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FEESClub Memberships – Per Annum:Single £20-00Family £45-00Away Membership £15-00ASA Membership (including Insurance) – Per AnnumCategory 1 £9-40 Payable by ALL Non-Competitive SwimmersCategory 2 £25-75 Payable by ALL Competitive SwimmersSession Fees: (Averaged over 12 months - No reduction for Club or Family holidays)Groups 1 to 4Groups 5 to 6Group 7Gala Groups (All)Racing TransitionRacing 2Racing 1C/Squad MastersWater PoloMini Polo£12.50 per month£18.00 per month£24.00 per month£27.00 per month£33.00 per month£36.00 per month£37.00 per month£18.00 / £10.00 per monthSeniors £15-00 / Juniors £12-00 per month£12-00 per monthAll swimmers MUST have ASA registration and fully paid up membership to the Club.The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) is the English national governing body forswimming, diving, water polo, open water and synchronised swimming.It organises competition throughout England, establishes the laws of the sport and operatescomprehensive certification and education programmes for teachers, coaches and officials.The ASA supports 1,600 affiliated swimming clubs through a National/Regional/Countystructure.All swimming clubs affiliated to the ASA must ensure that all of their members are registeredwith the ASA and pay the relevant membership fee. This fee is in three parts with separatepayments going to the national, regional and county bodies.Fees paid to the ASA (national body) help to support the national structure including trainingfor officials and coaches. You are therefore helping to support the British Team. The moneyalso covers insurance both for the club and its officials and also provides personal accidentcover for members should they suffer a serious injury.RECEPTION and PAYMENT DESKThe Reception and Payment Desk is open most Thursday evenings between 6pm and 9pm(approx) in the foyer of Summerfield’s to deal with general queries regarding the Club and tocollect payments due.Session fees are due at the beginning of each month and can be paid by standing order(makes our admin simpler – ask at the desk for details), cash or by cheque made payable to‘Hastings Seagull Swimming Club’.Swimmers will be deemed to have left the Club if session fees are unpaid for three months.Please give the Reception/Payments Desk team one months notice if your child is leaving theclub.V3.0 as at 30 March 2010 - 2 -
Progression/Development through the clubTo compliment the club’s progression path through the learning groups, it offers opportunitiesfor swimmers of all abilities to take part in competitions. These start with fun social events(mini galas and internal galas) through to elite competitions (the County and nationalchampionships) which can be for both individuals and teams.Teaching groups are 1 to 7 (group 1 being non swimmers), after group 7 swimmers go intoeither Gala or Racing Squads. Gala squads are for those who enjoy swimming, wish to keepfit and on occasion enter team galas. Racing squads are for those who wish to commit toswimming and compete individually as well as for the club teams. The pathway swimmerstake is a joint decision between coaches, swimmer and parents/guardians. Swimmers canchange pathways at a later date if agreed with the head coach.How do swimmers progress through the groups?The club uses the ASA’s National Teaching Plan for groups 1 to 7. Each group hasassessment criteria to be achieved before a swimmer can move into the next group.Assessments are held formally every 10 weeks with letters being issued to those swimmerswho have successfully met the required standard to move up. Assessments of squadswimmers (Racing and Gala groups) are undertaken by the senior coaches and criteriaincludes swimmers attitude to training, commitment, swimming times, endurance etc.Swimmers must attend at the session time they have been allocated. Queries regarding timesmust be directed to Ruth Mattocks or, in her absence, please leave a message with the clubreception/payment desk on a Thursday evening.Mini Fun Nights (Mini Galas)These are the first competitions our swimmers will enter and are held four times a year (dateswill go on the notice board and swimmers notified, where possible, by e-mail). They are forgroups 3 – 6 and swimmers compete against other swimmers in their own group. All groupsswim free style and backstroke and from group 5 they also swim breaststroke. The distance is25 meters for groups 3 – 5 and 50 metres for group 6. Two strokes are swum at each event.Children are automatically entered into these events and need to ‘opt out’ if they are unable toattend that night. These fun nights are important as they introduce fun competitive swimmingto the children. Groups 1 and 2 do not swim competitively and will still have normal lessonson these nights.Club Championships (Eligibility group 7 onwards)These are the club’s own championships where swimmers compete against other swimmersin the same age group. They are held five times a year and are an essential part of swimmerdevelopment. One of the purposes of the Championships is to introduce swimmers tocompetitions. Many young swimmers are very nervous about entering competitions so theseprovide a familiar and friendly environment to have a go!The events are run firstly in heats with the fastest six going through to a final. Thechampionships are run under ASA law and therefore some disqualifications can and willhappen (for example – the one start rule for false starts). Swimming is a unique sport in thatwinning is not always the purpose of the race. Most children enter to beat their own timecalled a PB (personal best). As swimmers get older and make progress it is a fact that one ortwo swimmers will win more events than others, this is often when a swimmer becomesreluctant to enter events and say “I won’t win anyway”. This is when we should all be saying“see if you can get a PB. Every time your child competes in a race you should keep a recordof their time so that you can see how much they are improving. Beating their PB should becongratulated. The coaches will use these times when choosing a swimming squad, orcan be used to decide what level of competition your child can enter.Remember you will need your costume/trunks, goggles, swimming hat, drink, towel, shortsand t-shirt, for all your swimming races. Have fun, swim hard and Good Luck!!V3.0 as at 30 March 2010 - 3 -
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