm to 32mm
• Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh (diving): T107A2L accessible/barrier-free shower, timed flow T105B and SP-200A
• Tollcross Swimming Centre (swimming): SP-200A

A last minute shower replacement at the Dollan Aqua Centre, a commonwealth training venue in East Kilbride, also sees our T109A timed flow shower with integral thermostatic valve installed.

These installations follow on from 24 No. Horne S407A (timed flow with riser bar, handset and hose) shower panels being selected for the Basketball facilities at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

You could say we’ve won our medal...

• Author: Hannah Berry
• Date: 10 July 2014