The following changes to swimming times are due to the Easter holiday: Tuesday 2nd/9th April – No Swimming at Morden Baths Tuesday 2nd/9th April – No Swimming at Wimbledon College Thursday 4th/11th April – No Swimming at Wimbledon College No swimming on good Friday (29th March). Swimming as usual on Wednesday’s and Friday’s.
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ASA Awards
Here are the ASA Standard times that swimmers should be aiming to achieve: Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Stroke Distance Time Time Time Time I Medley 4x25m 1:58.60 1:43.60 1:34.10 I Medley 4x50m 4:17.20 3:44.60 3:24.10 3:09.50 I Medley 4x100m 9:03.70 7:55.00 7:11.50 6:40.60 Frontcrawl 25m 0:21.00 0:18.30 0:16.70 Frontcrawl 50m 0:47.00 0:41.00 0:37.20 Frontcrawl 100m …
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Swimming Lessons Starting
All swimming lessons have now started again, including those at Wimbledon College. We look forward to seeing you again!
Wimbledon College Pool Information
Unfortunately the boilers at Wimbledon College have broken and the pool won’t be back in operation until September. Therefore all lessons at Wimbledon College before September have been cancelled. However all swimming at Morden Baths will continue as usual. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, the issue is out of hands. This post will be updated if any …
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ASA Club Member Tickets for Paralympics
ASA London Region PARALYMPIC 2012 ticket allocation The ASA London Region is pleased to announce that we have received Paralympic tickets which have been made available for our members. By law, the tickets must be sold at face value only. Neither the ASA nor the Region are adding any administrative or processing charge to the tickets price, nor are …
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The Big Splash BBC Video
Several members of the club participated in a project for the BBC a few months ago. The project has now been completed and released by the BBC, and several members of our club are in it! Click the link below to watch a clip of the BBC Big Splash: The Big Splash Coach Harry was …
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Club Championships 2011
We broke several club records this year, as well as many swimmers improving on their personal bests. Well done to everyone who attended, you can view the photos below: Click here.
Guilford Trip 2011
We had a great day, thanks to everyone who came along – you can view the photo gallery below:
Big Splash Animation Report
Several members of the club attended the BBC’s Big Splash Animation Project for the day. They were all filmed doing various things and the project will be released in the next few months on: -21CC Website -CBBC Website Well done to everyone that attended, they all had great fun and we look forward to working …
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Club Captain Chris Leaves
Chris has had to leave to club as he moves to his University. He was the club captain and has been dedicated to the club for several years, helping out in the teaching pool and various galas/open meets. Here are some pictures of his final session: A big thank you to Chris for all of …
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Big Splash Animation Project
We are taking a few of our swimmers to the BBC for a Drama Workshop. This help to create the ‘Big Splash’ animation which is aimed getting children in the water. We will be doing this on Monday 24th October. Good luck to everybody that attends!
Coach Award For Achievement
Head Coach Harry has awarded Megan with the Jack Petchey Award For Achievement. This is because of Megan’s hard work in lessons and great attitude, well done! Here she can be seen with a representative from Jack Petchey who kindly presented Megan the award as well as speaking to previous award winners.
Go Karting Photos
We are not only great at swimming – it looks like we are good at Go Karting as well! Everyone had a great time at our Go Karting trip, here you can see some photos (Click to enlarge):
Haslemere Results
All of the swimmers did really well and beat their best personal times, and several awards were won. It was a great event and everybody turned up, well done to all the swimmers which took part!
Jack Petchey
Congratulations, we have just given out another Jack Petchey award! The winner is currently still deciding what to do with the money for our club.
38th Anniversary
Est. 1973 we now celebrate our 38th Anniversary, you can view some old photos from the club at out facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17104884807
Isle Of Wight 2011?
Several year’s ago we used to have a yearly Isle Of Wight trip which we would visit several theme parks and beaches. With various activity’s and a weeks holiday it was enjoyed by all. Activity’s ranged from cycling, swimming, running, football, table tennis and many days out. We would be interested in running another trip …
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PGL Trip 2011
From Friday 15th April to Monday 18th April we will be on our 2011 PGL trip. The cost will be £138.00 and we will be at Marchants Hill which is near Hind-head in Surrey. A quote from our club features in this years PGL brochure: “It was nice to see the children work as a team and …
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Guildford Trip 2010 Photos
Click here to view the photos for this year’s Guildford trip. We all had great fun and this is another trip that has been part funded by the Jack Petchy award. The Bowling, Ice-skating and swimming all made for a good day out for our club.
Most Improved Award 2010
Congratulations to Pavel for winning the most improved award this year. Throughout the last six months swimmers have been competing to improve the most times, with Pavel being the winner with 168 seconds improved. Well done to everyone entering the competition, it was very close.
Tuesday Swimming Cancelled College
October 26th 2010 – At Wimbledon College this Tuesday swimming is cancelled due to high chlorine levels. Please check with Harry for more details, we hope the pool will re-open in time for Thursday’s swimming. Swimming on tuesday at morden baths is not cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Jack Petchey November and October Winner
In November Harry won the Jack Petchey award, he decided that the £200 will be going to our upcoming Guildford trip. Club members are able to vote for others to win the Jack Petchey award again in a few months. In Ocotober Robin won the Jack Petchey award, well done!
Club Championships 2010
To download details of the club championship’s 2010 click here to download a programme in PDF format: CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
September Summary
September has seen Merton Pisces have a couple of weekends of excellent competitions. The first in Brighton on Sat 18th and then in Littlehampton on Sunday 26th. Both saw success for the club and competitors in different ways – In Brighton not many medals but lots of personal bests. Littlehampton 4 Gold, 4 Silver, 6 Bronze medals …
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