Novice Gala Team 20 Feb

The team sheet is now on the boards for the Harvey Novice Gala at Nuneaton on the 20th Feb, please tick your names asap.  It can be viewed here.

04 February

Essential Kit for Swimmers

We are seeing a lot more swimmers on poolside without the bare essentials of kit, please can you ensure you have the following minimum of essentials at each session;

            All Squads

            Water Bottle - 500ml          (drink one per hour)

            Club hat (+ spare)

            Goggles (+ spare pair)

            Short Fins

            Pullbuoy

            Kickboard

            Netbag

            Seniors

            Speak to Mike Cole before buying paddles or other equipment

Please ensure the goggles you have for training are a good fit and 'fit for purpose'.  We see a lot of 'mask' type goggles that just don't fit properly.  When swimmers have a hat on the goggles should not sit on the cap at all or they will leak.  Goggles such as the Speedo Junior Futura type up to the Speedo Speedsocket (favoured by the senior swimmers) are great for most faces.

The club shop stocks Hats, Speedsocket Goggles, Fins, Pullbuoys, Kickboards, Netbags and much more and for a limited period up to Friday 12^th February we will take orders for these essentials at a special price.

Please use the order form available here and hand it in to club desk by Friday 12^th February.  Samples of most items are in stock but we will place a special order for all items that are sold out and for named hats.

Karen Walker will be at the following pools/sessions this week so you can give your order in then (with payment please) if you wish.

Friday - Stratford - 6.30-8.45pm.

1 February

County Championships - Relay Selection

The initial relay selection list is on the notice board at SLVC, Final teams will be selected on the day of the individual relay, please indicate your availability on the sheet.

12 January

Young Volunteers Project

The West Midland region has established a project to get young people to help within its swimming clubs.  The Young Volunteers Project offers a programme of courses such as the Poolside Helper course, a timekeeper course, a young aquatic organiser award and also a team manager training course.  All designed to encourage volunteering within a swimming club.  Details are in this leaflet, and should you wish to enrol on the programme, please fill in your details and then return it to me by Friday 22nd January at the latest.  I will then collate the registration forms and forward them together and then ideally all the Stratford Sharks volunteers can attend the training courses together.  My understanding is that you do not have to commit to attending all the courses, but you are encouraged to attend all those that you are able to.  As the leaflet details, once you have registered they send you the details to be able to book onto the relevant courses. 

This is an ideal opportunity as the places are funded by the region rather than the swimming club or the individual. In addition to that it is an ideal opportunity for those wanting to gain extra qualifications particularly within the P.E. environment and/or those undertaking Duke Of Edinburgh Awards, or just to further your experience.

Karen Walker.

4 January

Club Shop Order Status

Current Club Shop Order status here.

4 January