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Hello Everyone

Please find attached the Club membership form for 2023. If you could complete and return to myself and pay the annual membership fee into the club account before the end of January that would be great. If the membership form and fees are not received by the end of January then I'll assume that you do not wish to renew and your ASA registration will cease.

It is important that the membership form is fully completed and returned so we can keep our records up-to-date especially if your details or contact details have changed over the last year.

I'm pleased to say that the membership fee remains the same as previous years at £45.00 (£22.50 for second claim). Unfortunately though we have had to increase the swim session fee (to £6) as well as the SO payments. Over the last year the club has been impacted with significant increases in pool hire charges both at Archway and especially at Stratford Park which unfortunately we have had to pass on to members. We are not anticipating any further increases in the coming year but in the unlikely event that we do then we may have to reconsider the session fee part way through the year, as well as the annual membership fee for 2024.

From January 2023:

Sunday morning and Tuesday evening sessions will now be £6.00 for members with the three free trial sessions to potential new members still remaining in place.

For the weekday morning sessions

• Early weekday morning sessions: £6.00 per casual swim (pay as you swim) or
• £55 per month in advance/SO for 3 morning sessions each week per month
• £40 per month " " any two mornings each week per month
• £21 per month " " any one morning each week per month

(Please dont pay any membership fees into the account until next Jan 2023.)

If you have any queries please let me know. Could you also let me know if you don't intend to renew your membership,

Back to normal swimming from Wednesday 4th January

Happy New Year

Mark

Hello Everyone

The early morning sessions this week will start at 7.30am and not the usual 6.30am.

As a reminder the next Tuesday evening session at Archway isn't until Tuesday 10th. The next Sunday session at SPLC is on Sunday 8th Jan,

Happy New Year

Mark

Hello Everyone

A number of sessions have been cancelled over the Christmas and New Year break due to Archway and Stratford Park closures. The timetable is as follows:

• Monday 12th 6.30 am Archway - cancelled due to weather
• Sessions up to including Friday 23rd December - as normal
• Sunday 25th 7.30 am Stratford Park - cancelled
• Monday 26th 6.30 am Archway - cancelled
• Tuesdays 27th 6.30 pm Archway - cancelled
• Wednesday 28th 6.30 am Archway - as normal
• Friday 30th 6.30 am Archway - as normal
• Sunday 1st January 7.30 am Stratford Park - cancelled
• Monday 2nd January 6.30 am Archway - cancelled
• Tuesday 3rd January 6.30 pm Archway - cancelled

Back to normal from Wednesday 4th January

If you have any queries please get in touch,

Mark

Richard Percival and Kelly Young both took part at the British Transplant Games held in Leeds this July. This competition enables people who have received an organ transplant to get together to hear each other stories, celebrate life post-transplant and to compete in their hospital teams where they received their transplants. Richard came away with 4 golds, and Kelly came away with 2 golds and 2 silvers.

Kelly has set up a Just Giving Page to help her fundraising for the World Transplant Games in Perth, Australia in April 2023. If you feel you can support or are just interested in the background visit the link below

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/kelly-young-94

Jessica, Mark and Sean all competed in the Swim England Masters National Championships at Sheffield last weekend. Star of the show from a Stroud point of view was Jessica who won gold in three events: the 400m and 1500m freestyle and the 200m butterfly, and also came away with a silver in the 400m Individual Medley. She was closely followed by Sean who won the 400 IM in his age-group as well as getting a memorable silver medal in the 200m butterfly. Mark’s best placings were sixth in the 50m breaststroke and ninth in the 100m breaststroke.

Hello everyone

Archway is closed on Monday so there will be no morning swimming.

Regards

Mark

Hello

Training on Monday starts at 7.30 instead of 6.30

Mark

Hello Everyone

We are cancelling a couple of Archway morning sessions in August as we have no lifeguard cover. These are Wed 24th and Fri 26th August.

We are also going to have a two week break at Archway on Tuesday 23rd and Tuesday 30th August.

Sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any queries please get in touch,

Mark

Hello

The Club is offering the opportunity to all members to gain the NRASTC (National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches) qualification.

The training will be over two Sundays (25th Sep and 2nd Oct) and be for 6 hours on each day with the venue likely to be St Edward's School Cheltenham. The full cost of the course will be paid for by the Club.

A small number of people in the club hold the qualification already which enables us to swim without lifeguards at Archway pool in the morning and on Tuesday evenings. There will people from the club attending on the above dates either taking, renewing or gaining training hours for the qualification.

If you are interested and want to find out more please let me know. Alternatively see the RLSS web-site for more details.

Mark

Hello

I'm sorry to say that I've had to cancel tomorrow's session at Archway as our coach has tested positive for COVID and so is unavailable to coach.

Please assume all will be okay for next week unless I let you know otherwise,

If you have any queries please get in contact with me,

Regards

Mark