Voting is now open for the London Swimming/ASA Aquaforce Volunteer Awards, so get voting now! There are a variety of categories whether you would like to nominate a club coach, official, swim teacher or athlete, deadline is 1^st July 2009.

Full details available here.

  

There was some excellent swimming and 30 Event Best performance times achieved in the Youth Championships Weekend, among them 3 for Melako Coker and 3 for Ekaterina Avramova both from Ealing and Karley Mann from Hillingdon.

There were some hard fought races, but the most exciting was the men’s 17/o 100m Backstroke where there was a dead heat for first place for Charlie Boldison (Barnet Copthall) and Jamie Smithers (Ealing) in 59.10.   Also exciting was the Mens 1500m with Michael Gunning 16.37.44 and Edward Graham (Camden Swiss Cottage) 16.37.56

It was also good to see the Disability Swimmers taking part and Sarah Louise Casey of Sharks achieved two European Records in her category.

Full results are available here.

 

London region fielded its largest team ever at the British International Disability Swimming Championships in April with 11 swimmers competing.  Susie Rodgers (Otter) swam superbly, breaking two British records in S7.  In the 50m butterfly she took nearly two tenths of a second off the record she set at last year’s event with a time of 00:40:35.  She touched first in the multi-disability final but was ranked second after Israeli swimmer Inbal Shwartz.

To read the full report click here.

 

The ASA school swimming team are currently trying to build up a picture of thoughts and opinions on the minimum requirements for school swimming. 

They have developed a 5 question survey to try and capture ideas on this matter and have asked to circulate nationwide. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XGXTPX8

This will not take too much time, but the more viewpoints we can collect, the greater the understanding of school swimming requirements they can gain. 

 

The PlaySport London Facility Fund is part of the Mayor's commitment to deliver a sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The fund is an integral part of  ‘A Sporting Future for London’, the Mayor’s plan which aims to get more people active in sport, strengthen sporting infrastructure in the capital, build capacity and skills and strengthen delivery. The plan sets out four key goals: Get more people active; Transform the sporting Infrastructure; Build capacity and skills; Maximise the benefits of sport to our society. 

The Facility Fund aims to address goals one and two of the plan. Seven million pounds will be invested from 2010 - 2012 for projects that help to ensure an increase in sports participation and physical activity by providing affordable, good quality local facilities within local communities.

Two levels of grant are available from the fund:

1. Up to £50k (PlaySport London funding not to exceed 60% of total project costs). These grants are designed for small to medium developments and upgrades to facilities. Examples include multi use games areas (MUGAs), refurbishment of indoor facilities and estate based ball courts.

2. Up to £250k (PlaySport London funding not to exceed 30% of total project costs). These grants are designed for medium to large developments and the building of new facilities. Examples include multi sport hubs and indoor facilities. For more details click here.

 

 

Children’s Learn to Dive lessons at Queen Mothers Sports Centre, Victoria, SW1V, now available for

5-16 year olds between 5.30-7.30pm.

For bookings please contact the Sports Centre, on 020 7630 5522‎.

 

 

The dive recorder course is now confirmed on Saturday 19th June from 9am - 1pm. It will be held in The London Leisure Centre at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and the tutor is Frank Clewlow. The cost is £20.00 per person. For full details of the course please contact Debbie Aldridge info@lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk

 

  

London Surrey Clubs - a date for your dairy The Surrey Masters will be on Sat 26th June at Guildford. Further details to follow.

The World Masters Swimming Championships, Goteburg - if any London Masters Swimmers are going and would like to buy a British swim cap please email Christine Goodair at csquared@madasafish.com

 

Bring your completed form and photographs when you come to officiate at a London Swimming Championships and we will send it off for you (and we will pay the licensing fee).

