London Swimming in partnership with Total Swimming is delivering a pioneering ‘mobile pools’ programme across the capital and is looking to recruit a Swim Co-ordinator to help work on the cutting edge Mayoral Pool Programme. Closing date for applications is 18th December 2009.

For full details click here

 

 

London Swimming would like to advertise for a Swim 21 Quality Co-ordinator (Maternity Cover), who will be focused on assisting and developing clubs going through Swim 21 swimming’s quality assurance programme. Do you like to make sure things are done properly? Have you got an eye for detail both with documents and on pool deck? Are you a good listener? Do you want to make the life of hard working volunteers easier? Closing date for applications is 7^th January 2010, and for all details and an application form click here.

 

 

There are a variety of options for clubs to choose from whether it needs to be an education session, or a more personal session such as a one to one.  The sessions can be delivered to athletes and parents or coaches, at reasonable prices. On our team we have a Sports Nutritionist, Sports Psychologist, 2 Sports Physiotherapists, an Osteopath and a Strength & Conditioning Coach, all of which have worked with performance athletes ranging from County right through to Olympic standard. For further details click here

 

Masterclasses 

If you have any suggestions on what London Swimmers would like then please contact Jo Calvino with your ideas. If you would like to book any master class with London swimming please see www.londonswimming.org.uk for further details.

 

 

Schools Water Polo League The League is now in its 37th year of providing water polo competition for schools in the SE of England. Originally catering only for London schools the area now stretches as far north as Grantham, as far west as Eton and deep into Surrey in the south. Starting in January 2010 forty-one teams will compete in twenty-five tournaments at U14, U15 and U19 levels.

All schools owning a swimming pool host at least one tournament on a week-day evening and members of the teaching staff officiate at all preliminary tournaments. Preliminary tournaments start on January 13th and culminate in an U19 final on March 9th, U15 final on March 10th and the U14 tournaments finish in mid-May. A small entry fee covers the cost of medals, affiliation to the ASA, and distribution of handbooks.

Teams competing are from Alleyn's, Bedford Modern, Charterhouse, City of London, Dulwich College, Eton College, Haberdashers' Aske's Elstree, Harrow, Kings College Wimbledon, King Edward's Witley, King's Grantham, London Oratory, Queen Elizabeth's Barnet, St.Paul's Barnes, Tonbridge, Trinity Croydon. Enquiries to John Allan jdavida@btinternet.com

 

 

Want a challenge? - then why not  do the T30 swim which can be done within your club training sessions - it is a personal race against time - see what distance you can cover in half hour in whatever stroke you like - or even as medley! Details from http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,,5157-1-1-157791-0-file,00.pdf

 

 

MENCAP are holding a Fundraising swimming challenge at the Dorney Lake in Windsor (a 2012 Olympic Venue) next summer on Sunday 25th July 2010. It is a 1 mile swim, and the minimum age for participants 16y. For more information about the Swimming Event, please contact Jacqueline Manu at events@mencap.org.uk.

 

 

Places still available on the ASA/UKCC Level 2 course! 

North London - Teaching Aquatics L2 Units 1-6, starting 9th January 2010

9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th January, 6th, 13th, 20th, February

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, March, 3rd April. At Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre

Champions Way, Barnet, NW4 1PX. For full details and an application form click here.

 

Team Manager Course – 9^th January, click here for more details.

Team Manager Module 1 – 9^th January, click here for more details.

Team Manager Module 2 – 9^th January,Clickhere for more details.

As a governing body, the ASA would like to offer the best service it can to its membership. In order to do this we need to know how members rate our services. To help with this we are asking you to take 10-15 minutes of time to complete the Member Satisfaction Questionnaire which can be accessed via the following link: http://www.survey.lboro.ac.uk/asa/

The results of the questionnaire, which will be made public, will provide information that will be used to improve services and therefore the more responses we get the better.

  

For more information on courses, dates and venues, to download booking forms, or details of funding opportunities please visit www.londonswimming.org

 

It’s not often that you get the opportunity to stand at the bottom of the diving pool as it is being built. Colin Brown (RD), Michelle Weltman, London board member and Newham Council, Gareth Kirk from GLL and officials coaches and athletes from Newham swimming club had all been invited to take a walking tour of the aquatics centre. Partly this was to celebrate the work going on in Newham to create an aquatics legacy 3 years out from the games. Standing in a 6m hole at the bottom of the diving pit looking up at the wonderful curving roof while they poured the concrete for the foundations of the diving board was truly inspiring. Roll on the games! You can view pictures from this visit here.

 

 

Last weekend regular junior water polo sessions continued running throughout west London. There were sessions in Fulham and St Paul School with Penguins WPC, with SP Barnes at St Paul boys school, with Ealing S.C. houses in Acton and Gurnell and in Highgrove pool. A list of sessions and times around West London can be found here.  Last weekend the best U14 players from sessions around West London joined together to form a team to play in the London League Tournament in Watford. Players from Highgrove, Acton, Gurnell, Fulham and St Pauls played really well together and had a great result of a 2 wins and a drew. Next weekend will be a London League competition at Whitgift school for our U12 team.    

 

 

This week Jemma Konuralp (Swim 21 Quality co-ordinator) had a great time at the Enfield SC presentation evening where she was pleased to hear that a substantial amount of their club records were broken at the club championships this year.  She also visited Sutton & Cheam SC to introduce Kate O’Neil (County Swimming Coordinator for the South) and was very happy to hear that as they have been ticking items off the top of their twelve month action plan they have been adding new action points on the bottom!  Jemma is assessing Eltham Stingrays this evening and also attending the Seymour Synchro Christmas show tomorrow evening which she is very much looking forward to.

Next week Jemma will be assessing Out to Swim who are the first masters only club to go through the process in London and will be meeting with Feltham SC regarding their re-accreditation next year.

 

 

This week Kate O’Neill (County Swimming Co-ordinator, South London) went to meet Sutton and Cheam swim club, a newly accredited Swim21 club.  It was a positive meeting and she was impressed at how they were moving forward and extending the action plan put in place by the Swim21 process.  Also congratulations to their Water polo team in moving up to the First Division.  Kate is looking forward to working with and supporting them in the future. 

 

 

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