Sponsored Swim Update

On Saturday 24/07/2010 the swimmers who took part in the sponsored swim swam a total of 117,200 metres (according to the list we had at the desk).
Below is a list of the swimmers and their distances swam.

Ellie Poxon
10,000

Lauren Gill
10,000

Emma Clements
10,000

Dana Meads
5,000

Daniel Knowles
5,000

Amie Cheese
5,000

Callum Williamson
5,000

Freya Bexon
5,000

Megan Rea
5,000

Matthew Shaw
5,000

Katie Birch
5,000

Nathan Venn
5,000

Christopher Rudkin
5,000

Greg Brown
4,000

Cameron Halliday
3,000

Beth Lewis
3,000

Ryan Pigott
2,500

Lauren Shipley
2,500

Divya Mohanti
2,500

Ellie Knowles
2,000

Saskia Bexon
2,000

Rachel McIntyre
2,000

Leanne Kinton
2,000

Caladesi Rose
2,000

Megan Littlewood
2,000

Radina Gibb
1,500

Ryan Hickey
1,200

William Francis
1,000

Libby Reddish
1,000

Matthew Brown
1,000

Shiona Hickey
600

Olivia Kinton
600

Emily Giddings
600

Mitchell Unthank
200

In addition to this, Lucy Morgan came for her normal lesson, was persuaded to swim for her 200m badge and eventually completed 2,500 metres!!

Well done to all and thanks to all those that helped with the recording.

Sponsored Swim 24/07/2010

A reminder that this coming Saturday Evening the club will hold the first of its planned charity distance swims. There will be NO IMPROVER SESSIONS IN THE MAIN POOL ON THIS NIGHT AND NO SQUAD SESSION.
If you would like to take part in this event, please pick up a sponsor form from the club desk ,this Wednesday Evening or Saturday Morning.
Any distance can be swum from 20m upwards.
Please only ask friends and family to sponsor you, not strangers.

K.S.C Committee

Great North Swim 13/09/2009

Russel Pink took part in the British Gas Great North Swim at Lake Windermere on Sunday.

Setting the pace, elite swimmers from around the globe including Jo Jackson, were joined by sporting celebrities, Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham MP, GMTV’s resident GP, Dr Hilary Jones, EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell actor Steve McFadden and former 5000m Olympic silver medallist, Sonia O’Sullivan, who travelled to the stunning Lake District National Park shoreline to take part along with a staggering 6000 others!

Russel finished the 1 mile course in water temperatures of 12 degrees ( who said Loughborough was cold!) in a time of 27.07 mins coming in 292nd place overall.

Robin Hood Marathon 13/09/2009

On Sunday, some members of the club took part in the fun run event as part of the Robin Hood Marathon. Gail Colqughoun persuaded some of the club members to join her team of over 50 people to run the event in aid of Kidney Research.

We all met in the Experian Marquee and enjoyed
the hospitalty of the hosts.


before warming up and then 'enduring' the fun run. It was noted that a lot of the kids beat the adults, with even Elvis Presley overtaking Alan on the finishing line!!

An enjoyable day was had by all with a worthy cause benefitting.