Sedgefield Swimming Club would like to let you know that Joanne Tenwick will be running a swim shop on the clubs behalf on a Monday evening from 6.30 - 7.30pm.  Products can be bought if available on the night, or ordered and delivered the next week. Joanne will also be stocking club swimming hats and t-shirts.

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Sedgefield 75 would like to wish Glen Fenby good luck in his new role of Head Coach at Darlington Swimming Club. In September, the job vacancy, which has arisen after Glen's departure from the club has been filled by Rebecca Golightly. Rebecca will coach the Sunday squad 3 - 4pm and C1 Monday 6.00 - 6.45pm

Sedgefield 75 are pleased to announce the arrival in the New Year of a new coach, Glen Fenby, who will take on the role of training the swimmers with physical and learning difficulties on a Sunday afternoon, with the hope that they will soon be able to compete in their own galas. Glen will also coach the swimmers from C1 squad, who train on a Monday evening from 6.00 - 6.45pm and he will assist with the swimmers in Junior A who are just starting to compete and train on a Monday evening from 7.30 - 9.00pm.

Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club have again been re designated with Swim 21 accreditation. It has been awarded in the  'swim development' category. It has been a hard year putting everything in place and it was a huge relief when confirmation of the award was received last week.

Training will be on as normal every Monday during August.(except the Bank Holiday)

There will be no training on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th July due to the Leisure Centre being closed

It was pleasing on the 60th anniversary of the town that we had our most successful gala to date. There were ten schools competing and over 150 children took part. Medals were presented to every competitor and a commemorative plaque was awarded to each school. There were sixteen young volunteers from local colleges who contributed greatly to the smooth running of the gala. There was only four points between the top three teams with two events to go the excitement was unbelievable. Terrific support from a capacity crowd added to a memorable evening for every one involved. A bouquet of flowers was presented to Andrea Bean as a token of appreciation for all the work done in teaching the children to swim over the past year and her help in the preparation of the teams. The trophy for the top large school was awarded to Byerley Park and trophy for the top small school went to Heighington. Guests of honour were Lee Dalzell, Swimming Development Officer for Durham County Council and Clare Harding, Senior Competition Manager, SSCO. The purpose of their visit was to make the presentations and to look at the event with a view to rolling this type of competition out across the county. The principle of involving clubs with both schools and council is regarded as a significant step in the right direction. Appreciation of the support given by Sedgefield Borough Council and Durham Sport was expressed along with help from all the schools

Schools competing were St Josephs, Aycliffe Village, Heighington, St Marys, St Francis, Byerley Park, Vane Road, Sugar Hill, Woodham Burn, & Stephenson Way.

Would all parents of swimmers please collect a membership pack from your coach, which needs filling in and returning to Julie Walker or your coach as soon as possible.

A parents meeting will be held in the Oak Room at the Leisure Centre on Monday 17th March from 6.00pm until 7.30pm. John will discuss the setting up of a 'parents forum'. The aim of this group is to run a help desk on a Monday evening for new members, possibly run a swim shop to sell small items of swimming equipment to swimmers and help to raise money for the club. Further details are on the club notice board.

 Members in the News

Sedgefield Coach receives lifetime achievement award - news report

Cara receives award

Members of Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club have recently received confirmation that they have been awarded two major awards. Firstly, John Moore, Chief Coach started the New Year off by being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award , following nomination by Paul Lamb and Ian Cull. This was presented at the Excel Church in what was a moving and thought provoking ceremony celebrating nine community awards for Newton Aycliffe. John would like to thank all those involved and said that it takes more than one person to successfully run a club like Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club and they too need recognition for their hard work within the club.

Following on from John's Award, the club was notified this week that Cara Lawson (16) and a student at Woodham has been awarded the British Junior Long Distance Swimmer of the Year. Cara will receive the award on the 8th March at the British Long Distance Swimming Association's dinner. Cara received the award in recognition of competing 19 miles in open water over the course of the season, including completing Derwent Reservoir and Coniston. Cara consistently finished in the top 3 and was the top girl in the British Long Distance Swimming Association's Grand Prix.

Thank you to all swimmers that took part in the sponsored swim. The club has raised £1000 to date, of which £500 has been donated to St Teresa's Hospice, Darlington