Licensing Update - In order for Officials to become licensed or renew their existing licenses, they must provide evidence of attending CPD courses (mandatory elements for licensing) on: British Swimming Officials Awareness Module:  Contemporary Issues such as Health & Safety, Child Protection etc; and FINA Rules update. soc@middlesexswimming.com These will be presented by Middlesex County at a presentation on Sat 22nd May at Perivale Community Centre, Horsenden Lane South, Perivale, Middlesex UB6 7NP.
Anyone wishing to attend should contact Ralph Shortland, at 

 

 

London Swimming Regional events at Crystal Palace 

Competition 2.00pm to 5.00pm.

800m will be swum first as per the conditions.

Registration by 1.30pm please.  Warm up 1.30pm to 1.55pm
 

We have just received the license for our level 3, 50m Sprint Meet on July 11th.

Qualifying times and conditions are on the website. Click here for more details.

 

As the current season draws to a close the Essex Swimming League are inviting any new clubs potentially interested in joining the next season’s competition to contact us via our website www.essexswimleague.org.uk .  The Essex Swimming League is a long standing ASA-registered team competition comprising four evening galas held on selected Saturday evenings between September and April each year.  There are currently four divisions comprising over 20 teams from the London and East region.  Gala events are a mixture of age-bounded individual and team relay races. We are inviting additional clubs who may wish to joins us in the forthcoming season to get in contact. 

 

 

Are you interested in swimming or fitness? Do you like to meet new people?
Would you find it rewarding to help your community keep fit and healthy?
Are you 18 to 24 and registered with the Job Centre?

Then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for!

The Amateur Swimming Association (the ASA) is the national governing body for Swimming. The ASA is working with local authorities, leisure centres and swimming pools to encourage people back to swimming. You may have heard of the Free Swimming initiative where anyone under 16 or over 60 can swim for free in all participating areas. Swimming is the highest participation sport in the UK but there are many people who still don’t swim even though they might like to. Our Trainee Aquatic Assistants will play a key role in encouraging all ages and abilities of the community to visit their swimming pool and take part in free swimming lessons, aquatic fitness sessions and much more. They will be part of a team helping to improve the experience of customers visiting the pool and ensuring that they make the most of the facilities on offer. For more details click here.

 

Please book onto courses as soon as possible to guarantee a place.

  

May 23^rd & 1^st – 4^th June - Hornchurch Sports Centre, RM11 1JU

May 31^st – 4^th June - Whitgift School, CR2 6YT

June 15 – 19 June - Golden lane Leisure Centre City of London, EC1Y OSH

12 July – 16^th July 9am-5pm - Jags Sports Club, SE24 9JN

23 August – 27 August 9am – 5pm - Jags Sports Club, SE24 9JN

 

For more details on these courses click here

 

   

CPD May 22^nd – Safeguarding & Protecting Children – Tottenham Green Leisure Centre

CPD May 22^nd – Teaching swimming to Disabled Children, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre

CPD May 23^rd - Teaching Disabled Swimmers, Putney Leisure Centre   Teaching Disabled

CPD May 23^rd - Working with Children with Educational Difficulties, Putney Leisure Centre

CPD 25^th May - Teaching Disabled Swimmers, Downham Health & Leisure Centre         

 

CPD June 1^st – Aquafun, Downham Health & Leisure Centre

CPD June 6^th – Competitive Swimming, Putney Leisure Centre

CPD June 6^th Introduction to Breastroke, Putney Leisure Centre           

 

CPD July 6^th – Competitive Swimming, Downham Health & Leisure Centre        

CPD Sept 12^th – Mini-polo, Downham Health & Leisure Centre

CPD Oct 10^th – Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Downham Health & Leisure Centre            

CPD Nov 4^th - Teaching Nervous Adults, Downham Health & Leisure Centre

CPD Dec 7^th -    Effective Sculling, Downham Health & Leisure Centre

 

For more information on the above and many more courses, dates and venues, to download booking forms, please click here http://www.swimming.org/events/view/list/

 

 

 

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