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Competitive pool at Bell Aliant Centre reopens

The competitive pool at Charlottetown's Bell Aliant Centre has reopened.

Swimming lessons and competitive team shared smaller leisure pool until repairs were made

The competitive pool at the Bell Aliant Centre was closed all weekend. (Nancy Russell/CBC)

The competitive pool at Charlottetown's Bell AliantCentre has reopened.

"Thank you to our maintenance crew for working with our suppliers to get it back up and running!" a message on the centre's web page said Tuesday.

A part needed to fix the problem arrivedTuesday afternoon.

Befere the repair was carried out, use of the centre's leisure pool was rearranged Tuesday so scheduled swimming lessons, summer camp and Charlottetown's competitive swim team the Bluephins, could get their swimming done.

The toddler pool, hot tub, and waterslideremained open.

The pool closed last Friday after a because of a missing valve without it, water washedover the sides of the pool and floodedinto the filter room downstairs, an official said.

With files from Laura Chapin