The Coaches would like to say a big ‘well done’ to everyone that took part
in the Summer League. For the first time in a very long time we have
managed to retain our place in Division 3. Promotion in the past has seen
us demoted again the following year so this was a brilliant result. To
those of you that didn’t get selected this year, please keep training and
competing, you may well get picked next year!
Club Championships –
You should all have received (and hopefully returned) your entry forms for
this year’s Club Championships. The format has changed slightly and all of
you now have the opportunity to compete in 50m, 100m and 200m distances.
We would like to see all of you enter most of the events you are eligible
for.
Winter League 2004/2005 –
Winter League Round 1 is in November and the dates of all rounds are given
below. We finished last year in 18th place (which is where we
started) so, if we can improve on that it would be great. Because Winter
League is all relays we need far more swimmers to make the squad,
additionally we also aim to give all swimmers the opportunity to swim in
at least two of the four gala’s. In order to assist us with putting the
squads together for each of the rounds we need confirmation of everyone’s
availability. Please can you complete the tear off slip below and return
it to Karen Hall as soon as possible. The venue for the first gala is
Trowbridge, we will not know the venues for the subsequent rounds until
after Round 1. There will be a coach laid on and, in an effort to cover
more of the cost of hiring a coach, the fee will be £2.00 per person with
no reduction for larger family groups.
Round 1 – 20 November 2004 – Trowbridge
Round 2 – 8 January 2005 – venue TBA
Round 3 – 29 January 2005 – venue TBA
Round 4 – 12 March 2005 – venue TBA
Note to Parents – Those of you whose children
are new to the squad may, or may not, have noticed all of the officials
(dressed in white) at all the gala’s we attend. Each club needs to provide
timekeepers and judges for gala’s and, as well as coaching staff. The
Otters are no exception. Unlike coaching, this is not a regular, weekly
commitment but like coaching it is very important to the club that we have
sufficient officials to cover at galas. If this is something that you feel
you might be interested in (full training is given) please see one of the
coaching staff and we will pass your details on. Alternatively, please
email us via the website and your email (www.theotter@wootton-bassett-otters.info)will be passed on to Neil Barron
our Competition Secretary. If we cannot continue to supply officials at
galas the squad may be refused entry, which would be a real shame for the
swimmers. We really need the help of those people who don’t already have
any other regular commitments with the club as most of the coaches are
also on the Committee and cannot take on any more commitments. Please give
it some thought.
Thank
you,
Coaching Committee
W.B.A.S.C.
Winter League 2004/2005
Availability
Name(s) of swimmer(s)_____________________________________________