G.S.C. Newsletter 

October 07

                                            

 

 

Goodbye Eltham Pool  

Eltham Pool is due to close any day now. Let’s hope the new pool is half as good! Purists might complain about the length of the pool but boy, did the swimmers have fun there!

 

Crystal Palace

Rather conveniently, it seems, asbestos has been found at the pool. It was immediately closed and will be refurbished. It is not expected to open for at least a year. The Committee is negotiating with The Arches Pool management in an attempt to obtain more pool time

 

Sharks Gala

All Sharks are invited to enter the gala. All swimmers will receive certificates with their times on. These along with trophies and medals will be presented at the Presentation/Christmas party that will be held on 1st December. If you won a trophy last year and haven’t yet returned it please will you bring it in to the office as soon as possible.

 

Club Championships

These will be held this year at Ladywell Pool. Sue Winter tried to hire Eltham Pool but was unable to.

Swimmers need to have been a member of the Club for six months to enter. Last year there was a small group of swimmers who did not enter because they considered that they had no chance of winning! The Champs are an opportunity for our swimmers to have FUN together. Any race can only have one winner and, in order for them to “win”, others need to “loose” My suggestion is you work to “beat” yourselves! Record your times in your log-books and watch the seconds drop off. Log books can be obtained from the club office at a cost of £3.50 per book, additional pages can be obtained free of charge from Jerry Preston. Entry forms for the championships are enclosed with this letter. Please return them with payment to the club office by 4th November.

 

Vacancy

The Club needs someone prepared to take over the role of Club Secretary/Swim 21 Coordinator. Next year we will have to put together a new bid in order to retain our Swim 21 Accreditation If you are interested in either role please come into the office to discuss it.

 

Jack Petchey

Forms to nominate members to receive the Jack Petchey award are in the office.  If there is an adult you would like to nominate please do so. We are allowed one award a year to an adult and this is worth £1000

 

Website shop.

If you are buying from the internet please will you see if the site you are buying from can be accessed from our web site? We get commission if you do and every penny we make elsewhere helps to keep the fees unchanged

 

Inter-squad gala badges

These badges are now in the club office. GSC would love to see each swimmer displaying their team badge; swimmers have already made suggestions as to where they will be displaying theirs. Ideas so far have included their T-Bag, T-shirt and GSC swimming bags. They are very bright and colourful and depict the squad that the swimmers are in. They have been subsidised by Jack Petchey money, and are only 50p per badge. Samples are on the club notice board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water

Bottles of water are available from the club office at a cost of 50p per bottle. Payment must be made at the time of purchase. Cans of coke are also available while stocks last for 50p a can. These may be drunk after your training session.

 

Deficit

As explained in our last newsletter Paul, our treasurer, has predicted a deficit for the year of about £4000. The Committee are discussing ways to avoid this. If you have any fund raising ideas please talk to Bill Evans – our new social secretary. We are trying very hard to avoid an increase in fees.

 

Communication

We now have a small data base of parent’s email addresses. If you would like your address added please email info@greenwichswimmingclub.org.uk  to request this.

 

IMPORTANT GALA INFORMATION

Greenwich Swimming Club is a competitive club; we are currently in 4 leagues;

·         Millennium

·         Tudor

·         North Kent Juniors

·         Speedo

We request that all parents and swimmers check the notice board regularly and make a note of the dates that these galas are due to be held on, especially if your child is often requested to swim. If your child is requested to swim in one of the various galas that we enter GSC would appreciate every effort is made to attend. All too frequently first choice swimmers are unable to swim. Unfortunately some swimmers/parents are phoning the night before or the day of the event giving their apologies after saying they are available. Whilst illness and exceptional circumstances are understandable and unavoidable other reasons are unfair on GSC staff that have to then find other swimmers at extremely short notice. Even more importantly it is unfair on the rest of your TEAM. If transport to galas is a problem please speak to a member of the committee as often transport can be arranged, likewise if you are attending galas and are able to assist with other swimmers please inform the office.

 

Known gala dates;

 

 

OCTOBER

Saturday 13th               Speedo                         Potters Bar        Transport to be arranged

Friday 19th                   Inter gala                     Arches

   

 

NOVEMBER

Friday 9th                    Sharks gala                   Arches 6-7pm

Saturday 10th              Speedo                          TBA

Saturday 17th              Kent Junior                   TBA         

Saturday 24th              Paul Chately Relay       Dartford

 

 

DECEMBER

Saturday 8th                Speedo                          TBA           

 

 

NB dates for the Millennium and Tudor leagues have not been issued yet.

 

 

G.S.C. is a non-profit organisation run by a volunteer committee