News

1st September 2010 l NEW STAFF

We are pleased to welcome on board new teachers to the Aqua Swim School team.

Alex Miccoli and Tara Goom are the latest teachers to join the Aqua Swim School team, please check the about us section for more info.

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1st September 2010 l BRAND NEW PRE-SCHOOL & ADULT & CHILD CLASSES WEDNESDAYS AT STOURFIELD JNR SCHOOL!

Aqua swim school are pleased to announce we are starting brand new lessons at stourfield junior school wednesdays from 11am onwards.

Pre school and adult and child lessons will run in this session.

please get in touch with Charlotte for more info

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10th July 2010 l OCTOBER HALF TERM INTENSIVE COURSE

Aqua Swim School with be running a 5 day intensive course of lessons at Stourfield Junior School Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October for all ages, levels and abilities.

Open to children a member or not a member of the Aqua Swim School please call Charlotte on 07891 859375 to Book your place!

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17th May 2010 l UPDATED RECORDS

Please help us keep your childs records up to date, by letting Charlotte know by email charlotte_robertsuk@hotmail.com or phone 07891 859375 if any medical conditions change or address and phone numbers as these are vital to have in an emergency.

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16th May 2010 l SWIMMING HATS HAVE ARRIVED!

If you are new to the Aqua Swim School and have not received your free swimming hat then please ask you teacher at your next swimming lesson for one.

If you have had one but have lost it and need a new one these will cost £4.50.

The Aqua Swim School do ask if all children in the Aquakidz learn to swim programme do wear a swimming hat at all times.

Thank you for your co operation in this matter.

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16th May 2010 l 1-2-1s AVALIABLE WITH CHARLOTTE IN HALF TERM

Half term Monday 31st May - FridY 4th June 1-2-1s/2-2-1s avaliable with Charlotte at the Marriott Hotel Bournemouth.

Please call Charlotte on 07891 859375 if you would like to know more information.

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15th September 2009 | SATURDAY LESSONS TO START ON NOV 7th

Saturday morning swimming lessons will be starting at Stourfield School in Bournemouth on November 7th for a 7 week course leading up to Christmas. If you would like to book please call 01202 548097.

8th September 2009 |CHARLOTTE WINS TOP VOLUNTEER AWARD!

Charlotte has won the Amateur Swimming Association South West volunteer of the year award for all her time coaching at the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls. Charlotte has also been nominated for the National Award! Since 18 years of age Charlotte has volunteered around 8 hours of coaching per week as well as attending all swimming meets from County to National standard.

1st September 2009 |SEAGULLS SWIMMER MAKES NATIONALS FINAL

Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls swimmer Isabelle Framptom became Head Coaches Barry Alldricks first National Championships Finalist finishing 8th in the 200m Butterfly event held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield during August. Isabelle went on to be selected on a National Development talent programme.

1st September 2009 |CONGRATULATIONS TO LOCAL SWIMMING TEACHER ANN IN CHANNEL SWIMMING SUCCESS!

The Aqua Swim School would like to pass on a huge well done and congratulations to Ann McGrath who completed a succesful channel relay crossing with 3 random people she met on the day after advertising on the Internet. Ann rasied £800 for the Christchurch Scoutlink and Mudeford Junior Schools special needs department. Ann and her team completed the swim in 13 and a half hours!

22nd July 2009 |AQUAKIDZ PARENT WINS PIER TO PIER SWIM 2009

Kevin Richards won his first attempt at the Bournemouth to Boscombe Heart Foundation Pier to Pier swim in a quick tide assisted time of 17 minutes. On behalf of the swim school we would like to say a big well done and congratulations.

1st July 2009 |NEW SATURDAY MORNING CLASSES

Swimming lessons during the weekend have arrived, from September swimmers can now enjoy Aquakidz sessions at Stourfield School in half hour slots from 8.15 to 10.15am on Saturdays.

Contact Charlotte for more info on 07891 859375

1st July 2009 |ROOKIEZ LIFEGUARD CLASSES

The first ROOKIEZ Lifesaving class will start from Sepetmber on Monday evenings at Stourfleid School, 6-7pm.

