Events this weekend - 22nd -23rd August

This is a reminder that this weekend is our Fundraising and Fun weekend - for everyone, including the small pool swimmers. 

The sponsored badge night is on Saturday evening - Aston's mum has organised balloons, t shirts, drinks etc in Studio 2 and is busy baking as I write! 

Please come along and support Aston in his 1000m challenge, other swimmers attempting their own distances, and the Duchenne Now Charity.

Sunday afternoon are the games on the field - bring any of your games, footballs, cricket, rounders, skipping ropes etc and join in the fun. Get a burger or hot dog from the barbecue and a drink, proceeds again to the charity, or bring a picnic and later (starting at the usual swimming time of 7.00 p.m), join in the games in the pool.

Hope to see as many of you as possible.

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CPISRA World Championships

Emily Anthony has just competed in the CPISRA World Championships representing England in the swimming events .  In the 100m Free she won a bronze medal with a great new personal best time.

  Well done Emily, we are all proud of your achievement.

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Kimberley SC Fun Day and Gala 23rd August

Come and join us on the sports field  for an afternoon of fun and games and bbq, followed in the evening by the fun gala.

Hope to see you there :-)

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Aston Walls Sponsored Swim

Aston Walls is 9 years old and was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2009 after his parents noticed he was struggling to keep up with his friends in the playground. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a severe progressive muscle wasting disease which affects every muscle in the body. Over the last 5 years Aston has gradually lost the ability to walk, lift his arms, and stand. He now uses a wheelchair full time and has to have regular check-ups and treatments for his heart and lungs. There is currently no cure for Duchenne.

Aston has learned to swim at Kimberley Swimming Club and he is the only boy we know of with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who can swim more than just a few metres. Swimming gives Aston freedom and control in water which he no longer enjoys on land and it is also thought that swimming has helped Aston control his breathing (remember breathing is driven by muscular action) Aston is the proud owner of distance swimming badges between 50m and 800m and now he has set his sights on achieving his 1000m swimming badge.

On Saturday 22nd August Aston will take to the water and attempt to swim 1000m and he is looking for sponsorship, and that got us thinking…………...... We know how much our members enjoy swimming and we also know how generous you all are, so we thought we would use the evening of this date to invite as many of you as possible to join in and also complete a sponsored swim and maybe earn a new badge of your own.
All sponsorship monies raised will go to “Duchenne Now” the charity set up to help fund research and clinical trials that we hope will one day help those with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. You can read more about the charity and condition at www.duchennenow.org

If you would like to participate in our sponsored swim please complete the forms at the desk.

Swimming will begin at 6pm on Saturday 22nd August so there will be no normal MAIN pool sessions on that night if the uptake for badges means we need the full 2 hours

Please let us know what distance badges you are aiming for so that we can give you a start time if necessary.

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Kimberley Swimmers at the ASA National Championships

Kimberley and Nova swimmers, Matthew Shipley. Joseph Kingsland and Mollie Wright have all recently competed at the ASA National Championships.

Joseph competed in the 400m I/M and came 16th Overall with a p.b,  Matthew competed in the 200m Back (15th), 200m Free (14th)  200m I/M (12th) and reserve finalist and 100m Free (18th) with 3 out of the four events p.bs and Mollie swam the 200m free coming 9th in the final and the 400m free, finishing 3rd and the bronze medal.

Mollie also competed in the ASA British Championships coming 3rd in the 800m Free in the 17/18yr old age group.

Well done to all.

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August Birthdays

Birthday wishes for August go to:

Emily Bettridge, Kian & Connie Bunhejee, Joseph Clavin, Alex Cooke, Isabella Daley, Georgia Ellis, Kelcie Enever, Faye Everall, Thomas Foley, Beau Furness, Jack Green, Niall Hill, Huewin Howell, Ellie Knowles, Hannah Lakritz, Mani Mahmoudi, Will Moore, Amelia Morar-Sedgwick, Chantelle & Ethan Nelson, Charlie O’Malley, Benjamin Payne, Aaron Roche, William Rostance, Robert Smith, Louisa Staley, Dylan Wharton and Ben Wigglesworth.

The Over 18’s are Rebecca Barsby, David Kingsland, Claire & Nicola Mowberry, Phil Rea, Danny  Stirland, Rachel Swinburne and Amber Williamson.