Aquarius Swimming Club | Caterham : Warlingham : Oxted

ADULT AND CHILD TEACHER WANTED:
Qualified Teacher to Develop ADULT and CHILD Water Activities for children from 4months.

Caterham and Oxted Areas of Surrey.

The Applicant needs to be self employed and able to work without supervision to assist the Aquarius Swimming Club to develop this new venture.

Please write with a CV to info@aquariusswimming.co.uk

SPONSOR AN OPEN WATER SWIM FOR DIABETES UK
This is Hazel Ralph, swimming teacher. Hazel has been teaching for Aquarius Swimming Club since the 1980s and she is a really keen and very good swimmer who loves to take on challenges.

Hazel Ralf training for the Great British Gas Open Water one mile challenge

Here she is training to take part in the Great British Gas Open Water one mile challenge which will be taking place at the Royal Victoria Docks in London on July 3rd. The water will be very cold at between 10–15 degrees centigrade – and she will be wearing a wet suit to help her to stay warm.

Hazel Ralf training for the Great British Gas Open Water one mile challenge

Hazel is swimming to raise money for Diabetes UK, and so if you any want to sponsor her efforts, can you let us know by email and we can pass it on. We can take donations at the Swimming Club, if you put your money into an envelope and mark it 'Hazel Ralph's swim', we can pass it onto her.

UPDATE:

We are delighted to report that Hazel completed her swim and had a wonderful day!

Hazel says:"I did it!! Was a great day. Finish time was 46 min.25 secs. Overall position out of 5,000 was 2,514, 4th in Age Group and 2nd in Age Group and Gender (but do not know how many oldens were swimming). Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and it certainly was a challenge, especially the last 400m where the water was more choppy. Thank you very much for the Club sponsoring me, so far have raised just over £200 for Diabetes UK."

We are so pleased! Anyone wanting to donate please let Aquarius know!

Hazel Ralf training for the Great British Gas Open Water one mile challenge

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification - NPLQ Course

Together with Brighton Swimming Teachers Centre and Caterham School, we are really pleased to say courses are arranged, see the dates below.

To be held at Caterham School Sports Centre, between the hours of 09.00–l8.00, there must be 100% attendance. All applicants must be over 16 years of age.

Summer Holidays: 9-13 August 2010
and 31 August – 4 September 2010

APPLY to Brighton Swimming Teachers Centre, sara@brightonswimmingteacherscentre.com for more information.

The aim of this course is to attain a comprehensive range of life guarding skills, required within a leisure centre facility. Candidates must be able to:

Swim a minimum of 100 metres on their back and front continuously
Swim 50 metres in 60 seconds
Dive to a depth of 2 metres
Swim efficient breaststroke and have some knowledge of sidestroke

The NPLQ course now consists of a Foundation Module and a Site Specific Module, both of which are included in the following course. However if your workplace is somewhere other than the course venue you will be required to do the site specific training for that pool. This would be presented by the Staff Training Manager during your Induction or Staff Training Day at your workplace.The candidates must be 16 years old prior to the commencement of the course. On the day of the exam each candidate needs to bring with them a friend to act as a casualty. The casualty must be able to swim in deep water. This course requires 100% attendance. No refunds will be given either prior to the start or during the course.

If you would like to join this course, please write to info@aquariusswimming.co.uk and we will ask for a cheque for £50 while we hold a space. If you fail to show up for the first day of the course your cheque will be cashed, if you attend, it will be either given back to you, or torn up.

NRASTC – RESCUE TEST FOR TEACHERS OF SWIMMING

One day course – Hurst Green, Surrey
Last Sunday in June 2011 – 09.00hrs to 18.00hrs

A one day course for Teachers and Coaches of Swimming with previous experience in Lifesaving.

For Aquarius Swimming Club teachers and assistant teachers, the cost of this course is £30 for the day, for those who would like to join in and are not teaching for Aquarius there is a fee of £70 for the day’s course.

To enroll, please contact Aquarius Swimming Club at info@aquariusswimming.co.uk with your name, phone number and previous experience.

Bronze Cross and Silver Cross – Open Water Exams

Warm congratulations to swimmers who braved the freezing cold water conditions, goose and duck poo, mud and feathered spectators – who at times became a local hazard so curious they were at these strange people swimming in their lake, wearing clothes and brightly coloured hats.

So congratulations to:

Natasha Bruce, Tessa McRae, Jenny Cannon, Alex Little, Gareth Petit, Claire Stevens, Katherine Stevens, Ellie Mortensen, Ben Nichols, Jamie Price, Natasha Anderson, Mark Barratt, Abigail Skinner, Laura Rush, Alice Findley, Andrew Petit, Connel Binnie, George Noble, Catherine Bamber, Katherine Hamilton, Harriet Flanders, Louise Kidger, Katie Daly, Zoe Bell

Thank you also for braving the water more than twice to be bodies to help one another out. Feedback from the Examiners was that they were very happy at a very good standard.

Lots of thanks to Teachers Amanda Bergs and Charlotte Harmer – who went well beyond the call of duty to support all the swimmers.

Lots of thanks also to Alison Angiolini and Ray Jordan for coming along to be our examiners.

We are really looking for to everyone taking their Distinction exams as this School Year moves on. This really will be our record year.

The Surrey Branch of the RLSS