Young Swimmers earn their Awards
Crusaders Swimming Cub caters for swimmers of
all abilities including a very successful and popular Learn to Swim section.
Parents can chose from
three sessions, all of which take place at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre in the
variable (small) pool on either Saturdays or Sundays. Coached by qualified
teachers, the young swimmers follow a structured programme based on the
International Swimming & Water Safety Standards. There are two levels, Octopus
and Goldfish, with three awards within each level. When swimmers achieve
Goldfish level 3, they have confidence in the water, can tread water for 15
seconds, swim 15 metres, perform a handstand and float for 5 seconds on their
front and back. Once they are confident and can swim at least 25 metres, they
take the next big step to the Main Pool at Tiddenfoot where they swim widths.
Some
of the swimmers who achieved awards at the end of this term are:
Octopus 1: Mollie Heckford,
Benedict Turley, John Jovic, Joshua Enrite, Thomas Taylor
Octopus 2: Maddie Waller, Mollie
Heckford, Thomas Gallagher, Melissa Turland, Harry Wardon, Thomas Bangs
Octopus 3: Hannah Brewin, Seth
Taylor, Georgia Heckford, Courtney Barron, Ella Fox, Thomas Gallagher, Jessica
Beaney, Oliver Bamford, Mary Jane Dore, Katie McCrorie, Fiona Pickup, Joshua
Partridge
Goldfish 1: Mary Jane Dore,
Kristin Quigley, Fiona Pickup, Simran Sohi, Seth Taylor
Goldfish 2:
5 metre: Mollie Heckford, Eddie Turland, Ben
Stratford, John Jovic, Joshua Enrite
10 metre: John Jovic, Fiona
Pickup, Adam Johnston, Eddie Turland, Melissa Turland, Thomas Gallagher, Simran
Sohi, Harry Wordon
25 metre:
50 metre: Molly Brunton, Bethany
Baxter, Evie Gilmour
Effort Award: Benjamin Baxter, Kelly
Pichur, Fenton Miles, Josie Smyth, Charlotte Stratford
Moving Up
Congratulations
to the following swimmers who after Christmas will move up to
swimming widths in the main pool: James Balch, Bethany Baxter, Molly
Brunton, Florence Waller.
Junior
Coach Barry Kent said “Swimming is an essential skill to keep children safe and
the Learn To Swim sessions we run at weekends are always very popular. All the
swimmers who have achieved awards this term have done really well. We take
swimmers who are aged five or over but we also keep a waiting list for rising
fives. I would like to thank three of our experienced swimmers, Lucy McMahon,
Elizabeth Ranson and Hayley Crocker and also Shelley and Katherine
Marriott who help every week and give great encouragement to our non swimmers.
If you are interested in Learn To Swim, or would like more information about Crusaders Swimming Club, contact Bev on 752318 or visit the website www.linsladecrusaders.org