The former head of the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association is upset that the National Sports Centre's Board of Trustees did not take the association's advice when choosing what kind of pool to put in.

With work expected to start on the pool in the next month, Tab Froud who stood down at head of BASA in November, said he could not understand why the trustees had chosen to put in a traditional concrete and tile pool as opposed to using the Myrtha method which has been used for pools constructed for past World Championships and Olympic Games.

And he was upset that the Board didn't listen enough to the BASA representatives.

In a letter to Sean Tucker, chairman of the Board of Trustees for the NSC, Froud asked: "With no disrespect to you and the Board, (but) I would really be interested in understanding why not the Myrtha method? Is it cost, is it the system, is it not a proven product? No-one has even explained why not? It has never been explained nor divulged by the NSC?"

Froud said that neither he nor anyone at BASA were "salesmen for Myrtha" and said that the Myrtha method had been proven many times – and proved better than other methods "especially on a cost analysis".

He said: "BASA has always stated that we cannot support the plan as original including the current plan."

He asked: "Should we not be working together? Ultimately it will never be the NSC trustees as an end user of the pool but BASA members as the governing body for aquatics – swimming, diving, water polo and the Bermuda public.

"We are looking out for the best for Bermuda, the athletes and the NSC (ultimate cost and running costs)."

Tucker responded to Froud's letter saying: "The Board has considered the Myrtha option. We've obviously looked at it in greater detail than you are aware.

"We have also looked at other methods of construction. However, in the end, and for a number of reasons, we have decided to proceed with a traditional concrete and tile pool."

This week Tucker told The Royal Gazette that work on the Aquatic Complex will hopefully start within the next month.