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Autumn 2019 Round up
Ian Hall • Dec 17, 2019
Thanks for supporting us thus far
With the end of our Autumn term we would like to recap on the achievements and changes in the club over these past 4 months. This term really was a sea of change from the old swim school to the new swimming club and has brought about a great many of changes, some you will have seen poolside and many that have happened behind the scenes.
Back in July, the club literally was an hour away from closing. We were faced with half of our teaching staff leaving, all of our lower stages having to be taught elsewhere, our traditional Saturday sessions being taken away from us and half the committee retiring. With some new recruits and a huge positive attitude from those remaining to bring change we decided to carry on.
We took a deep breath in September not knowing the response we were going to get with the new look club, but we have been overwhelmed with the response - increasing our member base, seeing our swimmers progress amazingly well and feeling the positive vibe poolside. Don’t forget, everyone making these changes is a volunteer and they do this in their spare time.
Our list of our achievements this term include:
• Introduction of Swim Management Software
• Moving from paper based to electronic systems
• Online and Credit Card payments
• New Website
• Dedicated SADSC emails
• Introduction of Swim England Club Levels
• Joining the North Staffs Swim Network
• Achieving Swim Mark Accreditation
• Introduction of House Points System
• Introduction of Challenge Awards
• Introduction of Speed Awards
• Overhauling the Club Constitution
• Implementing Wavepower policies
• Giving out badges
• Increasing our membership
• Partnering up with Proswimwear
• Providing SADSC merchandise
We would like to thank everybody for supporting the club and we hope you will continue to do so for years to come.
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Stone and District Swimming Club is raising money for 3 great local causes as part of the virtual Stone Carnival.
Stone and District Swimming club are raising money for local good causes as part of the virtual Stone Festival 2021
We cordially invite everyone to our awards evening on Saturday 28th March at ‘The Crossing’ community centre, in Stone. The event is an annual social and fundraising evening where we present our club trophies to various members. This year will be slightly different (you’re probably getting used to things being slightly different by now), in that we will have some categories to present that are not our usual ‘gala’ trophies. This is to make the awards more inclusive to the club as a whole. For those that have not been to the awards event before, this is a great, fun evening, with food and music which we hope everyone will come along and support. Tickets are priced at: • Adults, £5 • Children, £4 • Family Ticket (2 Adults and 3 Children) £20
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