It’s great to have everyone back after the Easter Holidays and a welcome to all our new swimmers too.
The end of last term was busy with the Swim Club Gala and Inverness Meet. Congratulations to our Trophy winners and all swimmers for your continued commitment.
Grantown Swim Club Gala Results
Senior Trophy Winners – Andrew Murphie & Lucy Ella McMaster
13/14 year old trophy winners – Ellie Moore & Bjørn Flew
11/12 year old trophy winners – Leo Fry and Lela Phinn
10 and under trophy winners – Eddy Chambers-March and Annabelle Hill
Inverness Graded Meet Results
A massive well done to our swimmers who competed in the recent meet in Inverness. Great swimming from everyone.
Coaching this term
Just a reminder of the coaching team this term (last training day 22 June). We resume on Thurs 17 Aug.
🏊♂️ Tuesday – Holly and Cath coaching being helped by Lucy Ella and Ellie on the first session. Then by Bjorn, Duncan and Jack in the next.
🏊♂️ Wednesday Catriona is leading
🏊♂️ Thursday – Kathryn & Catriona leading being helped by Isla and Gregor
On the 9th May we welcome Jeff Tavendale (lead coach of Nairn swim club) who is coming to lead the session.
As a reminder the March newsletter has details of all the swim times and can be found on the website here.
Reminder about Standing Orders
This is just a reminder that the final payment for this year is the 1st June. Please make a note to cancel your standing order before the end of June as this will be our final month of swimming before the summer. We’ll be in touch about fees for August onwards.
Club T-shirt
Just a reminder to get back to Ellie about ordering a swim club t-shirt by the 7th May.
- Kids £7
- Adults £8
The swim club is sponsoring £5 towards the price (this includes VAT and postage). All sizes and payment details are in the email!
Timekeeper Course – please reply ASAP
For Swimmers to attend swim meets (Competitions) the club must supply qualified timekeepers. The training is very informal and consists of an online zoom session (max 2 hours) and then a practical session poolside within a training session.
We have two dates proposed for the online theory
Monday 15th May
Wednesday 24th May
times to be confirmed but will be evening – potentially 7-9pm
Please reply to Kathryn with your availability to gscmeets@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE – SUMMER CAMP
7th to 10th August for all ages and levels. We are Hoping to run an aquatic helpers course alongside the swim training for the older kids.
HELPERS WANTED!! Grantown Try Tri = 21 May https://www.try-tri.co.uk/
We are delighted to be helping to facilitate the Try Tri.
The event is based at the Craig MacLean Leisure Centre in Grantown-on-Spey.
- ADULT OR CHILD HELPERS! Needed to help man the water stations, marshal the race and make sure everyone has a good day! Needed from 9am until 1pm(ish) – first race starts at 9.20am. Volunteers of all ages would be so helpful (under 12s must be accompanied by an adult).
- BAKING DONATIONS NEEDED! We will be running a soup and cake stall. We would be delighted if any of our bakers could assist.
If you can assist with either of these, please email Claire Anne (Club Secretary) at mcfaddencam@gmail.com
This month’s meet the poolside helper is Gregor.
1. How long have you been in the swim club Gregor?
Since I was 8, so 6 years.
2. Which is your favourite event?
My favourite event is the 200m front crawl.
3. What is it you enjoy about being a poolside helper?
I enjoy being able to see the younger one’s progress as I help teach them.
4. What is your favourite food?
Cheesy risotto.
5. Do you have any other hobbies apart from swimming?
Yes, I play the piano and like skiing and biking.
That’s great, thanks Gregor.
29 May – NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING – Our Swim Club committee meet regularly to plan meets/events and to ensure the smooth operation of the club. If you have any questions or wish to raise any points, please contact club secretary, Claire Anne at mcfaddencam@gmail.com.
As always if you need to get in contact with the coaching team, please email cath.swim@outlook.com.
See you poolside 🏊
As a reminder the March newsletter has details of all the swim times and can be found on the website here.