There is no swimming Sun 10th April due to a triathalon

No Swimming April 29th (Bank Holiday – what for!!)

Holiday Hours Tues 12th and 19th April (18:00 – 18:45, 18:45 – 19:30, 19:30 – 20:30)

Holiday Hours Friday 15th April (18:30 – 19:15, 19:15 – 20:00, 20:00 – 21:00)

FIXTURES SECRETARY

1. When you first take over inform all the contacts for the leagues you are in and all the clubs that are on your contact list that you are now the fixtures secretary for your club
2. Deal with all the league renewals that come in
3. Respond to any gala invitations that you may receive (after consulting with coach and/or committee to see if you wish to take part)
4. In September start compiling a calendar of fixtures for your club
5. Organise the Novice and Intermediate Leagues
a) About September contact all current participants and see of they want to take part in the coming year – if not try and find replacements
b) Liaise with them re dates venues etc
c) After sorting out the above arrange to get the pool or pools booked
d) Sort out hosting
e) When all the above is done sent out e-mails with confirmation of details to all the clubs involved

The next Ringwood Seals AGM will be held on the 17th March 2011 at 7.15pm in the leisure centre activity room. There will be several positions coming available including the chairman’s role which I am unable to continue due to other personal commitments. I’m a firm believer in giving others the chance to take on the running of the club and I encourage all those interested to apply for committee positions. A full list of current positions is listed on the notice board. Roles that need filling are:

• Communications / Press Officer – This is a brand new position within the Seals Club and one which we hope all members will benefit from. We would like to provide all members with a quarterly newsletter and to see our club’s name in the local press.

• Fixtures Secretary – to set up the calendar of Gala events in co-ordination with the swim instructors and other clubs.

• Swim 21 Co-ordinator – develop and execute the yearly swim21 plan (ASA quality mark).

If any of the above positions interest you, but you feel you cannot attend committee meetings, please don’t let this stop you discussing the role further with the club. We do not expect our parent helpers to attend all meetings but would encourage as much involvement as possible from you on key club issues.

Click here to see the full chairman’s letter…

I have now added a target improvement time for every swimmer in every stroke and these are available here. Over the next three months we will be pushing the children both technically to continue the improvements here but also on stamina and speed to get them to hit their target improvements. The certificate award date will be confirmed once I have checked the gala dates.

Every child who achieves their target times will be presented with a certificate and the most improved swimmers will be logged for an award of a new cup at the next awards ceremony.

Please note that due to restricted coaching staff, the Tuesday swim sessions will be shortened for at least the next couple of weeks. The times are as follows:

1st Session – 6pm to 6.45pm
2nd session – 6.45pm to 7.30pm
3rd session – 7.30pm to 8.30pm

Friday and Sunday swim sessions will continue as normal.