Land Training Sessions

are due to start on November 11^th. Sessions for swimmers aged 14yrs and above will be held in the Evolve Fitness Studio on Sundays from 5-6pm. Training on the use of gym equipment will be given.  

Limited places are available – put your name on the list on the notice board if you want to take part in these sessions. There will be 6 sessions before Christmas and a fee of £14 will be payable before 7^th November. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis – so you must have your name on the list. Payment can be made to Ann Mercer on Wednesdays, either by cheque or cash.

For swimmers aged 9-13yrs, sessions will be held in the Evolve Exercise Studio from    4-5pm on Sundays.

Circuit training will be on offer using the extensive range of equipment available such as body barz, exertubes, step, light dumbbells.

Two taster sessions will take place for swimmers aged under 14yrs. Details are on the notice board. Again, places are limited so please sign up today!

Circuit training for swimmers aged 11-13yrs (must be at senior school) will commence on 11^th November. Sessions will alternate between the two age groups. The 9-11yrs (& attending junior school) will therefore have their first session on 18^th November. The next session on the 25^th November will revert to the 11-13yrs age group. The final session will be on 16^th December.  This means that there will be 3 sessions for each age group before the Christmas break.

The cost for 3 sessions will be £7 and fees are payable in advance to Ann Mercer. Fees should be paid by 7^th November.

Please sign the list if you wish to take part in these sessions. There are limited spaces available so you must sign up to one of the 15 places for your age group if you want to attend.

All sessions will be led by Tessa Harrison, a Sports Science Graduate. 

LSC has been working with Friary Grange Sports Centre to provide an exciting new approach to the provision of Land Training and we look forward to our swimmers enjoying the new sessions

Congratulations to Emily Fowler-Parkes who recently won a silver medal in the 100m sprint at the “Wenlock Olympian games”.  Competitors came from the Midlands, Wolverhampton

and the Welsh Borders. Emily also achieved a PB despite running in the pouring rain!

Two Child Protection Courses are being held on 6^th December from 6.30-9.30pm at Belgrave Sports centre in Tamworth and 15^th January 6.30-9.30pm at King Edwards Sports centre in Lichfield. LSC takes the safety and welfare of its swimmers seriously and all poolside helpers, members of the coaching team, newly qualified teachers, chaperones, officials, etc are encouraged and required to undertake appropriate training. If you have not yet attended a course, but help in one of these roles, please speak to Nick (who runs the club shop on Wednesdays) to enrol on one of these courses. Course fees are paid for by the club.

We also need more officials - if you are interested in finding out more please speak to Lesley. Without officials we will be unable to run galas.

The Annual Presentation Evening is being held on 5^th January at the Snowdome in Tamworth. This year swimmers and their families will be able to enjoy skating together followed by a buffet and the presentation of trophies.

Further details will be circulated soon.

A Swimmer of the Gala Trophy will be awarded at the end galas. The swimmer will be selected by the coaching team based on such things as commitment, PBs, attitude & contribution to the team.

Yessss! The motivation and positive thinking workshop on 28^th September was a fantastic success with a full audience and standing room only! We hope you all enjoyed the presentation and more importantly went away feeling it had been a worthwhile experience.

The speaker, David Hyner, did not charge for the workshop; however he requested that the club make a donation to his preferred charity.

To raise funds, swimmers will take part in a sponsored swim on 7^th November. Sponsorship forms will be circulated to all swimmers. We will also hold raffles at the next few home galas, with all monies raised going to David’s charity.

If you would like to receive notices, newsletters, etc by email

please send your details and email address to the club’s address at lichfieldswimmingclub@hotmail.co.uk and we will add it to our list. We are hoping to update our records to include email addresses so that correspondence can be sent electronically to as many members as possible.

Unfortunately, the Relay Gala on 3^rd November is no longer a fixture this year.

Finally – we are looking for more committee members. We also need someone to audit the club’s accounts as Mr Jeacock, who for more than 20 years has given his services to the club, will no longer be able to carry out this task.