The lessons are aimed at 8-12 years old children who will work through skills for water safety, life support and rescue techniques as well as enjoying fitness development, swimming stroke development and social fitness.

The are 3 main awards Bronze, Silver and Gold that swimmers will work through as designed by the Royal Lifesaving Society.

Contact Charlotte for more info on 07891 859375

24th June 2009| SKILL TRACKING LAUNCHED

Aqua Tracking is here, for the more conscientious parents amongst you we have taken the bull by the horns and aim to provide you with weekly progress, where you can click on the website to see what skills your children have gained so far through out the term.

This then allows you to see what stages of an award your children are working towards and you may be able to help them practice by going for fun swims between lessons.

It is important to realise an objective can only be gained if it is consistantly undertaken with a high level of skill.

A Link to this page can be gained from the home page, you will need a password to view this, and this can be gained by emailing

info@aquaswimschool.co.uk

24th June 2009| Dorset Water Polo Champions, again!

Seagulls Water Polo Teams have gone one step further than last year by winning the DORSET Junior League, the DORSET U 15 League and finishing RUNNERS UP in the Under 12 League!

17th June 2009| Seagulls move up Western District Medal Table!

Seagulls swimmers whom Barry and Charlotte coach came away from the Western Distrcit championships with 4 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze medal moving them up to 9th in the medal table from 10th in 2008. 2 Swimmers Isabelle Frampton and Peter Griffiths gained top 10 Rankings nationally going into the National Championships in July.

26th April 2009|Charlotte Completes Marathon (and beat Jordan!)

The Aqua Swim School Team is celebrating with proudness as Charlotte succesfully completed the last Flora sponsored London Marathon in 6 hours and 21 minutes. The whole atmosphere of the day was fantastic and thoroughly enjoyed by all supporters.

Charlotte would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the people that generously sponsored her, helping to achieve her target of £1800 that goes to the Make a Wish Foundation.

"I throughoughly enjoyed the day and after starting well, I eventually hit a very big wall at around 18 miles, but the support of all of you and running in memory of my brother helped me fight on and I regianed pace to finish the last 3 miles as quick as the first 3. I can not explain what my legs feel like at the moment, but it was worth it"

31st March 2009|Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim Date for 2009

The date will be 19th July for the British Heart Foundations Bournemouth to Boscombe Pier to Pier Swim. Details of the swim can be found on the website below:

http://www.bhf.org.uk

31st March 2009|AQUA STARS - Aquakidz at West Hants!

The Aqua Swim School will be providing members of the West Hants Health and Raquets club with an advanced class for their budding tennis stars. The Aqua Stars class will be for the performance centres children who want to develop fitness and technique through swimming as well as muscular strength and endurance around the shoulder and hip muscles used heavily in tennis to prevent injury.

If you are a member of the West Hants club ask for details at reception!

16th March 2009|Masters of Success- Champions of Dorset!

Christchurch and New Miltons Seagulls Masters swimmers stole the show at the Dorset Masters Championships held yesterday at Rossmore Swimming Pool in Poole. The team finished 130 points ahead of rivals Poole taking the Cup for the second succesive season. All of the 21 swimmers from Christchurch won a medal of some colour with many Dorset Records being achieved. Although Barry was not pleased with his own swimming performances, all the swimmers he coaches had improved their personal best and more than met his expectations.

23rd February 2009|Seagulls Still flying higher!

The Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls Swimming Club where Barry is the Head Coach have moved up another place in the Dorset Club Rankings to 3rd place following an excellent display of results during the County Championships. The club went on to gain 96 medals for which 35 were Golds including 5 County Records. This has meant Seagulls have moved from the low ranks of 8th in 2005 upto 3rd in 2009 under Barry Alldrick appointment with the club.

16th February 2009|Christchurch Junior School Pool Closing

Christchurch Junior School who the Aqua Swim School provides lessons for has just announced they will be closing their outdoor pool, which they were hoping to roof in the summer.

This is devasting news for the borough of Christchurch where; in the last 9 months all three School Pools have disappeared. This inadevrtantly puts pressure on the activities and use of 2RM Lesiure Centre due to their being no other pools in the immediate area for clubs and schools to use, all ready resulting in schools having to travel outside of the borough for lessons in neighbouring Bournemouth.

