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Gateshead & Whickham Spring Meet

Accepted Entries now available

Venue: Dunston Leisure Centre, Dunston Bank, Gateshead, NE11 9PY

Eligible Squads: SD1/2 &  B3

B2 Junior League competitors only

(all other B2 swimmers should compete in Richmond Dales April Fools Meet  9/10 April 2016)

Date: 9  April 2016 (Due to Junior League we will only be competing in Saturday’s events)

Closing Date: 6 March 2016

Cost of entry: £5.00 per event

Spectator Entry: £4.50 per session /£8.00 per day (including programme) or £15.00 whole weekend (including programme)

Programmes: £2.00

Meet Information

New Club Sponsor

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new club sponsor ‘ Michael English Roofing‘, who have kindly agreed to be our N & D Championship sponsor.  We are extremely grateful for their support, which is allowing us to provide new championship kit for all our current and future qualifiers.

Welcome aboard!

Details for Michael English Roofing can be found on our Meet our Sponsors page, along with all our sponsors, whom we would also like to thank for their ongoing support.

Metafit Cancellations

Friday 29 January 2016

Please note there will only be one session at 5.30pm for all swimmers not competing in the Burns Meet that weekend.

Friday 5 Feb & Friday 26 Feb

All sessions are cancelled due to N & D Championships.

Additional Training Session B2 – Monday 18 January

There will once again be an additional training session on offer to our B2 squad on Monday 18 January 2016, 5 – 7pm, due to our A/B1 squad swimmers attending the Hub.

Any swimmers able to attend this session should arrive poolside 4.45pm for pre session stretching.

Normal training schedule resumes Tuesday 19 January 2016.

Young Volunteers Development Day – Places still available

We have been advised that there are still places available on the above event, due to take place at Bowburn Community Centre on Sunday 24 January.

Full details of the event, including how to register can be found on the link below.

Young Volunteers Development Day

Rag Bag Fundraiser

As previously published, we have organised a Rag Bag fundraiser to raise funds for kit and other competition support for our swimmers.

A bag has been given to each swimmer with details of items which can be accepted, a full list can also be found on the Rag Bag website (link below)  and the club noticeboard.

Please could we ask that families try to return their bags on the dates specified (see below), which have been staggered across the squads to help with the collection and transportation of bags.

Our small pool swimmers will receive their bags this coming Friday.

If anyone would like any more bags, please see Lianne Pye (sweet shop) as we have plenty more available.

A reminder that the club receive ££ for each Kg of clothing and shoes collected, so now’s a great time to have a new year clear out!

As always, we thank you for your support

Collection Dates

  • SD1 – SD3 – Tuesday  12 January  & Sunday 17 January
  • B2, B3 & SD4 – Tuesday 19 January & Sunday 24 January
  • A & B1 – Tuesday 26 January & Sunday 31 January
  • Small Pool Squads – Sunday 31 January

Rag Bag Scheme

Annual Presentation Evening

A big thank you to all who supported last night’s presentation evening. It was lovely to see such a fantastic turn out and even more so to see our talented swimmers receiving recognition for all their achievements and hard work throughout the year.

A huge well done to all our medal, trophy and award winners, all well deserving and I’m sure there were many a proud parent and grandparent with cameras at the ready!

Although we are considering adding a new ‘special award’ category next year, in recognition of the tremendous skill demonstrated by some of our award winners… negotiating the podium in such precariously high heels was pretty impressive stuff and definitely worth a mention!

All in all it was a great evening with plenty to celebrate, and I’m sure 2016 will bring yet more fantastic achievements to recognise at next year’s awards.

Sunday Morning Training

Sunday Morning Training

Please note that morning training will be on as normal on Sunday 10 January 2016.

 

Human Plank

Human Plank

Some of our performance squad demonstrating the “Human Plank”…. how easy do they make it look!  Pretty impressive stuff guys!

Durham Hub Session – January 2016

durham hub

 

Durham Hub Session – 18 January 2016

The next HUB session will be hosted by Derwentside ASC at the Louisa Centre Stanley on Monday 18 January 2016.

Swim Session 16.30 – 18:30

Land Session  18:45 – 19:30