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Adult Diving Master classes for Beginners. London Swimming has arranged for a series of adult diving master classes to take place at Putney Leisure Centre, on Wednesday evenings. These sessions are for beginner adults who would like to learn the basics of diving. The next session is on Wednesday 8 October, and costs £10. Further details available at www.londonswimming.org.

 

Harrow & Wealdstone Swimming club are pleased to announce that ex-Olympic swimmer and Head coach of Lincoln Vulcans, Marc Spackman will be joining the club as new full time Head Coach.

Colin Brown (RD): This week has been busy with the office move within Southbank House. Colin has also spent considerable time inducting Bastien Wallace our new project manager for the Industrial Scale Health Project in Barking & Dagenham. Bastien comes with a fantastic track record of ten years experience inside the industry both operationally and as a project manager. Other priorities have been inputting into the London Assembly Investigation on Public Swimming Pools, which is due out October 14th. 

Next week: Colin has meetings with Westminster Council and Clubs relating to Borough Pathways and various meetings with local authorities over free swimming offer. The week will culminate with London hosting the ASA Council in Croydon on Saturday.

 

This week Mark Griggs (EO) attended some course planning meetings and held a stand at Bromley’s Community Engagement Event.

 

Mon 6 Oct 08 - NPTS: Fundamentals, Sutton Arena Leisure Centre, Sutton

Tue 7 Oct 08 - Introduction To Backcrawl, Bancroft's School, Redbridge

Sat 11 Oct 08 - NPTS: Fundamentals, Kings Hall Leisure Centre, Hackney

Sat 18 Oct 08 - NPTS: Fundamentals, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Bromley

Sat 18 Oct 08 - Expert Witness, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Bromley

Mon 10 Nov 08 - NPTS: Competitive Swimming, Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton

Mon 10 Nov 08 - Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Vale Farm Sports Centre, Brent

Tue 11 Nov 08 - Introduction To Breaststroke, Putney Leisure Centre, Wandsworth

Wed 12 Nov 08 - Teaching Turns - The Basics, Putney Leisure Centre, Wandsworth

Sat 15 Nov 08 - NPTS: Flip N Fun, Morden Park Pools, Merton

Tue 25 Nov 08 - Introduction To Butterfly, Bancroft's School, Redbridge

Wed 26 Nov 08 - Rookie Lifeguard, Dagenham Swimming Pool, B&D

Sat 29 Nov 08 - Expert Witness, Sutton Arena Leisure Centre, Sutton

Mon 8-Dec-08 - Introduction To Backcrawl, Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton

 

 

Mon 06 Oct 08 - Arnos Leisure Centre, Enfield

Mon 20 Oct 08 - Whitgift School, Croydon

Mon 27 Oct 08 - Finsbury Leisure Centre, Islington

Mon 27 Oct 08 - Hornchurch Sports Centre, Havering

Mon 10 Nov 08 - Putney Leisure Centre, Wandsworth

 

Mon 16 Feb 09 - Arnos Leisure Centre, Enfield

 

Wed 08 Oct 08 - Morden Park Pools, Merton

 

Sat 11 Oct 08 - Morden Park Pools, Merton

 

Sat 21 Feb 09 - Morden Park Pools, Merton

 

Mon 13 Oct 08 - Mile End Park Leisure Centre, Tower Hamlets

Sat 01 Nov 08 - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre, Waltham Forest

Tue 11 Nov 08 - Dagenham Swimming Pool, Barking & Dagenham

Sat 03 Jan 09 - Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre, Barnet

 

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

  

Jo Calvino (Aquatic Programme Development Co-ordinator) his week Jo has been catching up developments after returning from annual leave and finalising up and coming training and development days so please keep your eyes on the London Swimming website. Jo also attended her IAPS assessment day this week at London Leisure College, and coached at the adult diving masterclass in Putney.

 

Janna Callan (RDO) is on annual leave.

 

This week Annabel Kehoe (EDS - Islington) organised the last of the outdoor advertising spaces that will all be in position on Monday morning. The advertising campaign aims to increase the public's awareness of the locality of the local pool, Ironmonger Row Baths. Annabel also worked on providing several pieces of work towards national documents.

Jo Melchior (EDS – Lewisham) started a busy week on Sunday in the glorious sunshine with 70 Lewisham residents and leisure staff touring Lewisham swimming pools on a Routemaster Bus. This was the opening event of the Lewisham Swims month and was a terrific success with participants ranging in age from under 2 to over 70, all having a splashing time. Tuesday saw another of the many events planned recently - this was the launch of the learning offers currently operating in the Borough during October. Invited participants and teachers from the Borough took part in an Adult learn to swim masterclass led by Jo, which had 100% success in getting everyone swimming. The end of the week has seen Jo liaising with Lewisham colleagues working through the Children's Centres to set up learn to swim programmes for U5's, and assisting London Swimming colleagues with the impending Regional Disability Championships which are being hosted by Downham Health & Leisure Centre. Next Monday Jo has another exciting event in Lewisham, hosting in conjunction with Saxon Crown SC, a night with The Olympians / Paralympians - after which Jo will be taking the rest of the week off to recharge her batteries.

  

This week Jemma Konuralp (Swim21 Quality coordinator) has been visiting more clubs in respect of re-accreditation next year, starting to look at establishing formal Swim21 networks and chasing all those clubs revalidating in November. Next week she will continue to chase the revalidating clubs and work with Griffins of Enfield in respect of their accreditation.