London Swimming Annual Conference takes place on 13 September, at St Pauls School, Lonsdale Road, SW13. There will a number of workshops and masterclasses available on the day, so keep this date free!!! Details and booking will available on the London Swimming website shortly.

 

There is only 1 week left for nominations, the closing date is 3 August. This is a way clubs can thank and recognise people who work tirelessly for the club. There are a variety of categories whether you would like to nominate a club coach, official or swim teacher, get your nominations in soon. Full details are available here

 

Open Water/Triathlon Master Class – Brockwell Lido – Sunday 19^th July, 8^th & 9^th August, spaces are still available, so whether you are getting ready to race a season of Triathlons/Open Water or swimming in the Great London Swim, get some last minute advice from experienced coaches!  Each master class is 90 minutes. Click here for more details.

 

Want to be one step ahead of the rest? Jo Jackson, World Record Holder & Beijing Bronze Medallist is in London leading a 5 day master camp where she will share her experiences, top tips and advice to becoming a successful swimmer. The camp will be supported with experienced coaches and give you an insight to an elite swimmers training, you will cover stroke technique, drills and underwater camera work. Places are limited and there are a  variety of sessions and start times.

Click here for more details. 

 

If you would like to book any master class with London swimming please see www.londonswimming.org.uk for further information.

 

We are a very friendly and diverse masters club. We compete in Middlesex galas, county level, nationals etc, have a few really good swimmers, and the rest a hotch potch - a fair old mixed bag. We don't want a tri coach, we want a swimming coach who can set us a varied regime!, session is in North London at Ironmonger Row Baths near Old Street tube on a Monday evening. Further details available here.

 

Five FREE water polo coaching sessions during the summer holidays, with ASA qualified Croydon Amphibians Swimming Club coaches, who will teach you the core skills of water polo and introduce participants to water polo competition. The event is open to girls and boys aged from 10 to 21, inclusive of people with disabilities.

Dates: Thursday evenings, between 20:30 to 22:00 at Whitgift School Sports Centre in South Croydon, on the 30 July, 6 August, 13 August, 20 August and 27 August.

To reserve a place email Chris Martin

 

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

 

A number of courses are being organised by Pro-active London. Details of workshops that will be taking place across London in July can be found here or contact Belinda Hogg on workshopbookings@lsbu.ac.uk or 020 7815 7844. 

 

 

Colin Brown (RD) is currently on annual leave.

 

This week Jo Calvino (Aquatic Development Programme Co-ordinator) has been ridden with bad luck this week after her computer has had to be sent back, so please bear with her as she has not got complete access to the internet & email.   Jo has spent time this week looking at the Putney Diving programme and its structure, meeting with Putney bookings and Head of reception.  Jo has also been to visit St Paul’s School and confirm facilities for the Annual Conference taking place on Sunday 13^th September, all bookings will be done via the London Swimming bookings website. The Annual Conference is Jo’s main focus for the next few days making sure all is confirmed & in place.

Jo has also started to look at the marketing campaign for the master class programme.

 

This week Jo Melchior (Project Manager) has, alongside colleagues from London Swimming, been conducting preliminary interviews for the Teaching and Admin staff required to support the Mobile Pool programme. Jo has also been meeting with the sponsors of the project to discuss branding, marketing and media campaigns, and also meeting with Ealing Council representatives to discuss a strategy to engage the local residents of the Northolt area as well as the Schools. Next week Jo will be continuing to sort out her team by assessing the Teaching styles of the candidates who were successful in the first set of interviews and sorting out the contractual and financial elements of the project.

 

This week Jemma Konuralp (Swim21 Quality controller) went to another two of Ealing's houses and a very impressive teaching section at Killerwhales. She then attended the Regional Panel, and met with Sutton and Cheam about embarking on the assessment process. Next week Jemma is tied up mainly with administration prior to taking ten days annual leave

 

Bastien Wallace (Project Manager - Barking & Dagenham) spent part of last week and all of the weekend involved with the Barking & Dagenham Town Show.  She worked with the apprentices to spread the word about free swimming, sign up more young people for cards and to promote the Primary Care Trust’s ‘Me’ Brand – which is all about young people making healthy choices specific to their lives. The rest of the week involved report writing and preparations for this week and the beginning of school summer holidays.