9th February 2009|Twynham Closing, Wentworth Starting

We have recived news that Twynham School Pool will be closing down in April 2009 to make room for a Dance Studio. We have had to relocate the lessons to Wentworth College.

Further more following unacceptable pool temperature and clairty it is with great regret that Wednesday 11th February will be our last lesson at Twynham School. We feel the pool is being mis-managed and the inconsistency of heat in the pool is simply not being effective for our lessons. The school have also explained there is a problem with their boiler that they are not prepared to fix to placte the pool running for a further 6 weeks until its permanent closure.

Attatched are the following letters:

1. Letters sent out from Twynham school which could be viewed as being steered towards closure.

Parents Letter

Consulatation Letter

2. Barry Alldrick's response, for which no reply was offered other than results saying that more people would prefer the pool to disappear as it no longer suits the schools needs as it did just 13 years ago when it was roofed and housed.

Barry Alldricks Response

Lessons at Wentworth School will start on February 25th, the address is below:

College Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH5 2DY
If you are travelling to Wentworth for the first time, the swimming pool is located behind the main housing and please follow signs down the gravel track.

12th January 2009 |The NEW National Plan for Teaching Swimming

Our teachers have all been trained in running the Amatuer Swimming Associations new revised National Plan for Teaching Swimming, below is a link to a guide that explains how the awards work:

The NEW National Plan for Teaching Swimming Stages explained

The lessons provide ongoing assessment, so as soon as swimmers are competent, they will progress into the next class.

5th January 2009 | Happy New Year

We would like to wish all of our swimmers a happy new year and hope we can guide you to all of your perosnal goals with in the pool in 2009.

We have a couple of new classes starting on Monday evenings, these are:

4-4.30pm We have Tadpolez (non swimmers) and Angelfishez (beginners) classes starting at Stourfield School

6-7pm We have a pure technique session for swimmers wishing to progress into competitive swimming or triathalons again at Stourfield School.

22nd December 2008 | Seagulls host Christchurch Sports Awards

The Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls for who Barry is the Head Coach and Charlotte the Junior Squad Coach, had to stage their own Christchurch Counicl Sports Awards Ceremony as their were so many winners of awards the Council could not fit them all into the Civic Offices.

Barry lead a commentry on each swimmer and water polo players as they collected their awards from Mayor Counciller David Flagg.

Barry commented "This was a very pleasing evening, as across all the talented sports people across Christchurch most came from the swimming club. A massive 32 Awards to County and District Swimming and Water Polo Champions were handed out on the evening, proving that the club is going though its most succesful era ever"

19th November 2008 |

Charlotte enters London Marathon 2008 in Memory of James Roberts

For many years i have wanted to do something in memory of my amazing big brother James who lost his life to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2002 aged just 18. Soooooo I have decided to get fit and run in this years Flora London Marathon on Sunday 26th April 2009!

One of my fondest memories was when my family all got sent to Disney Florida and stayed at the Give kids the world village, we had the most amazing week of our lives, this was made possible my 'Make a Wish Foundation' a charity that gives children with life threatening illnesses a chance to have a dream come true of their choice.

This is why i have chosen to support Make a Wish, with all our support and donations another brother or sister can have their dream come true.

If you would like to sponsor Charlotte please visit

www.justgiving.com/charlotteroberts7

Thanks so much in advance for your support!

Wish me luck in training!

Charlotte

12th November 2008 | 100 Swimmers learning with Aquakidz!

After two years of gentle developing, the Aqua Swim School now has a 100 regular swimmers learning through out each week. This is great news for the Aqua Swim Shcool team, as apart from the Website the only other advertising has been from word of mouth from happy customers.

10th October 2008| New Aquatotz Class

After a succesful start to Aquatotz classes on Thursdays, a new Parent and Child class will be starting at the Highcliffe Marriott Hotel in Bournemouth at 11am on Mondays, let us know if you are interested

Call Charlotte- 07753 687777 for more information

15th September 2008 | 1-2-1 Lessons - More Availability!

