Colin Brown (RD) - The highlight of this week has been seeing the finish Borough Maps printed. This completes our Mapping of London's pool stock project and sees the departure of Rita Martelo from the team. We now have a definitive map of the 566 swimming pools in London, density maps showing the different types of pools and 33 individual Borough Maps including station and tube stops. Not only will this be useful for swimmers, clubs, local authorities, transport authorities it was also feed into ongoing strategic planning and investment in the pools of London. Thanks go to Rita for her hard work and perseverance and ultimate ingenuity in delivering a first class product.
At the end of the week Colin will be speaking at the Club and County Conference in Leicestershire on 'Human Resources for Beginners' and finally participating in the Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido as a member of the BBC relay team. Unfortunately Colin has already been dropped from the 'Top Gear' Team and is now in the worryingly named BBC Accountability Team.
Next Week: The highlight for next week is the Aquatics Centre Steering Group meeting. This is an opportunity to oversee the development of the centre as well as meet up with key partners in the Olympic Development Authority, Newham Council, Greater London Authority and University of East London.
Mark Griggs (REO) Last week: Mark spent a lot of time in meetings including the ASA appraisal training update and the ASA Staff Day in Nottingham. Mark also updated the Teacher/Coach Training Page on www.londonswimming.org making it easier to navigate.
This week
Jo Calvino (RDDO), has been working with Rita on finalizing diving facilities within the Pools in London project. Jo is currently working on competition conditions for a schools flip'n'fun to tie in with the World Series legacy and a back to Basics competition. Jo has a National Officers meeting at the end of the week and will also be meeting the group reviewing the diving programme at Crystal Palace.
Last week
Janna Callan (RDO) attended the Cerebral Palsy Sports Development Day in Newham, this was a fantastic day for meeting young disabled children interested in sport and building a relationship with CP Sport.
Next week, Janna will be completing her Swim21 assessment of Dagenham Swimming Club and Erith and District Swimming Club, both clubs have made huge steps towards accreditation at Teaching level.
Last week
Cathy Carr (RDO) attended the Masters long course meet at K2, Crawley which she thoroughly enjoyed and got her tempted to get back into competing! She attended the Swim 21 Regional Panel, welcoming new members to the panel and also met with the Sports Development Officer from the University of London and the captain of the London University Swimming Team, to begin discussions on improving our links with Universities and raising their profile within the sport to strengthen the pathway for swimmers in London. Next week Cathy will be meeting with Ben Campion to review Borough pathways and will be meeting with swimming club representatives in Hillingdon to begin discussions on forming a shared vision for the arrival of the new 50m pools in Uxbridge. For more information on Hillingdon Borough please visit the London Swimming website homepage - www.londonswimming.org. Following the good news of the successful Aqua Extreme CIF application from Sport England, Cathy will be working with Mark Griggs on developing the education programme to sustain future work on Aqua Extreme in the West.
Ben Campion (RDO) - This week’s focus has come back to funding bids with Swim21work at the front end of the week. I have spent some time with various partners finalising details in order to move forward bids. I am currently spending time looking at interview processes for a number of the roles we currently have in place. Next week my focus will remain around funding bids as we are at a critical phase of development in a number of areas.
Last week
Annabel Kehoe (EDS - Islington) made the final arrangements for the UKCC Level 1 Teaching Course that is being held in Islington from 18th to 22nd February. The response for the course has been very positive with places filling quickly. There are still some spots available so if you are interested in taking the course, log onto www.londonswimming.org for further information and the application form. Annabel also met with Kate Sargant (ASA Swimming Activities Manager) and the Everyday Swim Islington.
Next week Annabel will be collating the January results from the Liquid Swim Programme and making plans to extend the programme into the other centres.
This week
Ellie Purvis (IOS tutor) has been busy delivering courses throughout the SE region. Next week Ellie will be delivering a level 2 in Feltham and a Level 1 in Margate.
Michelle Weltman (Disability Mentor coach), This week we had the Cerebral Palsy sports day and this was good as we identified a potential new swimmer who we have asked to join the squad. On Sunday we have the London Disability squad session and we have a photographer coming to take photos of the squad. The rest of this month I will be spending looking at the current provision of disability swimming in Newham and will be working with the club and the disability club creating a better links ensuring that we start to set a clear pathway in the borough. I will also be meeting with Council officers from Hackney and Tower Hamlets to discuss my role and how this fits in with their work. I will continue to prepare swimmers for the Paralympics trials at the end of March.
