See the Etwall Eagles page for more information.
Age as at 31/12/15
Date of Meet Saturday 28th November.
Rugby World Cup Ticket Draw – Sunday
We have successfully received 10 tickets for the Rugby World Cup, and are very grateful to the Perry Barr CPAN for this.
To be as fair as we can be, anyone who showed an interest, will be put into a draw for one of the five pairs of tickets. The draw will take place at the Beeches desk at Beeches pool on Sunday 13th September. Good luck to all in the draw. Winners names will be uploaded onto this site.
Vote for Beeches to win £1000!
The voting is now open for our Swim Club Awards 2015! All you need to do now is choose your club in the drop down list below, enter your email address and submit your vote! Voting for the winning club will close on the 2nd October 2015. The lucky winners will then be announced on all Simply Swim social media pages on the 5th October 2015 and will receive £1000 worth of Simply Swim vouchers to spend on swimwear and equipment for their club! Good luck everyone!
http://www.simplyswim.com/blog/vote-for-your-swim-club-to-win-1000-of-simply-swim-vouchers/
Wednesday Night Changes
With effect from this Wednesday 9th September, there are two changes to session times at Beeches pool.
Beginners Lengths has a new start time – 6.30pm every Wednesday (Monday night remains at 6pm). Vicky Harris is the new teacher for Beginners Lengths on a Wednesday (Vicky also teaches Beginners Lengths on a Monday evening at Beeches pool).
The Wednesday night Youth Group will now swim at the same time as the seniors, as per the other sessions during the week. Their start time on a Wednesday will now be 8pm with Tom Reader.
Any queries, please let us know.
Big Rick’s at the Chill Swim 2015
Big Ricks open water Swim Team joined over 700 swimmers in the Lake District over the weekend
To take on the UKs biggest open water event , The Chill Swim Coniston End To End 5.25 miles 2015
Big Ricks team of Claire Thorn , Ross Emery , Stuart Fuller, Charlie Wheadon and Paul Bates ,
Smashed the 5.25 mile distance non-wet suit in 16 degree water., over all the team performed great on the day
between the 5 of us.. Claire won The ladies none wet suit event , Charlie & Paul both won their age group, Ross & Stuart both came in 3place in their respective age groups .Next event for the team is the Epic Macmillan Cancer Support Lido Challenge in London in October , 5k in 12 degree water..
All these events are lead up to attempting a sub 18hrs 2 way swim of the English Channel in July 2016 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
Coming soon Club PB Night
Open to competitive swimmers who can achieve the qualifying times, the club’s PB night will be held at Beeches pool, on the night of Saturday 24th October 2015 – warm up at 18:00. Age is as at 31/12/2015.
This is an opportunity to achieve qualifying times for the Warwickshire County Championships for 2016.
Qualifying times for this night will be :Entry Times Revised
Events for this night will be as follows:
| 800 Freestyle |
| 100 Backstroke |
| 200 Breaststroke |
| 400 IM |
| 200 Butterfly |
| 100 Breaststroke |
| 200 Freestyle |
| 200 IM |
| 400 Freestyle |
| 100 Butterfly |
| 100 Freestyle |
| 200 Backstroke |
| 1500 Freestyle |
Please speak to your coach (with Tom Reader or Helen Pordage) to see which events you may wish to enter. Entry Form: Entry Form Level 4 – your coach MUST sign off your entry form. All entries must be submitted by Wednesday 14/10/15.
Entry fees are £2 an event, up to a maximum of £5 per swimmer.