GAW Gala 2016 – Accepted Entries
Here are the accepted entries for this gala:
Here are the accepted entries for this gala:
As part of the ongoing SplashAbility Sessions, a fun swim session for children & adults with a disability and their families has been arranged at Spennymoor Leisure Centre on Sunday 17 July 2016.
Advisors will be on hand throughout the event to offer tips and support, and provide information about other local swimming opportunities.
It is a free event, open to children and adults with cerebral palsy or other disabilities and their family members.
For further information and to book a place, please contact Sarah Livesey on 0115 925 7027 / sarah.livesey@cpsport.org.
A reminder that as of 1 January 2016 the British Swimming Medical Declaration form has been removed from use.
All athletes are now responsible for their own medical needs and checking medication, to ensure that they comply with doping restrictions.
Please see the attached notice from the ASA which provides detailed guidelines of the new procedures in place.
British Swimming Medical Declaration form removed from use – Notification
Do you know your PBs from your DQs, UQTs from your LQTs, long course to short course conversions? confused? It’s not surprising. For parents new to swimming there is a lot to take in when our youngsters start to compete, and believe us when we say its still confusing for us seasoned vetarans at times!
But as with everything, its easy when you know how!
So to help parents get to grip with the fundamentals of competitive swimming, we have arranged a parent information session, which will be held on Sunday 3 July 2016, 3pm to 4pm, in the first floor Fitness Studio (Spinning room).
The session is open to parents of swimmers in SD3 – B3.
Space is limited so we would appreciate it if parents could let us know if they are planning to attend.
This is an ideal opportunity to find our what competitive swimming is all about, how to prepare, what to take and most importantly what to expect on the day. So we would encourage as many parents as possible to attend.
If anyone has any questions about the event, please speak to Kelvin McArdle, otherwise we look forward to seeing you there.
A reminder that there is another long course training session this Saturday (25 June) for normal monthly HUB swimmers.
The organisers have requested confirmation of expected numbers of swimmers for the session, therefore if you are planning on attending, please could you let either Lorraine or Gary know asap.
The final HUB session of the season is still planned for Stanhope Open air pool on the 2nd July – again this is for the normal hub swimmers.
Parents are welcome to come along and bring a BBQ to cook our hard working swimmers a well-deserved bacon or sausage sandwich for the end of the session!
We are pleased to confirm that the latest batch of Personalised Swim Hats have finally arrived!
Please could anyone who has ordered a hat, visit our Swim Shop tonight to collect, or alternatively see Lianne Pye next week.
We would like to announce the official launch of our new Friday night Swim Shop, which will open for business on Friday 17 June 2016.
The Shop will be located in the spectator gallery on Friday nights between 6.30pm and 7.30pm.
Members will be able to:
The shop will be manned by a team of volunteers, and we are always on the look out for anyone who would like to get involved.
If you have an hour to spare once every month or so and would like to help, we would love to hear from you!
Please speak to Lianne or any of our shop volunteers to sign up!
Hopefully, we will be looking to expand things a little for the new season, so if you have any ideas, or if there is anything which you would like to be able to purchase from the club then let us know.
Funds raised go directly towards providing competition support for our swimmers; from our little Junior League swimmers through to our performance swimmers!
We hope that its a welcome addition to the club and look forward to seeing you there.
At Chester-le-Street ASC, the welfare of our swimmers is extremely important to us. As a club, we constantly strive to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our swimmers, to make sure we provide a safe, happy and fun environment for our members at all times.
Following the recent appointment of our new Welfare Officer Hayley Gray, we would like to remind everyone that Hayley is available to discuss any welfare concerns that you may have,
If you would like to contact Hayley in confidence and you don’t manage to catch her at the pool, she can be contacted directly at welfare@chesterlestreetasc.co.uk.
Further information about other welfare support channels and advice can be found on our website at:
or in the ASA Wavepower toolkit
www.swimming.org/asa/clubs-and-members/safeguarding-children/
So if there is anything that you are concerned about please let us know.
In view of the recent cancellation of the the BOSSS Summer meet; we have been invited by Newcastle Swim Team to enter their 2016 Summer Meet being held the same weekend (25/26 June) at the Louisa Centre Stanley.
Please be aware that there are a limited number of places available, and all entries must be submitted by Tuesday 14 June 2016.
We appreciate the extremely short notice, but if any swimmers are interested in entering, please could they ensure that entry forms and payment are passed to Barbara tomorrow night. Unfortunately, she will not be able to accept any entries after this time.
Full meet conditions and UQTs can be found below.
Please note the start times of the sessions, they are as follows:-
Session One Saturday 25/6 – Warm-up 08:30hrs Start 09:30
Session Two Saturday 25/6 – Warm-up 12:30hrs Start 13:30
Session Three Sunday 26/6 – Warm-up 08:30hrs Start 09:30
There will only by a break of half an hour between the end of Session Three and the Start of Session Four, there will a short warm-up at 11.30hrs for anyone wishing to warm-up with a start time of 12 Noon and an approx finish of 13:30hrs.
Well it was another fantastic round of swimming from our youngsters; with our dream team finishing in 5th position overall with a total point score of 150, just 3 points behind Tynemouth who took 4th place.
A fabulous achievement for their division one debut year.
Gateshead and Whickham came out on top as 2016 division one winners ahead of rivals Stockton, in a tight run race between the two ( only one point in it at the half way point!)
This year’s coveted costume award went to Tynemouth in their blue and gold splendour ( they did look great we have to admit!) but our black and white army did themselves proud, and looked ‘CHESS tacular’ as they brought up the rear of the parade!
Which leads us onto the thankyous… events like this don’t just happen, and there has been a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes to prepare the swimmers, make costumes and organise things on the day.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all those who helped make the costumes, another big thank you to Fiona and Emily for all their help organising the children both on and off poolside, our officials for volunteering their services, and last but not least, the coaches for all their efforts preparing, training and managing the team!
So we may not have brought home the trophies this year; but we are immensely proud of our youngsters, who showed true team spirit throughout the competition and delivered their absolute best in the pool, which is what it’s all about!
So one final well done to all who have taken part in this year’s competition, and guess what we get to do it all again next year!
WELL DONE JUNIOR LEAGUE TEAM 2016!
