2022-2023 Club Round up

Ian Hall • September 4, 2023

A quick review of what the club did this year.

A big thanks to everyone for supporting us this year. It’s been a great year for the club and we firmly believe we are going from strength to strength.


Some of our highlights were.

·        Krispy Crème doughnuts at Christmas!

·        Another great in-house gala, great atmosphere all around, and amazing effort from the members.

·        Extension of the session times incorporating 15 minutes of Land training before the in-pool session.

·        Fantastic response to our ask for some extra help poolside.

·        Grant from Swim England for the purchase of whiteboards for writing session plans.

·        Grant from Swim England for the purchase of a projector for showing applicable training videos (That’s why your children keep disappearing into the storeroom !!)

·        Our numbers have climbed yet again and we are currently at 95 members. We would love to break the 100 mark!!

·        We came out with one of the highest Staffordshire scores (maybe even the highest) in a recent club survey by Swim England, on how the club is run, and have since been asked to make a quotation that can be used in Swim England’s upcoming governance guidelines to be sent out to all clubs nationally.


As we look forward to the next 12 months, we have some upcoming news for the new 2023 – 2024 session, which is very exciting, but we will keep that under wraps just for a little longer.


Many thanks to everyone for supporting Stone and District Swimming Club.

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