Training Sessions

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Long Course Trainning has been arranged at Stirling for Silver, Gold & Platinum squads only on:
Saturday 17th July - 10.00-12.00
Saturday 14th August - 10.00-12.00
Saturday 29th August - 07.00 - 09.00
Saturday 25th September - 10.00-12.00
Saturday 23rd October - 10.00-12.00
Sun 7th November - 06.00 - 08.00
Saturday 27th November - 10.00-12.00

2011
Sunday 20th March- 07.00 - 09.00
Sunday 27th March- 07.00 - 09.00
Sunday 24th April - 07.00 - 09.00
Sunday 5th June- 07.00 - 09.00
Sunday 12th June- 07.00 - 09.00
Sunday 19th June- 07.00 - 09.00

Tapering is not required to be done by any squad member due to insufficient milage. Therefore if competing at the weekend there is no need to miss a Friday night session. If competing at a weekend please ensure extra milage is obtained the previous or following week.

Swimmers are not allowed to bring bottles of water onto the poolside that have loose, clear bottle tops. The tops could cause danger to other swimmers by swallowing them or hurt their feet if stood on. Water bottles csn be purchashed at club shop.

Attendance at Land Training could be better, especially from the older swimmers. Both John and Andrew give uo their free time to come along and coach. All swimmers will benefit greatly from the exercises give at these sessions.

Records
At the West District Annual General Meeting it was passed that West District records can be achieved at any accredited meet. The onus to claim these records is with the club. Whilst the Secretary and Coaches will endeavour to do this with the information they have at their disposal, if any swimmer/parent thinks that a record has been broken then they should bring it to the attention of the Secretary.

Fines
All swimmers and parents are reminded that Scottish Swimming & West District have rules where swimmers may be fined for not taking part in an event (late withdrawal) or not meeting consideration times. These rules also affect reserve swimmers, so if you are a reserve for a West District or Scottish event please ensure that you are at the session & available to swim, to avoid a fine.
If the Club is fined in these circumstances then the swimmer will be expected to refund the Club for such fines.
Swimmers/parents will be notified of any fines imposed by either the Secretary or Treasurer.

The attendance at all early morning sessions is very poor and could be greatly improved. The club has the whole pool for these sessions, and technique and stamina work can be tailored towards the individual. If more advantage is not taken for these sessions then the club could loose this valuable pool time.
Early morning sessions are open to all silver, gold, platinum & selected Bronze squad members.

Wednesday and Friday at Garnock - 6-7.30am
Tuesady and Thursday at Largs - 6-7.30am
Saturday at Auchenharvie - 7.30-9am

To increase your water time and in consequence your performance, the above early morning sessions have been offered to you, these sessions are not being fully utilised.

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Accounts - click here
Head Coaches Report - click here
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Land Training Coach - click here or Here

To refresh your memories, the club sends a cheque to the host club for all the entries that have been entered for that meet. When the accepted entries are returned to NAASC a coloured sheet is sent to all swimmers showing accepted/rejected entries and also the amount of money you owe the club. This amount should be paid to the Treasurer as soon as possible or at least before the day of the swim. All withdrawals after this point must be paid for in full.

Reserve swims - The club does not get a refund for these swims unless the swimmer is present at the meet and unable to get a swim on the day. Reserve swimmers who do not turn up still have to pay for the entry.

Club La Santa In Lanzarote has been booked to take 20 swimmers and 3 coaches to a long course training camp in October 2010.

Fundraising to assist with the cost of this in now underway.
So far we have held a bag pack at Morrisons store in Largs which raised over £900 and we have received a donations from:

Community Windpower (who operate Dalry Windfarm)

If anyone has ideas for further fundraising, or any businesses wish to make a donation please contact our treasurer Morag Love - morag@naasc.co.uk