Because of the coaching course we are hosting, there will be a couple of extra sessions at the beginning of the season. Saturday 19 August – 12pm – 130pm: swimmers from Bronze, Silver, Silver Elite and Gold welcome. Tuesday 22
Chairperson and Vice chairperson vacancies
We desperately need to fill these vacancies at the next AGM on 2 September. Without these posts filled, the club cannot operate. Please please please consider becoming involved and taking on one of these posts. The jobs themselves are not
Trophies
A quick reminder that all trophies should be returned to Aileen at the pool as soon as possible so they can be engraved ready for Prize giving on Saturday 2 September. Please make sure they are cleaned prior to returning
Fun night
Tuesday is the FINAL training session for the season. We have organised the inflatable at popular request. The sessions will run as follows: 6pm – 640pm Bronze and Silver 640pm – 715pm Silver Elite, Gold and Fitness Summer training session
CBF Tuesday Land Training
Tonight was the last session until August, unless you have paid for membership. Keep up the good work over summer!
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.
Club Open 200m IM competition – 9 June
Open 200m IM competition will be held on Friday 9 June from 7pm to 830pm. Training will be as normal for Bronze, Copper and Bronze Development from 6-7pm. No need to sign up. Just turn up on the night.
Sunday training – 4 June
Training is cancelled from 730-830am next week due to limited number of coaches available. Training as normal from 830am.
1500m Open event – 11June 730am – 830am
Remember to sign up on the notice board if you are interested in taking part. There are limited places so it is on a first come, first served basis. Please add to the list of all spaces are full in
Next fundraising event – 10 June
Sandy Stewart, our fundraising officer, is organising a stall at the Rhu gala on Sat 10 June, between 11am and 4pm. Please bring donations of sweets and bottles to the pool and pass them to the coaches or Linda Jane
Friday training – 26 May
All training is cancelled tonight.
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.
The value of land training
Why do we do land work ? There are 2 reasons for doing land work (strength and conditioning) To help prevent injuries. If nothing else, you should perform maintenance exercises to prevent many common swimming injuries, including swimmer’s shoulder. Strength
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!