TALENTED footballers have made a splash in testing out a new aqua obstacle course.
Gullane Athletic Amateur Football Club’s under-11 side swapped football strips for wetsuits when they visited Foxlake Adventures yesterday (Friday).
The obstacle course, which features more than 20 Ninja Warrior-style features, including a tyre run, ninja-jump, eagle’s nest, a 3.8m Mount Rainer slide and two-metre high freefalling slides, officially opens today (Saturday).
The youngsters were invited to the lake to get a sneak peek of the new 100m inflatable, floating playground, which is opening two months ahead of schedule, to test their balance, coordination and willpower to stay upright and out of the water.
The team gave it a resounding thumbs up, alongside Forth One’s ‘Boogie in the Morning’ radio presenter, Arlene Stuart, who was there to meet the squad and officially declare it open after they gave it the green light.
Speaking yesterday, James Barbour, director of Foxlake Adventures, said: “Huge thanks to everyone including the brilliant team at Foxlake Adventures and all of the contractors who worked so hard on the Aqua Park project to help deliver it two months ahead of schedule and to the young footballers at Gullane FC who rose to the challenge to test it out ahead of the opening tomorrow.
“It was great to see the daredevils test their balance, agility, speed and endurance as they made their way around the Aqua Park, tackling all the obstacles including the Ninja-Jump and Mount Rainer slide, which seemed to be their favourite!
“Thanks also to Arlene from Forth One for dropping in too and helping us to officially declare it open.”
The new aqua park is the latest addition to the adrenaline-fuelled activities at the watersports adventure hub, which includes two cable wakeboarding runs, inflatable Ringo Rides and FoxFall, the UK’s first above-water ropes assault course.
The award-winning 5-Star VisitScotland attraction, between West Barns and East Linton, attracts more than 35,000 visitors a year.
It is also home to Segways trails, an adventure play park, a recently installed wood-fired pop-up sauna, Jay Birds Café and also hosts various wakeboarding championships and swimming events throughout the year.
The aqua park is a popular feature at Foxlake’s sister sites at Wild Shore Dundee, which launched in 2018 and is Scotland’s largest floating obstacle course, and Wild Shore Delamere in Cheshire and is expected to be a big hit with families, birthday parties and group bookings.
James Gibson, secretary of Gullane FC, said: “What a fantastic experience for the boys from Gullane Football Club to test run the new Aqua Park, which is certain to be another successful addition to the activities at Foxlake Adventures – they absolutely loved it!
“Both of our under-11 teams have been unbeaten since Christmas, so this was a great treat for the squad after all their hard work this season.”
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