Trafford Metro swimmers triumph at the British Masters Championships

The Manchester Aquatic Centre hosted this years British Masters Championships last weekend where Trafford Metro dominated. They reinforced their position as one of the top UK clubs for Masters swimming with a medal haul of 25 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronzes.

A full report is available along with the TMBSC results

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New Club Chairman

The TMBSC committee would like to announce the appointment of a new Chairman, Simon Hartland. Simon has a daughter who swims in Junior Squad, is known to many of you and his aim is to improve all aspects of the club for the benefit of the swimmers.
The committee has undergone a number of changes over the previous 6 weeks. Several new appointments have been made and various initiatives have started. These include:
   - Progressing with Swim 21 accreditation
   - Review of all aspects of the club, with priority to our future coaching requirements
There will be further communications and requests for feedback from you, our members. Please keep reviewing the web site as this will be the main area for communication. If you have any immediate concerns, queries or comments please email tmbscreview@sky.com
                                                                                                                             Simon

POINTSCORE

Please note that swimmers should check in by 5.10pm, to enable the heat collation stewards to arrange the heats. Warm up is 5.15pm

A reminder also that parents are not allowed on poolside unless ASA registered & CRB checked.

Please also note that TMBSC staff do not know the swimmers times. These are posted on the notice board and website as soon as they become available.

Central Lancs Junior Jubilee

Well done to the Jubilee Team 2007, a fantastic final Gala and winners of the Jubilee B Final shield - last won in 2003. Thanks to all the swimmers who have supported the club at this competition and to all the parents for their support over the 4 rounds.

Results can be found <here>                                                           Tracie Gorst - Jubilee Coach

Trafford Masters Results

  Trafford Masters had a fabulous competition at the GB long course championships in June 07, results can be found here.
  Jill Jones lead the way with 2 British and 2 European individual records and the mixed 200+ medley team comprising of Steve Harding, Jill Jones, Rachel Barton & Neville Barton also broke the European records for the team swim.
  Trafford achieved 24 gold medals, 7 silver and 11 bronze and came 4th in the overall team competition.
  A huge well done to masters coach Niki Williams, all the masters swimmers and the supporters.

                                                                                                                         Tracie Gorst

Results of the Diddy Gala at Woolston on 17th Feb 07

9-12 yr swimmers, some first time swims from Red/Blue/RS1 swimmers are all very enthusiastic and nervous! with lots of parent support.
Warrington - 76
St Helens - 63
Trafford - 54
Moira

Club Swimmers Photographs by Ray Kearney

FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF RAY KEARNEY TO OUR DISTANCE MEET ON SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, WE ARE NOW PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE. PLEASE VISIT HIS WEBSITE -
http://www.raykearney.co.uk , events page, TMBSC Gala Nov 2006 and then password ‘hartley’

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING. ORDERS WILL NOT BE TAKEN BY THE CLUB. ANY CHILD NOT PHOTOGRAPHED, WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

New Tops for 2006/2007 Season

Fleece - £20, Hoodie - £20, Zip Hoodie - £20, Polo Shirt - £12.50. To place an order for any of the above items please go to the club desk or, call Paula Chandler or Marie Dixon ........................... <Details>

Swim Northwest Newsletter

The first issue of Swim Northwest Newsletter is now available to download from here (in MS Word document) or here (in Acrobat PDF).

Volunteers Required

The club requires volunteers to run the SWIM SHOP on a Sunday evening at the Club Desk. Can you help? Please speak to any of the volunteers at the Club Desk on Fridays or Sundays.

Committee Members Required

Can you support the club?

There are vacancies on the committee due to retirements. We are looking for enthusiastic people who want to be involved and help in the general running of the club. Committee meetings are held every 3rd Monday at 7:30pm. Please speak to the volunteers at the club desk for more information.

For Club information, please contact chief coach:
For Web Site information, please email: - tmbscreview@sky.com