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| 13/07/2010 |
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READING GALA
Mark
- 4th - 200M Freestyle (World Record)
- Gold - 100M Individual Medley
- Gold - 50M Backstroke (World Record)
| Freestyle 25M |
| Sam | Gold |
| Zac L | Gold |
| Molly K | Bronze |
| Vivian | 4th |
| Kate | 4th |
| James | 5th |
Backstroke 25M |
| Molly R | Speeding Trophy |
| Kathryn | Silver |
Freestyle 50M |
| Molly R | Speeding Trophy |
| Kathryn | Gold |
Assisted Swim 10M |
| Emily | Gold |
| Pru | Gold |
| Olivia | Gold |
| Henry | Gold |
| Joshua | Gold |
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| 01/04/2010 |
Although this has already been on the calendar for some time now, this is simply a reminder that on 12th June there will be a mini gala at St Piran's, followed by short AGM and then DISCO (there will be food in buffet-form)!
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| 16/03/2010 |
The club has applied for a renewal of SWIM 21 - see here for development plan.
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| 27/02/2010 |
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New dates have been added to the calendar!
Volunteers
Mohammed and Andrew were invited to the Houses of Parliament where they were recognised nationally and awarded the national Newcomer and Young Volunteer of the Year – it is great to have our volunteers receive two of the six national awards and receive the praise and recognition they so richly deserve.
Swimmers
We welcome Mark, Zac L (from the Isle of Wight), Kate, Vivian and Henry as our new swimmers. James Q and Hope are no longer with us due to other family commitments. Additionally, sadly Chloe is unable to continue swimming due to health issues concerning her ears.
James C, Mark, Kathryn and Patrick competed in Southampton gaining yet more PB’s (personal bests) and Mark, James and Kathryn also competed at Teddington returning with 3 golds and a bronze as well as ribbons for 4th, 5th and 6th places. Kate competed in her first gala and knocked 11 seconds off her time winning her our speeding trophy.
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| 22/01/2010 |
New dates have been added to the calendar!
Most recent events that apply to everyone are:
30th January Presentation Evening, at same venue as before (see address below for more details)
13th February NO SWIMMING!
St Joseph's Parish Centre
36 Cookham Rd
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7EG
01628 636312
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| 28/11/2009 |
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We welcome Katy Lee(teacher) as our new secretary and Alison Martin(parent) as our new Treasurer. We thank Julie and Veronique for all their hard work over the last year.
UPCOMING DATES
5th December - Last session in fitness pool
12 December - Early start (5pm - 6pm) in fun pool
12th January - Maidenhead SWIMARATHON (see John O Brien or Pauline)
30 th January - No swim session- Celebration and presentation evening at St Joseph's Hall (give numbers attending to Stella)
REMEMBER - YOU CAN CHECK FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS VIA THE CALENDAR
Medal-winning swimmers (Guildford Gala)
Patrick
- Gold - 50m Freestyle
- Silver - 25m Freestyle
- Bronze - 25m Backstroke
Molly R
- Gold - 25m Freestyle
- Silver - 25m Backstroke
- Bronze - 50m Freestyle
Kathryn
- Silver - 50m Freestyle
- Fourth - 25m Backstroke
- Fifth - 25m Freestyle
James C
- Bronze - 25m Backstroke
- Fourth - 50m Freestyle
- Seventh - 25m Freestyle
Molly Khan performed very well at her first gala, coming fifth in a 25m Freestyle race
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| 20/09/2009 |
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CONGRATULATIONS
Record-breaking Patrons
Jennifer Higgins
- April 2009: At the South African Senior Nationals Championships, she had an excellent meet breaking two Down syndrome world records - 100 butterfly & 100 breaststroke.
- July 2009: 2nd INAS-FID Global Games held in Czech Republic. Three world records in 200 & 400 Individual Medley and 200 Butterfly.
Graham Edmunds (for more info click here)
- Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008 - GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay (World Record), 7th 100m Freestyle, 7th 4x100m Medley Relay and 8th 50m Freestyle
- IPC World Championships, Durban 2006 - GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 6th 50m Freestyle, 16th 100m Freestyle 58.59
- Paralympic Games, Athens 2004 - GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 6th 50m Freestyle (British Record) and 8th 100m Backstroke
Award-winning Volunteers - Samantha and Leanne
Each awarded ASA South-East 'Volunteer of the Year' awards in their respective categories (Samantha, under 18's/Leanne, 18 to 25's)
Medal-winning swimmers (Reading Gala)
James C
- Silver - 25m Backstroke
- Fourth - 25m Freestyle (Eighth overall)
- Fifth - 50m Freestyle
Molly R
- Gold - 25m Freestyle
- Gold - 50m Freestyle
- Silver - 50m Backstroke
Kathryn M
- Gold - 25m Backstroke
- Fourth - 25m Freestyle
- Fifth - 50m Freestyle
Congratulations to everyone who took part, with a special thanks for those who went along to support them!
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| 30/06/2009 |
READING GALA RESULTS
Main Event
Patrick O Brien 2 gold (25 and 50 free)
James Coutts 1 gold (25 free)
Molly Regan 1 silver (25 free)
Kathryn Martyn - 2 speeding trophies - 15% above entry times (25 free, 25 back)
Additional Event
Molly Khan, Emma Perks, Olivia Edwards, Sam Tyler, Joshua Cottrell, Emily Mannino Jeatt, Molly Clayton - all awarded a gold medal for competing in their first 10 metre assisted swim
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| 07/06/2009 |
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6th June - Annual General Meeting; committee re-elected.
