The London Disability Swimming Squad is producing a quarterly newsletter about the activities of the squad, its members, competition results and other relevant information.

You can read the first issue here, Feb 2010

Masterclasses 

Places booking fast - Freestyle Masters Classes with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, April 10-11th 2010 at St. Paul’s School.  Maximum number of participants is 12, planned and times and bookings available now click here.

 

 A water polo referees (Level D) course is being staged at Queen Elizabeth’s Boys’ School, Queens Road, Enfield, EN5 4DQ, on Saturday April 10^th and Sunday April 11^th. 

The course will be presented by Brian Littlejohn (International Referee).

For more details click here.

 

Coaches Passes application form for Regional Events is now available on the website, click here

A play based on the events that led to the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The stakes were high, the game played out on the world stage.
In 1933 Hitler's position in Germany was precarious. Hosting the Games would provide valuable propaganda for the Nazis and strengthen his hold on power.

Hitler's treatment of Jewish athletes was clearly unacceptable. Should there be a boycott - would it destroy the Olympic movement, who would lose their positions, who would gain? It all rested on a few influential men...

The extraordinary power politics prior to The Second World War are played out by a nine actor cast, portraying the people whose decisions could have changed history. For more details click here.

There are spaces still available on the rearranged Team Manager courses that will now be held on Saturday 13^th March at Crystal Palace.

Team Manager Module 1 & 2, plus a Course Leader training course.

Click here for more details.

Head Coach and former Olympic Swimmer Marc Spackman and Club Chair Denis Collen have announced ambitious new plans for the future of Harrow and Wealdstone Swimming Club, including a change of name to The Borough of Harrow Swimming Club, which will take effect from Monday 1^st March 2010. This important change is designed to better reflect the clubs status as the competitive swimming club within Harrow Borough and reinforces the clubs intention to offer elite sporting opportunities, club swimming and excellent Learn-to-Swim programmes to the community from both within the London Borough of Harrow and surrounding areas.

To find out more about the club click here.

London Borough of Newham - Aquatics Manager

(3 year fixed term) £33,510 - £36,306 pa

Are you up to the challenge of developing the pre-Games legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games in the Borough where the London Aquatics Centre is being built?

This is a new and exciting position based within the borough leisure services team. The post is funded through a partnership agreement with London Swimming and GLL and will direct and manage the delivery of the Borough’s Aquatics Strategy including schools, learn to swim and competitive levels over the next three years.

We are looking for an experienced aquatics coach with a proven sports development background. You will be required to have a good understanding of aquatics development pathways and programmes. Closing date for applications is 12^th March. For more details click here

 

For Rushmoor Royals SC. Excellent salary and bonus scheme for the right candidate

Location: Aldershot / Farnborough, Hampshire, Full –time employment       

from April 2010. Must be: Licensed UKCC Level 4 Coach or a Level 3 currently working towards Level 4 with a proven track record of coaching to National Level.

Knowledge and commitment to the Long Term Athlete Development program (LTAD) and

Committed to ongoing CPD, Full UK driving licence. For full details click here.

Entry forms are now available for each event.

1st/2nd May - Youth Championships

15th May - 800m/1500m Long Course

5/6th, 12/13th June - Age Group (Bagcats) Championships

More details are available here.

 

There are a variety of options available, choose a club education session, or a more personal session such as a one to one.  Sessions can be delivered to athletes and 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

 

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, 3rd April 2010

Can you talk for Britain? A half day master-class led by two of the country’s leading experts. British Swimming are looking for the next generation of live presentation talent, the voices that will reverberate around our future sporting venues, educating fans and exhilarating supporters.

We are offering an exclusive course with only 20 places to over 18s looking for an opportunity to improve their vocal skills and show us what they can do with a microphone.  

Closing Date: Friday 19th March

For full details and an application form click here. 

The Officials Training Programme has been launched because British Swimming has been tasked with identifying potential officials, for recommendation to FINA and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) that would be interested in working at the 2012 Olympic Games as a National Technical Official.

The programme is about providing officials the opportunity to express their interest in officiating at the Olympic and Paralympic Games and therefore the opportunity for British Swimming to ensure that they have the correct experience to apply. The identified disciplines are Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Diving, it does not currently involve swimming. 

British Swimming do not have any decision making status within this recruitment process but through a new British Swimming Officials Training Programme are offering support, guidance and training to any officials that have the required skill set for the positions available in order to support their application.

The closing date for applications is Monday 22nd March. You will hear if you are successful in gaining a place on this programme via email by Monday 5th April.

Full details and an application form available here.

The British Swimming Volunteer Training Programme has been launched to develop our workforce of volunteers so they have the skill sets and experience required for volunteer roles at London 2012. It was created with the wish to provide a pool of the best trained volunteer workforce for Aquatics that we as an organisation can support.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is fast approaching and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) are starting to look at their sports specific volunteer requirements within the Aquatics programme which covers:

Swimming (both pool swimming, 10km Marathon Swimming); Diving; Synchronised; Swimming; Water Polo. For full details please click here.

 

Swimathon 2010 is offering the opportunity for an ASA swimming club to benefit from a visit and training session from Olympic Gold medallist Duncan Goodhew.

Swimathon is the world’s biggest fundraising swim involving over 500 pools across the country. The event is held between 16-18 April 2010 and your club members can enter at www.swimathon.org or by calling 0845 36 700 36

Duncan, along with his Olympic medals, will visit the highest Swimathon recruiting ASA swimming club in England. Please encourage your club members to enter Swimathon today!

Your club members can enter a distance challenge event at one of the 500 pools, or enter SimplySwim (swim any distance, at any pool and at any time). Their participation will not only help your club, but any fundraising will help Marie Curie Cancer Care provide free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes.

Participants will be able to select your swimming club in the second stage of the entry which is emailed to all participants following their initial entry. Only fully registered swimmers will count towards this competition. For full details click here.

 

 

CPD March 18^th - Introduction to Breaststroke - Ironmonger Row Baths, EC1V 3QF

For more details click here.

 

CPDMarch 22^nd - Teaching Nervous Adults - Sobell Leisure Centre, London, N7 7NY

For more details click here

 

CPD March 25^th - Working with Children with Educational Difficulties - Sobell Leisure Centre, London, N7 7NY. For more details click here.

 

March 20^th, at Ironmonger Row Baths, London, EC1V 3QF

For more details click here

 

March 22 – 2 April, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, Tottenham.

For more details click here.

 

April 19^th Oasis Sports Centre, London, WC2H 9AG

For more details click here. 

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

 

Pro-active Central Courses  

How to Coach Disabled People in Sport, Sports coach UK, Sobell Leisure Centre, Hornsey Rd, London N7 7NY. 8th March, 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £30. Click here for more details.

 

Child Protection and Good working Practice, Sports coach UK, Sobell Leisure Centre Hornsey Rd London N7 7NY. 15th March, 6.30pm - 9.30pm. Cost: £25. Click here for more details.

 

Recruiting Fit for Purpose Coaches Create Development, London South Bank University, 16th March, 10:00am-2:00pm. Cost: £20. Click here for more details.

This week Kate O’Neill (CSC South London) met with Crystal Palace diving to discuss the swim21 process and was fortunate to be able to observe some of the divers in training. On Friday Kate and Esther Hill (Swim 21 co-ordinator) are meeting with Leander SC to go through the process. Kate looks forward to working with both these clubs in the future.

  

If you have any news stories/ information/ideas that you would like to share please

e-mail us at London@swimming.org