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 bookings is now open on the London Swimming website www.londonswimming.org.uk

 

Great news! Brockwell Lido made it through to the finals of the Lottery Good Causes Heritage Awards! There are TWO other projects competing in the same category. The project with the most votes will win a National Lottery Award, as well as £2,000 that will be spent on supporting the schools programme at the Lido. All the winners and runners-up will be revealed on the special live BBC1 TV show on Saturday 5 September.

 

As part of Swimming’s Coach/Teacher Development Programme, the ASA are completing an audit of our Aquatic Workforce. We're collecting data from you so that we can gain an accurate picture of Swimming’s teacher/coach workforce.

Once the baseline figures have been established we can then plan and tailor our products and services to meet the needs of you, our customers. The audit is aimed at all areas of the aquatic community – clubs, Local Authorities, private operators, swim schools, hotels, trusts, charities, schools…etc, etc!! Please 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.

  

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

 

European Masters Swimming Championships 14-20th Sept 2009 - start lists should be available on line from the 15th August or thereabouts click here. 

 

Colin Brown (RD) Back to work after a great but slightly damp holiday in Devon. The big highlight of the week was attending the launch with the Mayor, Kate Hoey MP, Rebecca Adlington of the launch of third mobile pool in London this year on the Southbank by the Thames. The British Gas Summer Camp pool is only around for 4 weeks but should make a real impact on the London skyline. For more info click here. Colin also had productive meetings with Fusion and kick started a workforce project with DC, GLL, Aquaterra and Barking & Dagenham Council to improve employment pathway with a range of leisure operators.Next week: Colin will be completing a round of staff appraisals and fine tuning his training (or lack of it) for the Great London Swim on August 15^th in the Queen Victoria Dock. Click  here for more details. 

 

This week Jo Calvino (Aquatic Development Programme Co-ordinator) has had a busy schedule working on the website for Annual Conference and the Sports Science booking programmes, she caught up with Jo Melchior early in the week to discuss finances for the master class programme and the flyer design for marketing the programme. Jo has also been revising for a tutor exam and had to complete a Unit 6 assessment at Wavelengths, Deptford.  Preparations for next week’s tutor placement have also been confirmed with Ellie Purvis, this will see Jo unable to access emails & calls during working hours but will try to respond out of hours. Final details for Jo Jackson’s 5 day camp have kept Jo busy, we are offering clubs group discounts on bookings so for more info please contact Jo. CPD weekends are coming into demand for the end of the year, which Jo is starting to put details together and arrange meetings to get these booked and confirmed.

Jo’s main priority this week was to try and salvage her work and contacts as she lost it all when her hard drive crashed!  So if you are expecting a response don’t take it personally she may not have your contact details, so drop her an email as a reminder!

 

This week Jo Melchior (Project Manager) finalise her teaching and admin teams for the Mayoral Pool Programme. Jo is looking forward to getting the two teams together for some “bonding” ahead of delivery. The first member of the team Andrew Kalogirou came in for a meet and greet and an induction and no doubt will become a regular contributor to the weekly news. There are still many logistical issues to deal with in respect of the programme, however these will have to wait till Jo comes back from a week’s leave on Monday 17^th.

 

Bastien Wallace (Project Manager - Barking & Dagenham) Fins, masks, snorkels, hotels, maps, agendas, minutes, meetings… Other than the usual rounds of meetings, Bastien is getting ready to go to Edinburgh to help get the Underwater Hockey course together, to see an international competition & try a game together with Laura & Neal from Barking & Dagenham. It’s great that these first volunteers come from the AbPhab group who work with young people with disabilities.  Perhaps it will be young people with disabilities who get to be the first to try this sport locally.  Looking forward to learning lots & having fun.”