Jul02

2023 Island Games – Why is there no Swimming?

Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Chairman, Events, News

Why is their no swimming sessions from 8th till 15th July?

This is because the International Island Games will be taking place in Guernsey and nearly all of the coaches/teachers will be at the games either as a coach or they will be watching our swimmers compete in this prestigious event.

Who is in the Isle of Wight Team?

The event is a multi-sport event with the Isle of Wight Swim Team part of the larger Isle of Wight team. The Swim Team is made up of six men and six women and for the swimmers this has been a journey that started a long time ago as they have all worked very hard for their places in the Team.

For some it will be their very first games but for others this is their second and third having competed in Gotland in 2017 and Gibraltar in 2019. The team has a mixture of youth and experience and both Val Gard as the Head Coach and Justine Stewart as the Team Manager will be looking forward to what will be a very competitive event. The Men’s team are Joe Carter, George Hayward, Rossen Martin, Harry Poynter, Ben Van Der Helstraete and Will Davidson. The Women’s team are Grace Poynter, Abi Lacey, Mia Stillwell, Nell O’Brien, Isobel Muncaster and Lucy Isaacson.

Don’t Forget as well that our Club Chairman Ben Gard is also the Secretary for the whole Isle of Wight of Team.

How can I follow the team?

You can see lots of coverage from the games at the County Press social media sites, who are the main media reporter for the Isle of Wight team although I am sure it will be on various other sites such as IW Radio, Island Echo, Vectis Radio to name a few.

The official website is guernsey2023.gg and here you can link up with the swimming results as they happen with heats in the morning and finals in the evening. The event including the swimming events will also be screened live on  Guernsey2023 – YouTube.

The Future

The next Island games will take place in 2025 in Orkney, just two years away, could it be you that is part of the team? All of the athletes started their swimming careers on the Island doing just what you all do, training hard day after day, week after week, month after month and now they will have the chance to go and compete on an international stage, could this be you one day?

Good luck to everyone at the Games, lets go Team Isle of Wight

Mar08

Awards Evening – Friday 20th March

Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Chairman, Events, News, Social

AWARDS EVENING: 7pm start (doors open 6:30pm)

Awards night for the Club Champs (held late 2019)

Friday 20 March at Isle of Wight Community Club, Park Road, Cowes
finger buffet provided.

Swimmers – free,
Volunteers – free,
Adults – £7.50

Please pay directly to club account. If you would like to attend please email me bengardiw@gmail.com so we can confirm numbers

Feb13

Awards Night – 27th Feb

Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Chairman, Events, Social

We are pleased to announce that the annual Seaclose Awards Evening is going to take place Wednesday 27th February at the Riverside Centre in Newport. Arrive from 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Food will be served (as in previous years) then awards will be given out.

Tickets prices will be £10 for adults and swimmers go free. Any volunteers also go free bit still let Rosie know you wish to attend.

Anyone interested in attending this please email me at rosiegard@ymail.com by 20th Feb so that I can give the venue the numbers for food.

This is a great evening every year so it’ll be good to get as many of you there as possible.

Email or questions you have.

Thursday 28th Feb morning training will be cancelled due to this event

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sep11

Sessions during Medina Leisure Centre Closure – Updated

Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Chairman, News

The club are arranging sessions where possible whilst Medina Leisure centre is closed.

To be able to run sessions we need to confirm availability of coaches, lifeguards and available pool time. We are able to confirm the sessions below and will add more where possible. With limited availability all squads can attend all sessions below.

West Wight swimming club have kindly agreed we can attend some of their sessions – if you do attend please remember to listen to the coaches an that you may be sharing a lane with more people than normal.

Available Sessions

Saturday 22nd September at The Heights. 6.30-8.00am. 
Saturday 29th September at The Heights. 6.30-8.00am. 
Saturday 6th October at The Heights. 7.00-8.30am. (Provisional in the case Medina Leisure centre is not back open)

Tuesday evenings through the closure. 6.30pm to 8.30pm at West Wight Leisure Centre. 

Friday 21st September at West  Wight Leisure Centre 6.30-8.30pm.
Friday 28th September at West  Wight Leisure Centre 6.30-8.30pm.

Additionally

For Senior and Pre-Senior Swimmers Ryde Swimming Club have sessions on Wednesday evenings at 8-9pm, and Fridays 7.30-8.30pm. Swimmers will need to pay £2 per session if attending please.

Some Sunday evening sessions will be running – this is waiting on confirmation of pool times before we can confirm.

 

 

 

 

Jul15

Summer Break 2018

Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Chairman, News

As we come into the Summer break please take note of the following dates. 

Lessons

Lessons finish the weekend of 21/22 July. These will return after the summer break on the weekend of 13th/14th October and when the planned works at Medina Leisure centre are completed. All swimmers will be contacted nearer the time confirming times / dates of the first week back.

Squads

Squad sessions will continue until Sunday 29th July. 

There will be training on the mornings of Wednesdays 15th, 22nd and 29th August.

Training will start again on Saturday 1st September through to the pool closure on September 10th. 

With Medina pool closed from 10th September for three weeks alternative sessions will be arranged during this month. Please keep an eye on Facebook and the website for updates.