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Merseyside and District Gala Results

On Sunday 18th Jan 2015 , Warrington Swimming and Water Polo Club competed in the second round of the Merseyside and District Swimming League , and with some excellent swims to shout about , old favorites Adam Farini, Oliver Houghton , Melissa Morgan leading from the front gaining several 1st place finishes to boost Warrington’s total .There were excellent swims from new younger members of the club Ayesha Brocklehurst swimming in age group above her 12/13 yrs came 1st in the 50m Fly with 38.61 and Poppy Gorman 1st in the 10/11 yrs 50 m Back in 43.52 , alongside  good performances from newbies Olivia Harding and Jessica Crithlow.

Final points are Warrington 149/Formby on 159/Runcorn on 160 and Bridgefield on 69 points , currently this leaves Warrington in 2nd place with 2 rounds still to go on February 22nd nand March 21st.

Alan Boyle Receives MBE for Services to Swimming and Water Polo

Dr Alan Boyle has been recognised with the award of an MBE in the New Years Honours list for his exceptional contribution to swimming and water polo over the last sixty years.

He receives an MBE in recognition of his services to swimming and water polo which have included being a player, coach, tutor and referee, and helped to administer the sport from grassroots to the highest level within the regional and national governing bodies

Alan has always contributed to the encouragement and coaching of water polo players at club and regional level, from the youngest players to senior representative sides for the club, District and Northern Counties for over three decades. He has been the water polo coach at the Warrington club for thirty years, Water Polo Secretary for twenty seven years as well as swimming coach for five years. He regularly attends training session three to four times a week and only misses these due the other commitments to do with water polo. At one point he was responsible for coaching three club teams, one county team, two district teams, and two regional teams. Warrington Swimming and Water Polo club has won over sixty championships, tournaments and leagues whilst he has been the coach, not counting the inter district and regional team efforts and wins over this period. In recent years there have been a number of players who have gone on to represent GB at water polo which includes Hazel Musgrove who competed in London 2012, Courtney Dean and Tom Hadley.

He is well recognised throughout the water polo world not only as a coach, but also as a referee for local leagues and until recently up to National league and ASA level. He must have refereed over 1,000 games in his career- an essential activity as without people like Alan the game does not exist.

Other tasks undertaken includes coordinating refereeing appointments in the North West for all the games he was not refereeing himself (up to four games or more on some evenings). He has also organised and ran many courses to increase participation in the sport (mini polo for youngsters, open days at local pools, mini competitions in the region to name but a few), but also to train and mentor new coaches, referees, and the officials necessary to allow competitions and matches to take place.

Alan has also taken on significant roles in the Region and National Governing body (Amateur Swimming Association -ASA for short) in relation to constitutional matters, rules and regulations. He has helped many local clubs and various Associations to amend rules or constitutions that were very outdated, or without adequate written documentation that aligned with the governing body, and in many cases conflicting or silent on important issues such as child welfare and safety, and the protection of volunteers who were running and managing clubs.

“Alan deserves the recognition for his endeavours, and hopefully encourages many other volunteers to follow in his footsteps and keep water polo as an active and thriving sport for many generations to come.” 

Other details

Alan was born on 22nd January 1938, and will be 77 years old in three weeks time

Alan has been a member of Warrington Swimming and Water Polo Club for over sixty years.

Not only was he a keen swimmer winning ten club championships, he also played in the water polo team for twenty one years.

Since then he has put a tremendous amount of energy back into the sport, with many management and secretarial roles at club, regional and national levels on swimming and water polo executive committees. This has included being President of the Northern Counties Swimming Association, the Northern Water Polo league and Cheshire County.

This commitment was recognised by the club when he was made a life member of the club in 1982 and by the Northern Counties with an award for his services to Water Polo in 2001. Since then he has also been granted life member status in all the County, District and Regional bodies covering the sport, and been recognised by further awards for his amazing and sustained contributions- all voluntary.

Horwich Swim Clinic

Please see below regarding a Swim Clinic to be held at Horwich LC. Closing date is Monday 22nd December. could any body who is interserted please see Shaun

Dear All

Horwich Leisure Centre ASC is once again proud to present a Swim Clinic hosted by a top international GB Swimmer. This year we are honoured to have Para swimmer Steph Slater.

