National Aquatic Centre

Welcome to the National Aquatic Centre

Unlike its counterparts—Ato Boldon Stadium and the National Cycling Velodrome—the National Aquatic Centre is tucked out of view of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway. Yet the facility is no less of a gamechanger for sport in Trinidad and Tobago.

As part of SporTT’s “Couva Campus”, the state-of-the-art mega-facility was built for international, regional & national swimming competition. It was opened on September 30^th, 2016. It features a competition pool and training pool, both Olympic size.

This has attracted international visitors and teams keen to enjoy warm weather training for their swimming, synchronised swimming, diving and water polo programmes.

The venue also accommodates 1,900 spectators, with 940 permanent seats and a further 960 bleachers seats.

NAC is part of a major, centralised sporting hub that also includes:

• Ato Boldon Stadium
• The National Cycling Velodrome
• Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Hotel (Home of Football)
• Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Recreational Centre
• Trinidad and Tobago Football Association National Beach Soccer Pitch

The National Aquatic Centre has hosted several record-breaking performances at the Commonwealth Youth Games (Trinbago 2023). Trinidad and Tobago’s own junior champion, Nikoli Blackman, was among the standouts of that competition, earning freestyle gold over 50, 100 and 200 metres.

The National Aquatic Centre is the place for the swimming stars of today and tomorrow!

Amenities at NAC:

• 50m main competition pool (Myrtha pool)
• 50m outdoor swimming pool (Warm up pool)
• 25m diving facility
• Fitness room with sauna, Turkish bath and cold-water pool
• Underwater video and audio features
• Swiss Timing System
• Digital Screen with instant playback features
• VIP Room
• Meeting Rooms
• Concession Areas
• Skyview Deck (outdoor event space)

Major events hosted at NAC

• Commonwealth Youth Games (2023)
• Goodwill Swimming Championships (2022)
• Pan American Swimming Championships (2022)
• UANA Water Polo Championships (2019)
• CCCAN (2017)
• National Long Course Swimming Championships
• National Short Course Swimming Championships
• Club and School Meets

Visiting Clubs

• Club Camo Nation (Canada)
• Universite de Sherbrooke (Canada)
• Pointe Claire Aquatic Club (Canada)
• William Patterson University (US)
• St. Cloud University (US)
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
• Calvin University (US)
• Columbia University (US)
• Duke University Diving (US)
• Canada PARA National Swim Team
• Canada National Junior Swim Team
• Ontario Regional Team (Canada)

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