Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club swimmer Roisin Kavanagh, age 11, has been selected by Scottish Swimming to join the West District Regional Development programme. Roisin, a first year pupil at Hermitage Academy joined the club when she was 8 years old
In the news… HASC Annual Prize Giving
Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club held their Annual prize giving at the weekend and what an eventful evening it was. The club were honoured to host Alan Atkinson who presented this year’s winners of the Nigel Atkinson trophy with commemorative certificates.
South Ayrshire 2017 Graded Meet – Important Information for Swimmers
We have the confirmed entries and programme for the gala on Sunday October 1st. These are available to view as PDFs here: Confirmed entries – UPDATED (24/9) Gala programme – UPDATED (24/9) For confirmed entries, please see page 6. SCR =
In the news… West District Sprint and Relay Championships
Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club swimmers were out in force at the West District sprint and Relay Championships held in the Citadel sports centre in Ayr last weekend. The girls triumphed with an outstanding performance by Caitriona Stewart, a very strong
Stirling 2017 Autumn Meet – Important Information for Swimmers
We have the confirmed entries and a draft programme for the gala on Sunday September 17th. These are available to view as PDFs here: Confirmed entries Gala programme (draft) For confirmed entries, please see page 19. SCR = scratched –
Results – West District Sprint and Relay Championships
Latest results from the meet last weekend have been uploaded to Hy-Tek. See our results page. Results are also posted to the notice board at the club.
In the news… Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club – ARGYLL & CLYDE Team
Last weekend swimmers from Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club joined their Argyll & Clyde swimming team team mates for a weekend of training in Machrihanish . The Argyll & Clyde swimming team is selected from swimmers across the regions’ clubs, HASC,
In the news… Results from the Scottish National Open Championships
Helensburgh Amateur Swimming club swimmers Jon Law and Kate Story represented the club at the Scottish National Open Championships in Aberdeen recently. The competition which included the Scottish Para event hosted swimmers from 90 clubs from across the UK. The
Volunteering: An open letter to parents
We share the sentiment indicated on the Scottish Swimming website that “volunteers are the lifeblood of a swimming club”. One of our swimmers’ parents has written an open letter encouraging participation. See the letter under the Club > New Parents
Annual General Meeting – AGM – 2017
The AGM will be held at 6.45pm on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at the Helensburgh Sailing Club to be followed by the Prize Giving. Please refer to documents relevant to this year’s meeting on the Governance & Policy page.
Enrolment for the forthcoming year 2017-2018
See our updated ‘membership‘ page for details of this year’s enrolment process.
Results
Latest results are now available under the Events section
New! We’ve added the events results page…
We’ve added a new page linking to the Hy-Tek website. As before this shows results for events and meets; records; and athletes. The Hy-Tek website also has a handy help file to assist in navigating the site. See results here.
Enrolment Night
A date for your calendars. Enrolment night for the 2017/2018 session will be on Friday 18th August, with the first swimming session being Monday 21st August.
2017 Summer Training Sessions
We’ve posted details of our summer training sessions to our training schedule page.
Neil’s Tips
Top-tips on racing and strokes. How to race Freestyle swimming Breaststroke Racing 200m
How to Race
By Neil Storey You’ve done the training, you’ve done the stretches, you’ve even listened to the coaches. You know you’re fitter than ever and have a great stroke. How can You use of all that when its time to race?
3rd Scottish Swimming club governance meeting
Paul Donald, Regional development officer for west district, will meet with interested members at the Commodore Hotel, 7:30pm on 26/4/17. This will be the third meeting aimed at guiding the club forward and future proofing its governance. Please feel free
Training Cancelled 18th May 2017
Due to the annual Christian Aid sponsored swim at Helensburgh Pool, there will be no training on the Thursday 18th May.
Work has begun on the new club website!
A little long overdue, some would say, but work has officially begun on the new club website… Watch this space!