1-2-1 lessons are now availabile through out the day times during the week, if you want to learn or improve your swimming ability!

Call Charlotte on 07753 687777 for more information.

8th September 2008| First Aquatotz Class Launched!

The Aqua Swim School started its first Adult and Child Swimmining class in Bournemouth last week. With a whole load of new equipment to assist parents and their babies learn the techniques to develop swimming from an early age the class was enjoyed by all. There are still a couple of spaces available in the Thursday morning lesson from 11 to 11.30am, please call Charlotte on 07753687777 if you are interested.

1st September 2008| Channel Swim Success

Barry Alldrick completed the Channel Relay swim over the summer holidays. After waiting in Dover for 5 days to get a half decent tide. Barry set the team off at 2am in the morning. This involved embarking at Dover Harbour and then ferrying round to a stretch of land in between Dover and Folkestone where he had to dive of the boat and swim to English land, before completing the first hour of the relay teams swim. The team then swam through night and day through Jelly Fish and plenty of kelp, but fortunately no seweage. at 2.03pm Barry finished the chanel swim by swimming up the ramp of a French restaurant. the total swim time was 12 hurs and three minutes. Barry will go back and complete the challenge as an Individual in the next couple of years.

1st of August 2008 | Seagulls swimmer, top 11 in the Country - twice!

Barry took his first National Championship Qualifier up to Sheffiled for the Age Group Championships. The 11 year old Peter Griffiths improved his ranking by 1 in the 200m Freestyle, to make first reserve for the final, and finish in 11th position. Peter then repeated the same position on the 100m Freestyle. This was Peter's first National Championships and to do a pb in the 200m was a great swim. The atmosphere is completely different and all swimmers are committed at this level, which would make it easy to let nerves get the better of you. this did not happen and Peter held is own and will be going back next year with the aim of medalling.

23rd June 2008 | Top Up Swimming Success

Barry, Charlotte and Carolyn had their work cut out over the last two weeks, working in partnership with the Christchurch School Sports Partnership and the Amateur Swimming Association's Top Up Swimming Scheme.

The Seagulls and Aquakidz coaching team had a challenge to ensure all children who attend a Christchurch Primary School in Year 6 that could not swim 25m should be able to by the end of 10 sessions, an hour a day.

The children descended on Twynham School pool daily, and out of 28 swimmers, 25 were able to swim at least the distance of 25m on their front and back, with 3 others managing 15m!

16th June 2008 | Seagulls Flying Higher!

Further medal success came for Peter Griffiths and Isabelle Frampton in the second weekend of Western Age Group Championships.

Frampton gained another Gold in the 100m Butterfly holding off strong competition through out the race. Griffiths gained his first Gold at Western Level in the 400m Freestyle, and then cried with dissapointment, as he realised he had just missed his National qualifying Time by one quarter of a second.

Griffiths then went on to pick up a Bronze Medal in the 100m Freestyle, and 200m IM. All in all Seagulls finished 10th in the Medal Table which is a huge jump from 23rd places last year when Seagulls picked up just two Bronze medals.

9th June 2008 | Seagulls Fly High!

Medal success has been gained by Seagulls swimmers at the Western Age Group Championships over the first weekend. This saw Sophie Duffell (12) picked up a Silver medal in the 1500m Freestyle. A great result and down to some hard and consistant training in a 50m pool in spain the week before.

This was followed up by two Silver Medals by the very determined Peter Griffiths (11)who gained Barry's first National Championship Qualifyer in the 100m and 200m Freestyle. Then Isabelle Frampton (11) went on to take Gold in the 200m Butterfly. This was a very pleasing weekend for Barry as Seagulls swimming club is starting to become a force in Western district swimming.

2nd June 2008 | Charlotte Beats Barry!!!!!

Charlotte Roberts and Barry Alldrick both succesfully completed the Exmouth Faribouy swim on Sunday. This is the season's first Open Water swim and sea temperatures ranged between 11- 13 degrees celcius, the 4.8 miles swim is not meant to be easy!

