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The ASA is very keen to capture information around club capacity via its on-line club questionnaire. 

 

 

Colin Brown (RD) The definite highlight of the week was receiving Partner of the Year at the Pro-Active Awards http://www.londonswimming.org/news/article/display/260

This was then followed by the low point when London Swimming lost the Special Council Resolution to invest in a company developing an affordable mobile pool solution. It was interesting to hear the reasons why clubs and individuals felt that the Region should and should not invest. Importantly I hope we got the message across that the Region has to make its finances work to deliver our strategy to do so in a way where we become financially sustainable. The rest of the week has involved interviewing prospective candidates for the Director of Swimming in Southwark and attending the Regional Directors meeting in Loughborough. From the 20-26 March Colin will be taking annual leave.

 

Next week: Colin will be on annual leave until the 26 March and then visiting a prospective diving programme site in Putney and attending various Everyday Swim meetings.

Last week Mark Griggs (EDO) was on leave for most of the week but attended the National Education Officer Meeting.

 

Mark would like to remind everyone that the 66% skills active coaching bursaries are only available until the end of March, and the criteria has changed to include those working leisure centres.

Details at http://londonswimming.org/page/:Funding_Opportunities or www.skillsactive.com/coachingbursary

The following training opportunities still have spaces, please book now as a 10 day cut off date in now in force.

  

Wed 2-Apr-08-NPTS:Overview-10.00am-1.00pm-Aspire National Training Centre, Harrow

Thu 3-Apr-08-Flip N Fun-1.00 - 5.00 pm-Jags Sports Centre, Southwark

Wed 16-Apr-08-Aqua Fun-5.00 - 9.00-Bancroft's School, Redbridge

Thu 24-Apr-08-Aqua Kids-2.00 - 6.00pm- Hornchurch Sports Centre, Havering

Sun 27-Apr-08-Mini Polo-12.00 - 4.00pm-Vale Farm Sports Centre, Brent

 

29 Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 Apr (change of dates) Erith Leisure Centre, Bexley

29 Mar - 2 Apr - Hornchurch Sports Centre, Havering

10, 11, 17, 18, 24 May - Sylvestrian Leisure Centre,  Waltham Forest

17, 24, 31 May, 7, 14 Jun - Erith Leisure Centre, Bexley

26 - 30 May - Whitgift School, Croydon

 

5 - 18 Apr - Finsbury Leisure Centre, Islington

19 Apr Every Saturday 26 Apr - 12 July - Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre, Barnet

19, 26 Apr 3, 5, 10, 17, 31 May

7, 14, 21, 28 June 5, 12 July - Bancroft's School, Redbridge

 

This week Janna Callan (RDO), spent two days in Loughborough developing her knowledge of Swim21 and its processes and procedures. 

Next week Janna will be meeting with the GLA to discuss a mass participation synchro event, similar to that of the Big Sync held in Hackney last year.

 

Next week Cathy Carr (RDO) will be meeting with Peter Akred from the London Sports Forum for Disabled People to explore options into making Aqua Extreme a fully inclusive programme and encourage Disabled People to both volunteer and obtain teaching qualifications in order to deliver Aqua Extreme activity.   Cathy will be working on Hillingdon's progress with developing a vision for swimming and attending Edmonton Phoenix's coaches meeting to progress their Swim 21.

 

Masters - Kings Cormorants won the trophy for being the Top Club, at The OCS 17th Open International Guernsey Swim Meet, 14th -16th March 2008.Congratulations to Dorothy Williams, a member of Kings Cormorants, set a new World, European and GB Record in the 200 Breaststroke in the 85-89 age group.

 

This week’s focus for Ben Campion (RDO) has been interviewing for the director of swimming post in Southwark. On Monday Ben inducted the West London Water Polo coach, more details to follow.

 

This week Jo Calvino (RDDO) spent Monday recovering from delivering a strength & conditioning course in Sheffield at the weekend. On Tuesday she met with Royal Tunbridge Wells Monson Diving club, as well as working on the Talent programme for Diving. Wednesday was spent finalizing FINA Diving World Series action plan, athlete development days and NPTS document, followed by attending the GLL Sport Foundation launch at the House of Commons. Jo will finish the week with a club visit to Wessex DC in the SW.

 

After celebrating the success of her Lewisham EDS colleague Tracey Pereira at the Pro-Active awards last Friday, Jo Melchior (EDS – Lewisham) started this week working on end of year finance and monitoring reports. Also she attended a Disability Gala run by Bromley for young disabled people with more complex needs. The idea is to take the best elements from this event and others like it and to work on a framework for a Lewisham gala focused more on fun and participation rather than swimming, later in the year. Next week sees work on workforce development within the plan and the advertising and marketing of swimming to the NDC area.

 

Annabel Kehoe (EDS – Islington) is on annual leave this week.