London Swimming Club News
w/b 25 Jan 2010
London Swimming’s First Aquatics Teachers, Coaches and Tutors Conference
18th February.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to hear motivational speakers, participate in workshops and network with fellow professionals, and add to your knowledge base. Delegates will have the option to register for some fantastic Institute of Swimming CPD seminars, which will be offered free of charge. Among the confirmed speakers on the day will be Dervis Konuralp, Paralympian who will speak about “Gold In Sight”, Barry Shillabeer whose main focus will be ‘Land Training for Youth Swimmers’; Alison Bell covering the transition from adult and child to main stream lessons and Danielle Adams - "The pursuit of excellence: Combating the pressures of getting to the top".
The day will be made up of three sessions. You can choose to book onto one, two or all three sessions. Each session you are offered the opportunity to attend either good practice presentations from industry professionals or access a free CPD seminar.
For full details and bookings click
here.
Masterclasses
Freestyle Masters Classes with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, April 10-11th 2010 at St. Paul’s School. Maximum number of participants is 12, planned dates and times and bookings available now click
here.
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.
The ASA Inter-Regional Water Polo Championships 2010 – Youth Boys
Played: 4 Won: 4 Goals For: 50 Goals Against: 19
London came top of the Youth Boys (born 1993 or later) Inter-Regional Water Polo Championships Division 2 at Walsall on 23
rd and 24
th January, gaining promotion for next year. The performance and conduct of the members of the team was a credit to their clubs and Regional Training Centres (RTCs). Several will have deservedly come into contention for selection for the Great Britain squad in which Danny Casey, the London team’s captain, is currently the region’s sole representative. It would be very good to build on the developing team and individual skills, and spirit, apparent in the preparation for the competition, and over the weekend itself. For a full report on how the matches went click
here.
Congratulations to the team and keep up the good work!
GLL Sport Foundation – Athlete Support Opportunities
GLL Sport Foundation athlete support for 2010 is now open for applications.
In 2009 more than 650 athletes, across 50 different sports received financial grants and GLL training memberships from the Foundation. This made the Foundation one of the largest independent supporters of young athletes in London and the South East.
The Foundation has been established specifically to help young people develop their sporting potential and aims to reduce the financial burden of training and competition costs on talented young athletes, many of whom aspire to participate in the 2012 London Olympics, Paralympics and beyond into 2016.
Information on how to apply is available on the GLL Sport Foundation website, click
hereThe deadline for applications is 1 March 2010.
Sports Science packages
There are a variety of options available, choose a club education session, or a more personal one to one session. Sessions can be delivered to athletes, parents or coaches, at reasonable prices. We have a range of professionals on our team, all of whom have worked with performance athletes ranging from County right through to Olympic standard. For further details click
here
Staff Update
London Swimming would like to welcome on board some new members of staff.
Esther Hill, joins as the Swim 21 quality co-ordinator, during Jemma’s maternity leave, and commented, “I am looking forward to joining the London Swimming team, after working as a club volunteer for the last 5 years. I hope that I can keep up the good work that Jemma has been doing whilst she is on maternity leave”. Esther officially takes over from Jemma on Feb 12th but is already working alongside Jemma to ensure a smooth transition.
Also joining the team are Dora de Brito Coelho, and Richard Samuels as swim co-ordintors, for the make a splash mobile pool programme.
New British Swimming/ASA/IOS website
Whether you are a parent trying to find swimming club information, an athlete seeking guidance, or someone simply looking for ways to look cool in the pool, the new British swimming/ASA/IOS portal has it all. So leave the old behind and experience the future of aquatics online by visiting and bookmarking
www.swimming.org, your new home page for aquatics.
Diving News
Children’s Learn to Dive programme at Putney, beginner & intermediate sessions available after school on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4pm and Saturday mornings from 9am, for more information please contact Putney Leisure Centre on 0208 785 0388.
Synchro News
Synchro Workshop
Hosted by Erith & District Synchronised Swimming Club, Saturday 27th February, Proposed times 11.00 – 18.30, White Oaks Leisure Centre, Swanley, Kent.
Cost £15 per head for coaches and athletes. Closing date for applications is 20
th February. For more details click
here.British Synchro Championships 2010
The British Championships will be held at Gloucester GL1 Leisure Centre on Friday 30 April – Sunday 2 May 2010.
As we approach the London 2012 Olympic Games, we anticipate there being more interest from international federations wishing to compete in the British Championships. Our aim is to create a premier event on the Synchro global calendar and have made some changes to our rules that will encourage greater participation.
The eligibility conditions for British Clubs have been amended to encourage participation and to ensure clubs are exposed to higher level competition. To read the full report click
here.
Swimathon 2010 - Enter now to be part of the world's biggest swim!
Are you ready to take on the swim of your life? Join thousands of others throughout the UK and swim together for Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Swimathon Foundation. A warm welcome, plenty of encouragement and a massive sense of achievement awaits you. Choose from one of the challenges below and enter Swimathon today.
Enter now and get 50% off the entry fee (offer applies to online and telephone Distance Challenge entries before 31 January 2010).
Distance Challenge - Enter the 5k, 2.5k or 1.5k as an individual or enter the Team 5k with friends. As a Distance Challenge entrant you will take part with other swimmers at the Swimathon pool of your choice between 16-18 April 2010.
Corporate Challenge - Challenge your rival departments or even rival companies by teaming up with 2-4 of your colleagues at a Swimathon pool near you for the Corporate 5k challenge between 16-18 April 2010.
SimplySwim - SimplySwim allows you to swim any distance, at any pool and at any time. So if you are unable to attend a Swimathon distance challenge session, or just want a bit more flexibility, you can still be part of the world’s biggest swim. For full details click
here
Upcoming Courses
CPD Feb 11th - Introduction to Butterfly: 11th Feb Iron Row Baths, London, EC1V
Feb 19th - NPTS Competitive Swimming - Sobell Leisure Centre
March 1st - Teaching Swimming to Disabled Children - Clissold Leisure Centre
March 14/18th - NPTS Aquafun - Ironmonger Row Baths, London, EC1V 3QF IRB
March 20th - ASA/UKCC Level 1 Certificate for Coaching Swimming, Unit 2 - Ironmonger Row Baths, London, EC1V 3QF
March 22 - ASA/UKCC Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Aquatics, Units 1 – 6, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, Tottenham
Course information
For more information on all the above and the many more courses available, dates, venues, costs and to download booking forms, please click
here.
This week Jemma Konuralp (Swim 21 Quality co-ordinator) and her maternity replacement Esther Hill were thrown into the busy period in the lead up to the next Regional Panel on 11 February 2010. Last Friday they attended a brilliant presentation evening at Orpington Ojays where it was lovely to see the success of the club over the last twelve months being celebrated so highly. On Sunday morning Jemma assessed Purley H20 at Epsom College where she was exceptionally impressed with the achievements of such a new club. Tuesday lunchtime saw Kate joining Jemma and Esther in the London Swimming office meeting with Kingston Royals for their last pre-assessment meeting which was extremely positive and finally Esther assessed Beckenham SC on Wednesday evening accompanied by Kate O’Neil (CSC for the South) where she was blown away by the impressiveness of the club.
Next week Jemma and Esther will be hard at work preparing for the Regional Panel along with meeting Sharks of Mottingham.
This week Kate O’Neill and Richard Bradford (CSC for the West), also met with SouthWest Swim School to discuss education and Swim21 for swim schools accreditation and are looking forward to working with their director in the future.
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