In a tough field of 50 swimmers against 18 ex channel swimmers Charlotte produced an excellent swim coimng home in 8th place, taking the bronze medal for the ladies, in 1 hour and 42 minutes. Barry finished 7 minutes later in 18th place in 1 hour and 49 minutes. All together the swim was a step in the right direction towards the Channel Relay Barry will be completing in August.

Charlotte is considering a move back into Open Water swimming where she was once National Champion and crowned Champion of Champions after completing 3 different distance swims in one day and winning them all.

2nd June 2008 | Seagulls migrate down to Spain

Barry arrived back from Spain extremely please with his swimmers performance and attitude during the week. Aquakidz helpers Connor Sleightholme and Emma Duffell along with Charlotte Roberts clocked up about 60kms over the week, and on one day even managed a long aerobic set of 90 x 100's - thats 9000m in one session which is just short of 6 miles! He is hoping the results from this week will take swimmers on to podium places in the District Age Group Championships in June.

28th May 2008 | Southern Junior League Final- here we come!

Barry and Charlotte have every reason to be extremely pleased as they have just found the Seagulls swimmers have made the District Final in the Southern Junior League. This is the highest position the club has ever achieved and they will be fighting it out with hard opposition on June 21st to see who makes the top club in the West. This is also the first time that three teams from around the Bournemouth area have reached a final of such importance.

21st May 2008 | Seagulls prepare for Barcelona

Barry is looking forwards to taking 30 swimmers abroad to Barcelona to complete a long distance warm weather training camp over the May Half Term week, he hopes his swimmers achive around 50 kms. This will be the first time a competitive swimming club in Christchurch has organised their first abroad camp. They will be training with teams form Spain and Sweden who regulraly use the Warm Weather Camp.

14th May 2008 | New Teacher Hand Picked!

The Aqua Swim School are pleased to announce they have taken on their first teacher. Carolyn Skew has many years of experience being a past swimmer with the New Milton Torpedoes and Club Captain, Carolyn naturally progressed into teaching, and joins the Aqua Swim School team with a high energy and fun teaching style.

5th May 2008 | Seagulls Swim Superbly!

Seagulls Youth swimmers competed in the Wetsern District Championships this weekend. Swimming against strong competition, with two swimmers reaching finals and S14 Category swimmers Simon Price gaining a Gold Medal for the 50m Breast-stroke. Youth swimming is for swimmers aged between the ages of 15 and 18 years of age, and anyone making finals at this level should be looking for National recognition over the next couple of years.

25th March 2008 | Aquatotz Classes Due to Begin

Thursday mornigs at Stourfiled School 11am -11.30 and 11.30 to 12noon sees the first Aquatotz class starting from April 10th. This is parent and child swimming in the shallow end, and pre school swimming lessons in the deep end, with teachers in the water.

For more information call 01202 548097 or 07857 688473.

17th March 2008 | Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls Move Up County Rankings

The Seagulls swimming club have moved up another place in the County Rankings after a succesful County Championships in 2008. The club is the fastest improving club in the County after finishing 8th in 2006 and then 5th in 2007. Seagulls swimmers produced 3 County Records, 21 Gold, 21 Silver and 23 Bronze Medals through out the Championships. This leaves Tornadoes of South Dorset, Bournemouth Dolphins and Champions Ferndown Otters to catch up with in 2009. Barry is the Head Coach of the club and Charlotte coaches the Junior Swimmers.

10th March 2008 | Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls Claim Top Masters Club in Dorset

The Seagulls swimming club went on to be crowned Dorset Masters Champions after the second Gala. Barry who is the Masters Coach was extremeley please with the result and commitment from the swimmers. He also went on to be crowned fastest Master in all age groups at 100m Butterfly and 100m Breast-stroke, adding the 50m Fly, 50m FC Gold medals in his age group 25-29 years, to a total tally of 8 Golds and 1 Silver through out the Championships. Charlotte in her age group won the 100m Breas-stroke, 100m and 50m Butterfly, and came 2nd in the 200 IM, leaving a total medal tally of 7 Golds and 1 Silver Medal.

