GASC Summer 2013 Newsletter - Grangemouth Amateur Swimming ...

Grangemouth Amateur Swimming ClubNewsletter – Summer 2013So what has been happening since the last Newsletter ...........CoachingAn e-mail communication will be out in the next 2 weeks regarding the Head Coach position.Meantime our new coaches are settling in nicely and are being mentored by our Lead CoachesThe Summer Swim Times will be communicated this week. The schools pools close over thesummer so please note the times your squad will be attending as all are affectedGala’sWe have had a busy few months gala wise with lots of Medals and lots of PB'S.Some shout outs for swimmers who Medaled in every event are:North Ayrshire Junior Meet – Morgan Bell, Hayley Bryce, James Buchanan, Nathan Campbell,Niamh Culliton, Ellie Palmer & Ryan RetsonAlloa Open – Lucy BuchanDunfermline Junior Meet – James BuchananRutherglen Rascals – Owen Craig, Elliot Millar & Liam HarkinSome shout outs for swimmers who achieved 100% PB's are:North Ayrshire Junior Meet - Zoe Moore, Niamh Culliton, Sophie Hunter & Morgan BellLivingston & District Dolphins Meet – Sophie CrawleyDunfermline Junior Meet – Amy Duguid, Lewis WaddellWe also had our Summer Zone Challenge gala which saw some of our newer swimmerscompete for the first time. We hope everyone enjoyed it. Results will be posted this weekto include the 100IM's (which were timed seperately) and will be on our website under Gala'sResults 2013Well done also to Julie Hunter and Alyshia McCraken who were finalists in many events at therecent Scottish National Open Championships and are now in Majorca for a summer swimcamp which Alyshia is having to leave early as she will be competing in a 25k open water eventin Germany. Can you imagine swimming 25K!!!! Good Luck Alyshia

And a BIG Well done to ALL our swimmers!!Junior LeagueI never get bored of writing this - but guess what???????????????Grangemouth A.S.C. has only gone and won it's 3 rd Junior League of the year!!Fantastic result of 3 out of 3!F.I.R.S.T.20 of our young swimmers will be attending the F.I.R.S.T. Development Camp which will beheld the first week of July at St Mungo's High SchoolMany of our younger swimmers have benefited from Stroke coaching provided by Steve Tiggthe Head Coach over the last ew months. Coaches will be selecting another 12 to start the4 week block after the summer holidaysSynchroOur Synchro team got their new club gear and are looking really great! A more detailedreport will be done next timeOther Sports Involving SwimmingGrangemouth A.S.C. has 2 Scottish Schools Trithlon Champions in Nathan Campbell (8 Year)and Julie Nimmo (15-16 year). Well done both of you!For our New MembersWelcome to all our new members! Grangemouth A.S.C. is a GREAT club and has success atevery level. We have a fantastic team of Coaches and Committee members who help run theclub all of which are volunteers.The club has a website http://www.gasc-swim.info which has all information abou clubpolicies, gala, committee etc. We would encourage you to have a look. We also have a clubboard and trophy cabinet in the foyer of Grangemouth Sports Complex. All club informationwill be posted on the website and club board but we also have a club desk every Tuesdaymight which is manned (or womaned I should say!!) by a very nice and informative bunch ofladies. Please feel free to ask anything at all and we will be only to pleased to help! We alsohave a facebook page which was just recently set up so please go onto Grangemouth ASC and

like our pageGeneral Club NewsWe have been sucessful in finding volunteers (is that the right word – or should I saypersuaded!) to do Meet Manager and Gala Entries but we have not been successful with thefollowing:Club Secretary Needed….. This is a very important role and includes: booking the pools, schools and halls (which is an on-going let so not much to do here) Communicating training changes and important club news to members Being the contact point got club correspondence, distributing it to the right personand raising at committee meeting (only about 9 a year) Being contact point for new membersTHE EXISTING SECRETARY HAS RESIGNED SO WE MUST GET SOMEONE TO COMEFORWARD AND VOLUNTEER OR THERE WILL BE NO COMMUNICATION AT ALLTechnical Official Convenor.......To keep a log of all officials and timekeepers, organise new workshops (2 phone callsprobably once a year). Not much to it but a job needing filled!REMEMBER THIS IS YOUR CHILDS CLUB AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT HELP LESSENTHE LOAD ON THE PEOPE WHO DO SO MUCH AT THE MOMENT. PLEASE VOLUNTEERWe have drawn up a Gala document which details the gala's the coaches would like eachtraining zone to target. If you have any queries at all about Gala's, swimmers times etc.please contact Linda Nimmo at the.nimmos@hotmail.co.uk in the first instance rather thanthe coaches. The coaches and the gala entries work very closely together and have regularmeetings to discuss gala's, swims etc. so if you contact Linda she will address your query orfind out for you. Remember if you are not sure how gala's work there is a section on thewebsite under Gala's called 'How Gala's Work' and this gives you an insight of how we runthings.The Open Water season will be starting shortly. Coaches will be approaching our olderswimmers to see if they want to take part this year s we had such a success last yearSwim Camp is fast approaching (first weekend in August) and will be on us in no time!Swim Day – will take place at Stirling University on Sunday 22 nd September (not 15 th as weoriginally quoted). Invites will be sent out early AugustSwim Morning – will take place on Sunday 20 th October at Grangemouth Sport ComplexClub Gear - next order will go in on the 8 th August. Order forms available at the club board

or the club deskWe will be running a Timekeepers course soon. This is a 2 hour course run at the complex ona Tuesday night. We have had a list on the board for 3 weeks now and have only 2 names. Ifyour child is attending gala's why not do timekeeping! It benefits your child and our club.Also if any of you older swimmers are interested you can become a club timekeeper at theage of 14 so if your interested add your name.Please add your name to the board no later than 18 th JulyFinally..............Remember if your Contact details change please make sure you inform our MembershipSecretary at the club desk on a Tuesday night. That way we can stay in touch with you andlet you all know what's happening.If you have any ideas or improvements you think would benefit the club please share themwith us!Finally if you have any questions at all please contact contact@gasc-swim.info