Looking for volunteers: Central Gala Committee Representative and Gala coordinator

The success of Stirling Swimming is dependent on the work performed by a committed group of parent volunteers.
Getting involved with the club as a volunteer is a great way to get to know the club better.
We are looking for parents to get involved with the club and at the moment we specifically need:

Central Gala Committee Representative:  someone to work with Anne Wilson (programming) in relation to the central gala, this involves a couple of meetings with the other central clubs and reporting back to the comittee regarding our responsibilities. If you are interested please contact Anne Wilson on progamming@stirlingswimming.co.uk.

Gala coordinator: We are also looking for someone to get involved with gala entries, over the last 4 years we have been refining the process and believe we have a system which works, however due to the amount of galas and the work related to the entries the treasurer and the gala convenor is looking for a person to work as the gala coordinator. This person would be responsible for maintaining the gala entry spreadsheet. If you are interested e contact Henriette Laidlaw on president@stirlingswimmig.co.uk.

Summer Training Plan

Monday 29 June No Training

 

Tuesday 30 June - Sunday 26 July

Monday          4.30-6.30pm Gold and SA squad swimmers Uni

                     6.30-8.30pm SA and SB Uni

Tuesday         5.45-7.45am Gold Uni

                     6.30-8pm Gold SA Uni

                     Peak as normal BB, BA, SB

Wednesday    4.30-6.30pm Gold Uni

                     5.30-6.30pm Land SA SB Uni

Thursday       5.45-7.45am Gold Uni

                    6.30-8pm Gold / SA Uni

                    6.30-8pm Peak BA / SB

Friday           6-7.30am Gold / SA Peak

Saturday All squads as normal Uni

 

Monday 27 July - Thursday 30 July - Summer Camp

 

Friday 31st July - Sunday 16th August NO TRAINING

 

Monday 17th August Training resumes all squads at Peak / School Pools

 

Saturday 22nd August Training resumes all Squads Uni

West District Group 5 - Ayr Sprint meet

If you plan to swim at this meet, please insure you inform
gala@stirlingswimming.co.uk by June 30 as entry file will be prepared then.

Upcoming Season Calendar

Please note meets for next season have been added to the Events Calender
Please note West District Group 5 - Sprint meet in Ayr will not be a coached meet, however we will process entries for those who wish to attend a sprint meet.
You will soon receive a Gala Entry Form, make sure you complete and return.

Stirling Swimming Awards – 14th June 2009

Bronze Squad

Improvement in Distance Test – Sally Kirkpatrick

Improvement in Distance Test – Callum Presland

Improvement in Kick Test – Megan Aitkin

Improvement in kick Test – Logan Henderson

Special Achievement Award for Exceptional Effort – Creag Doctor

For exceptional effort, both in the pool and in land training. Creag always tries his hardest to ensure that his technique is as good as it can be. He always pays attention during each session and never gets the sets wrong! Creag is very determined and always gives 100% to whatever we do in training

Special Achievement Award for Exceptional Effort - Emma Rose

This is for her rapid progression and improvement over recent months. Her effort in training has been fantastic and she is now reaping the rewards for all of her hard work

Silver Squad

Improvement in Distance Test – Nicola Allen

Improvement in Distance Test – Douglas Ormiston

Improvement in Kick Test – Nicole Govan

Improvement in Kick Test – Scott MacArthur

Special Achievement Award for Exceptional – Nikoline Laidlaw

For putting exceptional effort into improving her kick

Gold Squad

Improvement in Kick Test – Katie McKenna

Improvement in Kick Test – Steven Binnie

Special Achievement Award for Paralymic World Cup Gold Medals – Jim Anderson & Charlotte Henshaw

Special Awards - Squad membership

Scottish Institute of Sport and Scottish Senior Gold Squad – Martin Cremin

Scottish Senior Bronze Squad – Steven Binnie

Scottish national Youth development Squad –

Kayrine Kelly
Nicole Govan
Stephanie Hanley

West District Regional Squad –

Kevin Dickson
Katie McKenna
Nikoline Laidlaw
Claire Wilson
Scott MacArthur

Special Awards - National Representation

Selected to represent Scotland at the UK School Games – Kayrine Kelly

Selected to represent Great Britain as part of the GB Youth Open Water team at the French Open Water Cup – Martin Cremin

Jim Anderson in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Stirling Swimming's Jim Anderson was named in the Queen's Birthday
Honours list announced at the weekend. Jim is set to receive an OBE in
recognition of his services to swimming and Paralympic sport.

An MBE recipient in the 2005 New Year Honours list, Anderson (46) said
"I was shocked when I got the letter from the palace as I wasn't
expecting anything". The five times Paralympian from Broxburn is not
letting up any and is hard in training for the IPC European
Championships to be held later this year in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Jim returned form Beijing with four medals to take his total Paralympic
medal tally to seventeen, including six gold, four of which came from
the Athens Paralympics in 2004.

Session Times at Scottish Nationals

Sessions will be the same for each day apart from Sunday.

Morning Afternoon Finals

Warm Up: 07.30 Warm Up: 12.15 Warm Up: 16.45

Start: 09.15 Start 13.30 Start: 17.45

Sunday Only

Warm Up: 07.30 Warm Up: 12.15 Warm Up: 15.30

Start: 09.15 Start: 13.30 Start 16.45

Scottish swimming statement on swimwear for the British gas Scottish national championships

The British Gas Scottish National Swimming Championships will be conducted under FINA and SASA Rules (SASA SW2.0.1.2) and the following will apply in relation to swimwear.

1. The swimmer can only wear one swimsuit (FINA GR 5.3); nothing else can be worn underneath.
2. The swimsuit shall not cover the neck and shall not extend past the shoulders nor past the ankles (FINA GR 5.3).
3. The swimsuit must be –
a) A swimsuit model that is approved by FINA and is listed as such on the FINA website (www.FINA.org) at 7.30pm on 24 June 2009.
or

b) A swimsuit model approved by FINA prior to 2009 and made of full textile material (lycra, nylon, etc) even if not resubmitted for reapproval provided they effectively fulfil the requirements set forth in the Transitory Regulations (Dubai Charter) including notably the shape requirement (no sleeves), requirement that double layers must be stuck together and all other requirements set forth in the Regulations (FINA statement on 5 June 2009).
or

c) (i) A male swimsuit that covers at most the body surface from hips to upper thigh. Swimwear may not extend above the waist or below the mid-point of the thigh;
(ii) A female swimsuit that is of “open back” and “open shoulder” designs that must not extend below the mid-point of the thigh.

Morning session cancelled on Wednesday 24/6/09

Due to Nationals, morning session is cancelled on Wednesday 24/6/09

Silver A training at University tonite

Silver A will train at University at 6.30 - 8.30 pm on Tuesday June 16
as Scott Nelson is sick.