25th Feb 2008 | Medals Galore at the Dorset Masters Championships

Barry and Charlotte picked up 8 Gold Medals, 4 each at the first meet of the Dorset Masters Swimming Championships. Barry is the County Champion in the 25-29 year age group at 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m Breast-stroke and 50m Breast-stroke. Charlotte is County Champion in the 19-24 year age group for 400m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m Breast-stroke, 50m Breast-stroke. Barry also collected a silver in the 100m Freestyle. Both went on to help the Seagulls relay team to win the 4 x 50m Medley Relay along with Mark Harris who he one of the parents of an Aquakidz swimmer.

The Seagulls Masters club for who Barry is the Coach lie top of the Dorset Club ranking, with swimmers as old as 71 competing and winning Gold Medals. There is one more round to go at Rossmore on 9th March where he hopes the team will remain in pole position.

Level 1 Swimming Teacher Course Blandford 30th March - 4th April 2008

Barry will be running a UKCC ASA Level 1 Course in Swimming Teaching over this week (dates above) at Blandford Leisure Centre. If anyone is interested in gaining this qualification please contact Barry at info@aquaswimschool.co.uk

Aquakidz Helper represents Dorset County at Water Polo

Connor Sleightholme, an Aquakidz helper on Mondays at Stourfield yesterday (Sun 24th Feb) represented the County in a Junior Inter County Match against Devon. The Team unfortunately lost, but it was shown on ITV News today. Well done Connor!

18th Feb 2008 | Easter Crash Course Venue and Dates

The Aqua Swim School will be running swimming lessons daily for 4 days in the first week of the Dorset Schools Easter Holidays at Twynham School in Christchurch.

Tadpole sand Angelfishes will do half an hour from 9-9.30am, and then Rays, Dolphins, Sharks and Pre Club will benefit from an hour day from 9.30-10.30am.

The days are Tuesday 25th March to Friday 28th March.

Call 01202 548097 to book your place.

Twynham School Starts on Wednesdays

Swimming Lessons will start at Twynham School on Wednesday nights from Ferbuary 27th in addition to the swimming lessons at Stourfield School on Monday evenings.

Aqua Swim School links up with Halo Hypnotherapy

Adults or children who have a fear of water from a past previous experience can benefit from the professional help of Halo Hypnotherapy. With Barry's knowledge of how the body works and swimming tuition mixed with the positive advice and help from Halo Hypnotherapy ensures that even the most timid of people can learn to swim.

As well as dealing with fears of water, Andrea Lindsay has also helped competitive swimmers with belief in winning.

For more information visit www.halohypnotherapy.com

4th Feb 2008 | Barry signs up to Swim the Channel in August 2008

Barry has joined up with five other swimmers from around the County to swim the Channel as part of a relay team. This will offer him a great experience and will allow him to see what is needed in order to complete the 21 mile, 10-16 hour challenge by himself in 2009 or 2010. He is raising money for the Marine Conservation Society www.mcsuk.org and Retts Syndrome www.rettsyndrome.org.uk

21st Jan 2008 | The Aqua Swim School links up with the Flamingoes Wessex Synchronised Swimming Club

As part of the National Plan for Teaching Swimming, the Aqua Swim School has linked up with the Flamingoes Wessex Synchronised Swimming Club. Children at the stage of Level 8 on the NPTS can progress further into the sport of Synchronised swimming which will develop skills such as strength, endurance, flexability, artistry, grace and excpetional breath control. The Flamingoes run sessions at 2RM Leisure Centre in Christchurch and Ferndown Lesiure Centre. The Flamingoes will also put on special Taster Sessions called Aqua Fun for groups of Aquakidz swimmers, this session will give a taste as to what is involved for synchronised swimming.

Fiona Amat, Head Coach
Web: www.flamingoes.org.uk

The Aqua Swim School now offers routes into Water Polo, Competitive Swimming, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming. Ensuring that children can progress their early skills into sports they can participate in for life.

14th Jan 2008 | Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim Date announced as 20th July 2008
Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim Date announced as 20th July. Visit www.swevents@bhf.org.uk to register.

