| GREAT swimming from all the club swimmers at last week’s swim gala. The coaches were very proud of you for all trying your best and cheering on your teammates. Well, done to everyone. |
| Dates for The Diary |
| Inverness swim meet – good luck to all those competing on 30th March. Club sessions start back on Tues 16th April. There will be Aquadome training for all club swimmers on 28th April (1.30-3.30pm) and 12th May (1.30-15.30pm). Term finishes on 21st Mar with the last session Inverness Graded meet 30th Mar |
| Swim club gala results |
We are really sorry as Kathryn and Cath double checked the evening and made a couple of errors. Mitchell should have a bronze medal for 100back, Torin a silver for 60fly and Struan a bronze for 60fly – we will give these to the swimmers in training.
Thank you to all who gave for the snack table. Thanks to the helpers – Julie, Ariana, Seb & Milo. £102.81 was raised for club funds.
Thank you also to Karen, Sarah, Kirsty, Laurence, Heather, Tim, Colin, Ronnie, Ferri, Eilidh, Amy and Maike for timekeeping. Una for starting. Gill for judging finishes. Jo, Kathryn, Zoe for judging strokes/turns. Matthew for working the computer. Kathryn for setting up the meet on the computer. Thanks also to Kirsty for organising medals & trophies.
Full results view here
Below is the disqualification report.
Disqualifications
Backstroke
Eilidh H feet down
Hal M kicking on front into the turn
Ted B kicking on front into the turn
Caoimhe MD kicking on front into the turn
Flora R kicking on front into the turn
Butterfly
Faraah H arms not coming over the water, 1 hand on turns
Sam G arms not coming over the water
Aliyanah F arms not at the same time & 1 hand touch on finish
Finlay W breaststroke kick
Mitchell G breaststroke kick & arms not over the water
Duncan S arms uneven over the water
Breaststroke
Georgie G arms coming too far back on the pull & front crawl kick off the wall on turn
Eilidh H screw kick (one foot points and one foot correct – turned out) & front crawl kick
Lucy T 3 fly kicks off the dive start
Seth W 1 hand on turn
Cody G arms coming too far back on the pull
Faraah H screw kick (one foot points and one foot correct – turned out)
Lacey B screw kick (one foot points and one foot correct – turned out)
Mitchell G 3 fly kicks off start, 2 & 3 fly kicks off turns, 1 hand on last turn
Fin W front crawl kick off the dive start and 1 hand on turn
Craig MN 3 fly kicks off dive start
| Inverness Graded Swim Meet Saturday 30th March |
| Good luck to all the Swimmers competing on 30th March at the Inverness Graded Meet. For some this will be their first Swim Meet outside of the Club, we hope you have a great time and know the more experienced swimmers will be there to support and encourage. Do remember to take an extra towel, t shirt and shorts for poolside and poolside shoes. Snacks can be good to give energy (if you want ideas please just ask) and a water bottle. We have swim caps for sale at £5 and these are great not just to help you swim faster but also for your friends to be able to see you in the water! Caps can be purchased poolside. |
| Timekeepers & Officials |
| When the swim club enter external meets, we have to provide qualified timekeepers and officials. To become a qualified timekeeper, you take an online zoom course and then a practical at the pool. It isn’t too arduous and just goes over how swim meets work, a little bit about competition swimming and the duties of a timekeeper. As a Club we would expect that each swimmer has a person who has been through the course and can therefore take their turn in officiating at a meet. The club cover the cost of the course. Please email gscmeets@gmail.com expressing interest of taking the course, we can then look at a date to suit the majority. We need 12 people to run a course. There is also a need for anyone who is a qualified timekeeper to start the process of qualifying as Judge. At present we only have 1 qualified Judge in the club (and they don’t have children swimming in the club now). As the process to become qualified takes some time it really is imperative if the Club want to continue entering meets, especially higher level meets for the older swimmers, that people come forward to take this on. If you want to know more about the process please do speak to Kathryn or email gscmeets@gmail.com In the future it would be awful if we got to the situation where swimmers cannot enter meets because we don’t have the officials. |
| Sports Science |
| For the senior school age swimmers there are now two teen gym sessions. It has been GREAT to see that it’s so popular and that it is really benefitting the swimmers. For more information, please speak to the team at the sports centre. |
| Volunteering & courses for swimmers |
| For a while there has been an informal pathway that senior swimmers have followed with the club. A number of kids are doing Duke of Edinburgh award have used swimming for skills or fitness or volunteering (or all of them). The coaches are always happy to support this. Just drop Cath and email – cath.swim@outlook.com Over the years some of the swimmers have shown an interest in helping with the learn to swim scheme (at Craig Maclean or with Cath & Kathryn). Again, do come and speak with us about this. Kerrie Dickson (active schools) supports the senior swimmers through voluntary awards. For the first year in 2023 we ran an aquatic helper course (qualification by Swimming Teacher Association) it is our intention to run this each summer holiday during the summer camp. Once seniors turn 16 the club will support them through a swim teacher qualification (Scottish Swimming Teacher Qualification). Often swimmers choose to do the NPLQ (National Pool Lifeguard Qualification) with Craig Maclean at this time too. |
| New swimmers starting |
| A warm welcome to our new swimmers starting on Tues with the club, Edie, Kipeo, Martha, Lilian, Lexi, Elizabeth, Fern, Brody, Alexis, Madaline, Rosa. |
| Volunteering |
| As there are now 58 swimmers in the swim club, we are looking for additional support from parents. If you have a few minutes or a couple of hours a week to volunteer, then please contact Cath to find out how you can help support the swim club. |
| Look forward to seeing you all for another busy term and if you need to get in contact with the coaching team, please email cath.swim@outlook.com. See you all poolside  |