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London Swimming Annual Conference at St Paul's School, September 14th.
An exciting programme has been planned for this year’s conference. There will be master classes for all disciplines run by Olympians and elite coaches, youth council, parents workshop on supporting your athlete, and an update on 2012 Legacy of the Olympic Aquatics Centre plus much more.
Further details and booking forms will be available on the website next week.
London Swimming welcomes Gita Sheth to the team as part–time regional Administrator. Gita will start in her new position on 1 September.
Colin Brown (RD): This week Colin has had meetings and tours with Merton and Westminster Councils. Colin also met with UCL and Imperial College Directors of Sport to look at how we can extend pathways into the education sector. Colin was also interviewed on BBC London Radio and TV regarding the Forest Hill Pool in Lewisham and facilities across London. In a week when faculties were very much in the news the announcement that the Coin Street Leisure Centre has been granted approval by the secretary of state was very welcome http://www.coinstreet.org/news.aspx?id=357
Next week: Colin has meetings with lots of London Councils (Lewisham, Camden, Brent, Hounslow, Ealing, Harrow, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon) around the Free Swimming Offer from government and how this can be made to fit into delivering their objectives under 'A Strategy to Get London Swimming 2008-2012+'.
CPD Seminars
Mon 8 Sep 08 - Introduction To Breaststroke, Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton
Sun 14 Sep 08 - NPTS: Aqua kids, Vale Farm Sports Centre, Brent
Tue 16 Sep 08 - Teaching Turns - The Basics, Bancroft's School, Redbridge
Mon 22 Sep 08 - Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Finsbury Leisure Centre, Islington
Tue 7 Oct 08 - Introduction To Backcrawl, Bancroft's School, Redbridge
Mon 10 Nov 08 - NPTS: Competitive Swimming, Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton
Mon 10 Nov 08 - Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Vale Farm Sports Centre, Brent
Tue 25 Nov 08 - Introduction To Butterfly, Bancroft's School, Redbridge
Mon 8 Dec 08 - Introduction To Backcrawl, Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton
UKCC Courses
Level 1 Teaching Aquatics
Sat 13 Sep 08 - Bancroft's School, Redbridge
Mon 20 Oct 08 - Whitgift School, Croydon
Mon 27 Oct 08 - Finsbury Leisure Centre, Islington
Level 2 Teaching Aquatics
Sat 06 Sep 08 - JAGS Sport Club, Southwark
Sat 01 Nov 08 - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre, Waltham Forest
Tue 11 Nov 08 - Dagenham Swimming Pool, Barking & Dagenham
For more information, to download booking forms, or funding opportunities for any IOS course or seminar, please visit www.londonswimming.org http://www.londonswimming.org
This week Jo Calvino (Aquatic Programme Development Co-ordinator) met with Wandsworth Sports Development & Putney Leisure Centre to look at increasing the opportunities of Diving in the Borough, we are now hoping the programme will be up and running from September which is a great development for Diving. Jo also met with Karen Thorpe, Synchro TDO, Janna Callan & Charlotte Hedge to discuss possible selection criteria for the monthly squads, which Jo is currently putting together, and how to take Synchro forward in London. The remaining time was looking at venues for master classes, seminars & workshops. Jo is off on Friday as she is away competing in Sweden.
This week Janna Callan (RDO) has been concentrating on the Get Wet Swim for free project in Barking and Dagenham the emphasis has been the launch on the 24th August and pool programme for the term time.
Next week Janna will be meeting with London finance officer to ensure the disability budget is on target. Janna will also be preparing for mini centre information days for staff in Barking and Dagenham for the following week - 1st September.
Annabel Kehoe (EDS-Islington) is on annual leave.
Jo Melchior (EDS – Lewisham) has had a hectic week or two getting the logistics ready for the Lewisham Learns campaign. The campaign image is now almost there and three out of the four media events in the pools booked. The two additional special events are well into planning stage and hotting up day by day. As soon as the full programme is agreed - hopefully by next week - details will be available on various websites - just incase you feel you want to take advantage of being in a pool in Lewisham this Autumn as it's the place to be!! If anyone is looking for a Level 2 Aquatics course there are some spaces in the one that starts in Lewisham in September - please ask colleagues
This week Jemma Konuralp (Swim21 Quality coordinator) finished her power point presentation for the Annual Conference however she is still in desperate need of more team photographs of Swim21 accredited clubs for her board of fame. She has taken over joint responsibility with Michelle Weltman for the Norwich Union project and therefore asks everyone to register their vote at http://www.joinourteam.com/initiative/showinitiative?id=344 to help the London Disability Swimming Squad get some much needed funds. Next week Jemma will be re-visiting Griffins of Enfield Swimming Club to conduct their final round of assessment interviews in respect of their Swim21 accreditation.