Up until recently Steph was an able bodied swimmer but nerve damage that affected her left arm has meant that she now competes as a Para swimmer. She is a British and European and World record holder. 

The pool session will cover Steph’s strengths of Freestyle and Butterfly and will be demonstrating key skills, kick, speed development, turns and push offs. There will be a Q & A session all together at the end of the day.

We welcome registration from both able bodied and para swimmers but numbers are limited and places will be allocated in order of registration receipt.

Swimmers are asked to arrive at 1.30pm to register and to be split into groups. the day should finish at about 6pm.

Please note that swimmers should be 12yrs or over and be ASA Cat 2 registered.

 

Thank you, 50m and Fundraising

Thank you to all the people who attended presentation evening last night and congratulations to all the members who received awards.
Can I remind parents that 50m training is Saturday 29th November at Liverpool Aquatic Centre at 4.45pm,  Speak to Ian or Shaun if you are unsure.
FUND RAISING
The clubs’ Fund Raising Team have successfully secured their third bag packing event, which is to be held on:
Saturday 17th January 2015 Sainsburys Chapelford during the hours of 10.00am-5.00pm
This is a whole club event. We are asking for member’s to make a commitment to a 2 hour bag packing slot.
If you would like to take part in this event, please inform your coach.
Thank you, in anticipation of your support
The fund Raising Team

 

Fundraising

FUND RAISING
The clubs’ Fund Raising Team have successfully secured their third bag packing event, which is to be held on:
Saturday 17th January 2015 Sainsburys Chapelford during the hours of 10.00am-5.00pm
This is a whole club event. We are asking for member’s to make a commitment to a 2 hour bag packing slot.
If you would like to take part in this event, please inform your coach.
Thank you, in anticipation of your support
The fund Raising Team 

 

The Great North Swim

Congratulations go out to, 2 of our swimmers from Warrington Swimming Club who have just competed in the Great North Swim held over the 13th/15th June 2014 at Lake Windermere over the 2 mile circuit , Rick Atkinson did the circuit in a time of 51 minutes 48 secs but was narrowly beaten by Tasha Creswell who did it in 48 minutes 58 secs. Well done to both of our open age swimmers who recently have been doing more distance work during training and it has paid off with Rick coming in 59th place overall and Tasha with an impressive 30th place overall . Well done from all the TEAM at Warrington SC.

 

Shaun

Dads and Coaches night out

Hi All

We are trying to raise funds for the swimming part of the club and having a night out (Coaches and Dad’s) around Warrington on Saturday 19th July meeting in Wetherspoons at 7.30/8pm – the cost is only £2 per person (YOUR PASS OUT CARD) with all proceeds going to the club. It’s an excellent opportunity to have a laugh and a few beers and too boot your wives can’t argue as its all for charity , please pass this on to other Dad’s at the club

Cheers Shaun

Medals at the Retford Open Meet

Congratulations to George Houghton who competed at Retford Open Meet over the weekend and gained 4 new Pb’s in the 50M Breast (47.50) - 50M Fly (47.07) - 100M Free (1.21.89) and to boost going sub 3 minutes for the 200M Free in a new PB of 2.59.97 and to cap at top weekend off for George gaining 2 medals .
George also says he enjoyed the Wigan Meet so much were he gained Pb’s and also gained a medal he was keen to do another event soon and so picked the Retford meet to do this , to build on all his hard work he has put in during the training sessions.
Head Coach Shaun Woodward has praised George’s attitude towards his training and thinks he could be one of the best simmers the club has had in a long while due to his dedication towards the sport and determination as long his keeps putting the effort in.

Once again well done to George from all the coaching staff at Warrington Swimming Club

 

Fund Raising

The Clubs’ Fund Raising Team have successfully secured a small bag packing event on:
Saturday 12th July at Iceland, Bankside, Crosfield Street, during the hours of 10.00am -5.00pm, to help raise Club funds.
We are asking for member’s to make a commitment to a one hour bag packing slot. So, if you are not at a swimming gala and would like to take part in this event, please inform your coach.

All children MUST be accompanied by an adult helper.
Thank you, in anticipation of your support.
Fund Raising Team