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The ASA is very keen to capture information around club capacity via its on-line club questionnaire. 

 

By now all clubs should have received a printed copy of our strategy. If you would like additional printed copies then email london@swimming.org mailto:london@swimming.org making sure you include your postal address. You can also download a copy from our homepage www.londonswimming.org http://www.londonswimming.org

London Swimming & Kent County Swimming Association will be hosting a road show on the 27 April at Erith Leisure Centre for athletes, coaches, teachers and parents. Details will be posted on London and Kent websites.

 

The next weekly news will be sent w/b 14 April due a number of staff at the World Short Course Championships in Manchester.

This week Colin Brown (RD) attended the Greenwich consultation which saw over 200 people over the first two meetings. The next stage is to sit down with club representatives and look at how we can move forward. Colin also presented to Aquaterra Trust management on the view from outside an operator. Colin also met with the 10 Pro-Active East Boroughs and Sport England about the legacy pools from the Olympics. On Saturday 5 April is World Swim Against Malaria Day http://www.worldswimagainstmalaria.com/

 

Next week: Colin will be involved in the second round of interviews for the Director of Swimming in Southwark and attending various meetings at the World Short Course Championship in Manchester for the rest of the week.

Last week Mark Griggs (EO) caught up on his emails over the bank holiday period, he also updated the team on the status of the IOS Education Programme in London

 

Skills Active have extended their 66% bursary scheme, due to an under spend and it will continue until the money is spent. Details at http://londonswimming.org/page/:Funding_Opportunities or www.skillsactive.com/coachingbursary

The following training opportunities still have spaces, please book now as a 10 day cut off date in now in force.

 

Wed 16 Apr 08 - Aqua Fun - Bancroft's School, Redbridge

Thu 24 Apr 08 - Aqua Kids - Hornchurch Sports Centre, Havering

Sun 27-Apr-08 - Mini Polo - Vale Farm Sports Centre, Brent

Wed 30-Apr-08 - Mini Polo - Bancroft's School, Redbridge

Fri 9 May 08 - NPTS: Fundaments - Highbury Pool, Islington

Sat 10 May 08 - NPTS: Fundaments - Cally Pool, Islington

Mon 12 May 08 - Teaching Turns - The Basics - Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton

Sun 18 May 08 - Aqua Fun - Willesden Sports Centre, Brent

Mon 19 May 08-Safeguarding & Protecting Children-Hornchurch Sports Centre, Havering

Wed 21 May 08 - NPTS: Fundaments - Bancroft's School, Redbridge

 

Starting Tue 22 Apr 08 - Ladywell Leisure Centre, Lewisham

Starting Sat 10 May 08 - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre, Waltham Forest

Starting Sat 17 May 08 - Erith Leisure Centre, Bexley

Starting Mon 26 May 08 - Whitgift School, Croydon

 

Starting Sat 19 Apr 08 - Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre, Barnet

Starting Sat 19 Apr 08 - Bancroft's School, Redbridge

 

For more information, to download booking forms, or funding opportunities for any IOS course or seminar, please visit www.londonswimming.org

 

 Havering Cormorants Diving for Olympic Glory

Sport England London, in collaboration with the Community Club Development Programme, and the Amateur Swimming Association, have awarded Havering Cormorants Diving Club over £140,000 to help with a major modernisation programme.

Find out more at http://www.londonswimming.org/news/article/display/277

  

This week Janna Callan (RDO), as she has been working in Greenwich undertaking consultation meetings with the clubs regarding the swimmer pathway for the borough.

Next week Janna will be working with Jo Calvino to assess the Barnet Copthall synchro and diving sections for Swim21.

 

Next week Cathy Carr (RDO) will be finalising the Aqua Extreme guide for the West region. Cathy will also be volunteering at the Manchester World Championships as a team liaison officer. Cathy is sad to announce she will be leaving London Swimming at the end of May to take up a once in a lifetime opportunity to live and work in Singapore for approximately 7 months. Cathy has thoroughly enjoyed her time in London Swimming and will be sad to go.

  

This week’s focus for Ben Campion (Investment Manager) has been on developing the West London mini polo programme, involving meetings with several key partners. Next weeks focus will return to the Director of Swimming in Southwark position, as well attending a number of meeting while at the World Short course Championships in Manchester.

 

This week Jo Calvino (RDDO) finalised plans on the Talent ID launch in London with the sub-regions and completed the Awards & NPTS documentation and delivered a Flip'n'Fun CPD in

Southwark.

 

It's been a busy weekend for Jo Melchior which saw her assist with some Talent Spotting at the Lewisham Primary Schools gala on Friday evening, attend a Health Fair in the NDC area on Saturday, and assist her colleagues from British Gospel Arts deliver the SwimGospel pool party Sunday afternoon. It was a pleasant change to be back on poolside around people DOING swimming rather than in meetings TALKING about swimming. However back to more mundane but equally important things this week with meetings with MEND, Saxon Crown and British Gospel Arts to discuss various programmes and events. Also this week Jo will be seeing how the NDC awareness campaign is going at Wavelengths and Ladywell, as well as assisting swim co-ordinators with their upcoming holiday programmes for "Spring Break" as it now seems to be called.

 

Last week Annabel Kehoe (EDS - Islington) attended the Aquaterra Leisure staff day where Colin Brown was a guest speaker. During the week Annabel continued to work on launching the Liquid Swim Programme at the remaining three Aquaterra Leisure pools within Islington and ensuring that all was in place for the ASA Level 2 Teaching course that is taking place at Ironmonger Row Baths from the 5^th until the 18^th April.

The highlight of next week will be attending the 2008 World Short Course Swimming Championships. The Everyday Swim Project will be a key presenter at the Sports Medicine Congress that runs parallel to the Championships.

 

Michelle Weltman (Disability Mentor Coach) will be attending the Olympic/Paralympics trials the first week of April. This month Michelle will also be looking to continue the work started on the pathways for disabled swimmers in Newham, which includes a meeting with Newham swimming club. Michelle will also be doing mentoring with the coach in Newham who will be running their PESSCL link, and spending time mentoring the 3 swimmers who in March started their level 1 coaches course as part of the coach ability programme.

There is a London Squad session and again we have been very fortunate in that The London Borough of Tower Hamlets and GLL will continue to support the squad sessions and have offered additional time.

Michelle hopes to meet with the sports development department in Hackney, and at the end of the month will be back in Sheffield for the second Paralympics trials.

 

This week Ellie Purvis (IOS tutor) has been busy delivering a level 1 in Hornchurch, and a cpd in Stevenage.