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Results from Halliwick Astra National Swimming Gala
Sharks participated as part of region 2 at the Halliwick Astra National Swimming Gala in Sevenoaks, Kent on Saturday 20 October 2018. Three swimmers attended.
Galas in 2019
Fifteen galas are in the 2019 calendar. Click to see the complete calendar.
Gala secretary’s 2018 report
Eileen Casey, Gala Secretary, writes... Swimmers have attended 11 Galas this year from Inter-Club, Regional and National. Gala fees are going up every year but the club will still pay the first £5 of gala fees and any extra fees to be paid by the swimmer. There have...
St Christopher’s Hospice
On Monday 12 November 2018 Katie and Matthew presented St Christopher’s Hospice Ambassador, Keith Heard, with a cheque for the amazing sum of £1250.60 following the sponsored swim in April. Congratulations to everyone. [gallery columns="2" size="medium"...
Annual General Meeting
Thanks to everybody who came to the AGM on Monday 3 December 2018.
Summer outing
A Club outing to Greenwich Park on Sunday 1 July 2018 is proposed. Picnic and games! Save the date.
Sponsored swim
The Club is organising a sponsored swim in aid of St Christopher’s Hospice on Monday 16 April 2018. Sponsorship forms will be available shortly. We hope to take a group photo of all the swimmers for the website so make sure you are there!
Presentation disco
A great time was had by all. Many thanks from all of the members to Joyce and family for all their hard work organising the event. Also huge thanks to Eileen for organising the medals, cups and certificates.
The ASA has been rebranded as Swim England
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) is now known as Swim England.
DSISO European championships 2017
Billy Birchmore represented Great Britain last week at the DSISO European Championships in Paris. He won eight individual Gold Medals after competing in the heats in the morning and then going into the finals in the evening. As part of the GB relay team he won a...
Coaching news
A warm welcome to Mike Griffin who joins Steve on the coaching team. His first session was on Mon 18 September 2017. He also coaches at Saxon Crown. A huge thank you to Becky who you may have noticed in the lifeguard chair. She completed her lifeguard level 1 course...
Well done to Billy!
Billy holds multiple Long Course and Short Course Down Syndrome International Swimming Organisation (DSISO) records and is currently the overall World Champion. He has had a hectic couple of months in the pool and has achieved 4 further DSISO LC records: World...
Sheffield, August 2017
Fifteen members of the Sharks Swimming Club competed at the Special Olympics in Sheffield in August 17. They returned with an impressive array of medals. Check out their achievements under Results.
Gala secretary’s 2017 report
Eileen Casey, Gala Secretary, writes... Swimmers have attended 12 Galas this year; from Inter-club to Regional and National. Gala fees are going up every year, but the club will still pay the first £5 of each gala. And any extra fees to be paid by the swimmer. There...