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Dorset swimmers All Stars weekend

Dorset County ASA Talent ID swimmers found themselves rubbing shoulders with British stars of the pool in April 2008 at a training course held at the superb, newly built John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds.

The swim camp was led by Total Swimming, comprising Alex Scotcher, 4x 200m freestyle relay Commonwealth Champion 2006, Adrian Turner, double Commonwealth medallist and Olympic finalist, Darren Wigg, twice British record holder for the 400m Individual Medley and James Hickman, five times world champion and twice world record holder for the 200m butterfly.

In addition to this glittering line-up, the Dorset swimmers were coached by Rob Greenwood, top Age Group Coach 2006-2007 and former Olympic swimmer, and by John Dougall, Assistant Coach at Gallica. Greenwood was very complimentary of the Dorset squad and said: “they’re the best group we’ve had”.

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Volunteer News

Cancelled Volunteer Conference

It is with regret that due to disappointingly low numbers booked, the Regional Volunteer Conference due to be held on 17 May 2008 has been CANCELLED.

If anyone has applied and sent booking forms and cheques, these will be returned to you shortly by the Regional Office.

All Young Volunteers will be sent t shirts/certificates via their Clubs / coordinators in due course.

Please pass this to anyone you know you who may have had an intention to attend that we may not have received booking forms for.

Kelly Gaffney, Regional Swimming Development Officer, ASA South West, c/o Gloucester City Council, Herbert Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester, GL1 2EQ
Tel: 07917 007657
Email: kelly.gaffney@swimming.org

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ASA SW Age Group Results 2007

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This is the regional site for swimming, synchronised swimming, open water swimming, diving and waterpolo in the south west of England. Our organisation is affiliated to the Amateur Swimming Association.

The Board is committed to ensuring opportunities that swimmers currently have can continue, whilst working to ensure we are providing the best opportunities for all, and forge working relationships with potential partners for the future.

Regional committees

The role of the Board is:

  • Strategic direction
  • Governance
  • Financial Management
  • Addressing Talent, Health, Education and driving forward their development
  • Business development

The development of disciplines will be the responsibility of the committees within the strategic direction identified by the Board.

Main Agendas

Following a highly successful training day, held jointly with the South East Region the Regional Board committed to driving forward the main agendasin 2007 of:

  • Improving communication
  • Workforce Development - specific focus on volunteers

To kick start our campaign to encourage volunteering, the region has produced a flyer which is being distributed to all, in County ASA programmes at events and copies have been sent to all clubs.

The Region have reviewed the capacity of the team, to deliver against regional priorities and this has led to a commitment by the region to continue working with all seven County Sports Partnerships to secure Partnership Swimming Development Officer posts over the next three years.

Planning

Regional Director, Alison Usher and the Board have produced a Swimming Plan for the South West. This strategic plan will be a vision for swimming over the next 4 years. This strategy is inclusive and recognises that there are many providers and participants involved in our sport and the need for a strategy that addresses all. The end result is a strategic document that our partners can buy into and will hit targets for health, education, lifelong participation and success.

For this plan to be effective and mean something to you, we will continue to work to ensure that your issues and priorities are addressed within the plan.

The ASA SW Region Operationaal Plan 07-08 covers Lifelong Participation, Athlete Development, Excellence, Volunteering and Workforce Development, Facilities, National Influence, Equity and Ethics, Governance, Structures and Partnerships, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Download Regional Operation Plan 07-08

12 months plans for 07/08 were published for diving, open water, synchronised swimming and a budget for water polo. They are accessible in in the respective disciplines' Development Sections located under menutab Sports and also by following the links below, which open in a new window:

Diving Plan covering Athlete, Coach, Officials and Club Development

Open Water Action Plan covering Officials development, safety etc

Synchronised Swimming Action Plan covering development, competitions and administration

Water Polo Budget covering development of Quality Learn to Swim, Coaches and Teachers, and Clubs

Make sure you are aware of what is happening. We will be happy to answer any questions and help you find out what is needed.

As plans and structures are approved and appointments made, the latest news will be posted on www.swimwest.org. Please stay in touch and enjoy your visit to our website.