13th June - Disco directly after swim session and change of venue to St Piran's School in Maidenhead (see below)
20th June - Venue again at St Piran's School in Maidenhead
28th June - Gala at Central Pool in Reading (time to be confirmed). Please bring club swimwear, tee bag and pool shoes
Please can parents who have expressed a willingness to shadow the chair, give a resume to Lynne next week or the following week, so that we can have a parent representative on the committee ASAP
Gringer Hill
Maidenhead
01628 594 300
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| 04/02/2009 |
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Congratulations to Mollie K and Leo who won the President's cups and to
Chloe and Kathryn for winning attendance trophies.
Well done to volunteers Andrew, Tom and Samantha for having dedicated the greatest number of hours to the club since its inauguration in June 2008.
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| 18/01/2009 |
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Swimarathon (Maidenhead 2009) - Congratulations to the swimmers who swam in the Swimarathon ? Emily, Mollie R, James, Patrick and Zac together with Sam Haslam and Chris Phillips. They did a brilliant job and many people came up to us to say how impressed they were with our efforts. We swam 70 lengths and raised ?355!!!
Recent Electric Eels Achievements:
- Volunteers ? Moh has joined our list of qualified L1 ASA/UKCC teachers having given up a number of weekends to complete the course. Ollie, Roly, Stella, Lynne Andrew, John O Brien, Chloe (and her mum) completed a four hour Emergency Life Support course (St John?s Ambulance). Thank you!
- Jennifer Higgins won 6 world records at the World Down Syndrome Swimming Championships Portugal December 2008
- Graham Edmunds won Reading Male Personality of the Year Award 2008
Presentation and celebrations evening - remember to go to St Joseph's Parish Centre! For their website click here:
St Joseph's Parish Centre
36 Cookham Rd
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7EG
01628 636312
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| 08/12/2008 |
Last session 13th December, first session 10th January 09
Over the holidays, please get sponsors for our our Swimarathon team swimming for the club on 10th January.
At the 4th Down Syndrome World Championships in Portugal last week, our patron Jennifer Higgins won gold medals in 200 freestyle and the 200 and 400 individual medley and took gold and the 400m and 800m freestyle World records to add to her already impressive list (check out DSISO website). There were 200 swimmers from 23 countries competing!
Great Britain had a number of finalists and Mark Holmes (GB) took the 100m backstroke male world record.
Collect your presentation evening tickets (free) next week from Julie or e-mail your request to Lynne
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| 22/11/2008 |
Fixtures [UPDATE: Calendar] - you can now view the fixtures for upcoming swimming events in the new year.
Kits now available - please order them a soon as possible! See Julie for details.
Tickets will be available for the presentation at the beginning of December
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| 14/10/2008 |
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1st November 2008 NO SWIMMING
13th December 2008 Last session before Christmas
10th January 2009 Swimarathon 12 o'clock start at the Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead
10th January 2009 First session of 2009
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| 23/09/2008 |
FIRST MEDALS FOR ELECTRIC EELS! - May Phillips Memorial Gala 20th September
- Chloe won SILVER in 25m freestyle
- Kathryn won SILVER in 25m backstroke
- Patrick won two speed certificates for swimming over 15% faster than expected.
Well done swimmers!
Remember - no swimming on the 27th September.
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| 18/09/2008 |
Graham Edmunds, our patron, won gold at the Paralympics in Beijing.
Please note that there will be no swimming on the 27th September.
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| 29/08/2008 |
Congratulations to Iain Pike who managed to complete the London Triathlon in an impressive 2 hours and 42 minutes.
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| 15/07/2008 |
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26th July 2008 Last session this term
10th August 2008 LONDON TRIATHLON - Iain running for Electric Eels - click for more information: SPONSOR HIM please!
.jpg) Please sponsor Iain Pike in his attempt to raise money for OUR club.
He is running the London TRIATHLON on 10th August for us. An example of our expenses is that 4 of our volunteers are going on a L1 swim teacher training course this summer at a cost of ?370 per volunteer!! We have borrowed some of the money for this to enable volunteers to help the swimmers more effectively. More volunteers will train later in the year! This is just one of our ongoing costs for which your committee have fundraised over the last 6 months.
PLEASE get friends and family to sponsor him - they can give money to parents or to our TREASURER. Cheques made out to Electric Eels. We will let you know how much we raise. A BIG, BIG thank you to Iain and to Veronique (volunteer) who persuaded him to do it for us!
20th September 2008 First gala for swimmers in Reading
27th September 2008 No swimming ? pool not available!
We hope that you have enjoyed your first sessions with Electric Eels. Please keep us informed if you are not able to attend a session as it will affect allocation of volunteers. Please fill in any pre-known absences or phone Jan 07917451706 by the previous Wednesday if it is short notice. We will try to keep each child placed with the same volunteers each week but this inevitably depends on people?s commitments. Please be understanding about this as not one of our volunteers is paid!
THANK YOU to all of those volunteers attending Special Olympics training day on 26th July 2008 in Oxford and giving up a week of their holidays to gain L1 swim teaching certificates to help swimmers at Electric Eels.
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