COVID-19 Temporary Suspension
Ian Hall • March 22, 2020
Stay Safe
Following the news today that the Government is to close all schools, and after receiving advice from Swim England, the club will not be running for the next two Monday sessions, i.e.: the 23rd and 30th of March. This would mean, following the Easter break, that the first session back will be Monday 20th April. However, we will keep this under review in line with on-going events and you will be advised accordingly.
The last session of this term would have been the evening that our swimmers would have received their awards from this term… there is a mighty pile to give out again, due to their hard work. We shall give these out at the earliest opportunity when we come back.
Over the Easter holidays we will update our timetables for the next term. Please look out for this information as members could have different lesson times, stages and coaches.
In addition, we recently sent out an email regarding our participation in this year’s Stone Carnival. We have been informed that the carnival is being postponed until some point towards the end of the year so we will update everyone in due course.
We hope that everyone stays safe and will be ready to start afresh when we return.
SADSC News
SADSC - Newcastle friendly gala
A quick review of what the club did this year.
Gala 2023 Results
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
Return to swim information April 2021 for SADSC
News on SADSC launch of its new merchandising line
SADSC Welcome new committee member and coach volunteer
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
As everyone knows, SADSC is volunteer run. Our volunteers give up a few hours of their spare time in the week to coach because of the love of it. We would love to get TWO more coaches involved but… before you stop reading here(!) I would ask you to keep reading so you understand our situation…. SADSC currently have 5 coaches and we are extremely lucky to have 3 extremely well qualified coaches that other clubs would be very envious of. However, 5 coaches are the absolute minimum that we can effectively operate with whilst keeping everyone sane. It only takes 1 coach to have to go away with work, or a holiday and it puts a strain on the rest of the staff. We would like to dispel a few preconceptions that people might have: • I don’t know if I can spare the time, what with work and everything I have to do It is 1 or 2 hours of your time on a Monday evening and if you are already here watching your child then no time is lost. • I have never coached before It is not a problem; we all started that way. You can just come poolside, watch with a coach and take part to gain experience. • Will I have to get qualified? At some point we would encourage this, but it does not have to be straight away. It is a professional qualification, which isn’t a bad thing to have. • Will it cost me anything? No. You are committing a bit of time to ensure the future of the club, the club will pay for this training in return. • I wasn’t very good at swimming so won’t make a good coach There are plenty of awesome coaches out there that never did much swimming themselves. In many ways it’s the most satisfying 2 hours of the week - to feel like you are helping with a child’s progression. Personally, I find it a great way to switch off from a busy work life and concentrate on something that is a great personal interest. If you can spare an hour or two, please let us know.
