News & Notice
Swimming Training as Normal @ Medway Park • Sunday 4 February ... (Posted 04/02/12)
All training sessions are taking place as normal this evening at Medway Park.
Kent ASA Dev Camp Selected Swimmers ... (Posted 02/02/12)
Congratulations are in order for Emily Cooper, Francesca Griffin, Kallum Morris and James Castle, they have been given a great opportunity by Kent County ASA, to join the Development Camp at Sevenoaks. They achieved this as a result of their aggregated 200m Individual Medley, which took place at the Kent County ASA Development Meet in November of last year. Well done to you all, have a great day!
Medway Gala Series Entry Fee Amendment ... (Posted 04/01/12)
Unfortunately upon submission to the Medway ASA of our Medway Championship entries we were advised the cost per event has risen this year to £2.50 per event. No cheques have yet been banked so could I therefore ask that you reissue your cheque, payable to BLSC, and I will arrange for originals to be returned via your coach. Also, there was an error on the Entry Form - Gala 3 stated the Open to be 100m Freestyle, whereas it should have read 200m Freestyle. We have amended entry times where a 100m time was submitted but should you have any queries please do not hesitate to let me know.
Apologies for the inconvenience but the cost was not made clear to us prior to entry.
Jenny - BLSC Gala Team..
Achievements Trophies ... (Posted 21/01/12)
Well done to all those that went away on Presentation Night with an award, please see the attached for the complete list of achievements.
December News ... (Posted 18/12/11)
Important Message from the Committee following the BLSC Annual General Meeting
The AGM was held on Sunday 11th December at Medway Park. Please see attached announcement which follows the AGM. Announcement
Kent Championships 2012
Kent Championships Qualifying Times remain the same as 2011. The programme,qualifying times and entry form will be available on the gala page of the BLSC web site shortly. Qualifying times need to have been achieved since 1st August 2011. BLSC Closing date for entries is Wednesday 11th January to Debbie Tills. Entry times will be checked against the Ranks.
Congratulations to Emily Garrett and Matthew Wren
The Medway ASA have awarded the Westover Trophies for 2011 to Emily and Matthew. They are invited to the Medway AGM on Saturday 21 January to be presented with their trophies. This award is well deserved for your commitment to swimming at the Medway Gala's throughout the year. Well done to you both and thank you for representing BLSC.
Kent ASA Award
Matthew Parry has been awarded the Keighley Mayes Trophy for 2011. This trophy is awarded for perseverance and endeavour during the Kent County Championship events. Although Matthew is no longer swimming with the club we would like to congratulate him on this achievement. Matt always worked hard during training sessions and at gala's and was a respected swimmer by coaches and peers.
50m Pool Taining
Following the successful training sessions held at Basildon we have managed to secure three more sessions on 14th January, 21th January and 11th February 4.30pm to 6.30pm. This training is currently being offered to Elite Youth, Elite Age and Performance. A form will shortly be circulated by squad reps for you to complete if you wish to attend this training.
BLSC Open Meet 2012
We have applied to the ASA to run our Open meet gala on 21st and 22nd April at Medway Park. If you are able to help with the organising of this event could you please email Nicola who is collating a list of volunteers. nicolablsc@aol.com We aim to increase sponsorship this year and are looking for parents who could help with this. Also, if there are parents who can help with the printing of the programme this would be appreciated. If there are a few parents that could work as a group to help promote the club please let us know. If we work together this is a great way of bringing income into the club but we do need more helpers in order to make the gala a success.
ASA Membership Renewal
Annual ASA renewals are due at the beginning of January. ASA Membership fees for 2012 are as follows:Category 1 Membership - £7.40, Category 2 Membership - £24.20
Category 3 Membership - £4.20.
ASA affiliated clubs and club members receive insurance cover which includes Civil Liability Cover, Employer’s Liability, Personal Accident Insurance (under 75 yrs and limited insurance for 70 – 80 yrs) and Legal Expenses Insurance. There are also Travel Insurance and Health Care benefits offered to purchase at a reduced rate. Please see the ASA web site for further details if you are interested.
