We have had to move the original date of Sept as we have a Novice Gala on the 25th and it wouldn’t be fair to tire the children out. We are now aiming to swim the equivalent of Poole to Cherbourg (6,400 lengths) on Fri night, 1st Oct. The money raised will be split between the RNLI and the Julie Spendley Foundation. The swim is open to any parents / teachers that want to partake (no minimum number of lengths!) as well, so why not swim with your children!

There will be two options available to raise money: 1. pay £5 for each child swimming or 2) collect sponsorship money (form available here NOTE: When prompted, enter the username “ringwood”; the password is the same one you use to access the Members Only area). The choice is yours and hopefully this will make it easier for those that do not want to go around collecting money.
We are aiming to get as much publicity for the event as possible and I will keep you posted as to who may be attending from the local press.

Helpers Required: We will also require a number of helpers during the evening to count the lengths that are swum. If anyone is willing to help please add a comment to this post of come and see me on a Friday (1st session) or Sun morning.

Please keep an eye on the website for further instructions closer to the time.

Tuesday 27th July/Friday 30th July Normal 3/6/10/13 July No Swimming
NO Swimming on Sundays throughout August
Holiday times apply for the rest of August:

1st Session: Normal times
2nd Session: 6.45 – 7.30 Tues.
7.15 – 8.00 Fri
3rd Session 7.30 – 8.30 Tues
8.00 – 9.00 Fri

At the end of September, when you have recovered from the summer holidays and got your stamina back again, we will be attempting a charity swim. The aim of this is to raise money for the RNLI and the Juli Spendley Foundation (Elivia’s Mum in second session).

The challenge will be to swim the equivalent of Poole to Cherbourg (62NM or 115Km) which equates to 4,600 lengths of the pool.

All sessions will take part and swim as far as they can. Rest will be allowed and it is the total number of lengths swum at the end of the evening that will count. Parents are more than welcome to join the children (if you can keep up!).

We are considering charging a fixed fee rather than sponsorship forms and Anne and I will finalise this over the summer and let you know. Keep an eye on the web site for more details.

Well done to all throughout the year, have a great summer break and come back refreshed, stronger and raring to go.

The updated sprint league times are now available here. These include all times up to an including the IOW gala. We are still missing times from some children and will be aiming to collect these prior to the summer break.
NOTE: When prompted, enter the username “ringwood”; the password is the same one you use to access the Members Only area.

We will also be introducing a 25m fly league for the younger swimmers.

Regarding awards, I will be defining target improvements for every division in each league to challenge the children to improve. The most improved against their target every month will get a certificate and we are still formulating the overall awards to give at the end of the year. These targets will be defined over the summer and measurements will start in Sept.

Well done to all swimmers who braved the very hot weather and even hotter centre for the Cherriman trophy on the 10th July. At the first points tally after 20 races we were lying in second place. After 30 races we were 1 point ahead of Southamnpton, however by the final tally we were ahead by 26 points!

All swimmers swam superbly with some excellent PB’s and a number of individuals / teams coming in just the right side of the cut off times. The boys open relay team (order re-arranged by Jamie to be faster, with a threat from Anne if they were too quick) won their race by a good few metres and 11 hundreths inside the time! Unfortunately, some swam too quickly but obtained PB’ and as you all know we do not worry about speeding tickets if they PB.

Well done to all for a deserved victory and keep this up.