Digital Analysis 4 Sport come on board with Aquadultz

Aquadultz Swimming Improvement for Tri-atheletes has taken a step into the digital age with Digital Analysis 4 Sport. This takes videoing swimmers into the next generation by capturing actions on video and then analysing every frame, adding key notes to areas on a CD that can be handed to the swimmer to take away. The swimmer can also see instant feedback on poolside through a waterproof monitor allowing them to change their stroke immediately and see the results. The software also allows you to super impose two different swimmers to compare technique, and allows you to sumper impose a particular swimmer who has been analysed on two different dates to see improvements. Small Groups or Individual Swimmer can be analysed through Aquadultz.

7th Jan 2008 | Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls nominated for BBC Dorset Sports Club of the Year 2007

The Seagulls swimming club to whom Barry is the Head Coach, and Charlotte the Junior Coach was nominated out of 6 Sports Clubs from all sports across Dorset as Sports Club of The Year. To just be nominated was a great achievemnet for the club who are proud of their development over the last three years. Barry was also nominated with five other coaches across all sports in Dorset for BBC Dorset Professional Sports Coach of the Year, and just missed out on winning the award.

Two New Venues Launched

The Aqua Swim School has now moved into two School Pools starting with Stourfield School in Bournemouth in January, and Twynham School in Christchurch in March 2008. All Aquakidz lessons will be run at the venues offering residents swimming lesson in Christcurch and Bournemout East.

Aqua Swim School takes on Amateur Swimming Association Helpers

The Aqua Swim School has taken on 3 x14 -16 year old Helpers to assist children in the Aquakidz beginner classes. All of the helpers have been through the Amateur Swimming Assocaition Helpers qualification passing with flying colours. All 3 Helpers have been swimming since very young ages and offer a wealth of experience to pass onto younger swimmers.

Connor Sleightholme is a Scottish National Level Swimmer offering experience at swimming at the highest level. He has also competed upto District Level Water Polo and plays in Senior Matches across Dorset and Hampshire. Connor also trains the Junior Competition Squad at the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls.

Emma Duffell is a Welsh National Level Swimmer, and this years she is competing in the English Schools National Championships with 3 other swimmers from Twynham School. Emma also teaches the National Plan for Teaching Swimming Squad at the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls.

Kristy Rides is a County Champion at Junior Water Polo with the rest of the Christchurch and New Milton Kesy Stage 3 Team and competes at County Level for Swimming. Kristy teaches the Pre Gulls section of the swimming club.

Aqua Swim School links up with Total Childrens Therapy

The Aqua Swim School has linked up with Total Childrens Therapy. Swimming is a key activity for detecting poor co-ordination, due all the limbs of the body requiring movement. Children who struggle with co-ordination can be referred to Total Childrens Therapy who can assess children with musculoskeletal complaints, long term neurological conditions, dyspraxia or minor developmenal delays.

The Aqua Swim School notice that some children become frustrated with their swimming development due to poor co-ordination, and the link with Total Childrens Therapy will allow children to develop co-ordination and muscular recognition which will help the childs progress in swimming and other activities easing their frustrations.

Wendy Joy
Email: info@totalchildrenstherapy.com
Web: www.totalchildrenstherapy.com

Nov 2007 | Aqua Swim School Links up with KK Fitness

The Aqua Swim School has linked up with KK Fitness Personal Trainers to offer clients swimming lessons to improve health, compete or simply to learn a new skill. Kk fitness operates out a specialist Gym at the Sunliffe Hotel on East Overcliff Drive in Bournemouth. All trainers are qualified through the highly aclaimed Paul Check Institute. The KK Fitness website also offers daily support to keep clients going between sessions.

Kris Cann
Mob: 07980 743780
Web: www.kkfitness.com

The Aqua Swim School launched in September 2006.
Click Here to read the first Aquakidz Competition in the Daily Echo 24th February 2007

April 2007 | The Aqua Swim School develops 10% discount deal at SwimmingConnect.

Visit www.swimmingconnect.co.uk to see the Souths largest range of swim products.

Jan 2007 | Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls partners with the Aqua Swim School!

This allows Aquakidz swimmers who have passed Level 10 of the NPTS to join a competitive club in order to complete Levels 11 and 12.
Visit www.seagullssc.org.uk