Lynn Willis our Membership Secretary will be co-ordinating our renewals for 2012, please hand your payment to either your squad coach or a committee member. lynnwillis04@hotmail.co.uk
ASA Category 1 – 2012 subscription fee £7.40
ASA Category 1 membership is for members of any age who are learning to swim or who are swimmers at any level, who do not compete in any discipline in open competition (other than those exempted under Law 321.1.2 and those competitions designated as ‘Low Level Competition’.
ASA Category 2 – 2012 subscription fee £24.20
ASA Category 2 membership is for all members of any age who compete in any discipline in open competitions (other than those exempted under Law 321.1.2 and those competitions designated as ‘Low Level Competition’.
Competitive members benefit from a structured competitive pathway at all levels in all disciplines.
ASA Category 3 – 2012 subscription fee £4.10
ASA Category 3 membership is for all members of any age who are not in categories one or two including, but not being limited to, any persons who have voting rights in their club by virtue of being a parent of, or a person with parental responsibility for, a member in categories one or two; administrators; associate members; coaches; helpers; honorary members; life members; officers; qualified officials of any discipline; patrons; teachers; temporary members; vice-presidents and verifiers or tutors of the Association’s educational certificates.
BLSC Annual Membership 2012 Change
At the AGM it was announced that the annual BLSC Membership fee will be collected in addition to the monthly squad fee. Previously this payment was included in your monthly fees. For 2012 an annual fee of £25 per swimmer will be charged for being a member of the club. This fee is due on the 15th January however to help members, for this year the club will give until the 1st April to pay this fee. Should you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact a committee member who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have with regard to this change in annual fee payment.
Mobile Phones
Could parents please remind their swimmers that mobile phones are not allowed on poolside at gala's and training sessions.
Medway Park Chlorine
We appreciate there is sometimes what appears as high level of chlorine odour at Medway Park pool during training sessions. Our concerns have been raised with Medway Park and we are in discussion with them to try and establish the cause of this problem.
RAFFLE PRIZES NEEDED ... (Posted 30/11/11)
Raffle prizes are desperately NEEDED! Please pass any chocolate, unwanted luxury items, alcholic beverages to either Nicola Baldwin or any other Committe Member or Squad Rep. Your donations are always gratefully received.
Important Announcement • Sunday 20 November 2011 ... (Posted 20/11/11)
Letter from the BLSC Committee
BLSC Masters Swimmers compete in ITU Triathlon World Championships ... (Posted 24/09/11)
Four members from the Masters squad recently travelled to Beijing, China to compete as age-groupers in the 2011 ITU World Triathlon Championships Grand Final. Dean Painter, Chris Butler, Dean Ratcliffe and Michael Duncan all qualified in the UK earlier in the summer for the event which took place on the 11 September. Each of them competed in the Olympic distance event (1500m Swim, 40km Bike and 10km Run) and finished as follows: 45-49 Age Group: 8th - Dean Ratcliffe, 21st - Chris Butler, 25th - Dean Painter
25-29 Age Group: 20th - Michael Duncan
Sophie and Joe Brave the Channel ... (Posted 07/09/11)
Read all about Sophie Tills's (Girl’s Captain) and Joe Denton's (Boy’s Vice Captain) English Channel Relay swim on Saturday 20th August, they completed the challenge in a time of 11 hours 39 minutes. A big well done and congratulations to both swimmers. Report | Photos
Gala Secretary Notice ... (Posted 10/08/11)
All entries for gala's should initially be handed to your squad coach who will pass the details onto our gala secretary Jenny France. Jenny will now be helped by Ingrid Harrison who has kindly offered to help collate our gala entries for the club. Caroline is now unable to help with the entries and we would like to thank her for the help she has given our members, it's been appreciated. Nicola - BLSC Secretary
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