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Tuesday Apr 15, 2008

The school holidays

Club has been incredibly quiet for the past couple of weeks due to a lot of children taking a break with parents/ carers over the Easter Break.

For us volunteers it has been quite nice as we have have been able to focus on the newer recruits to the club. It is a real joy to watch confidences growing, friendships being built and a pride in being part of a team.

At the official Easter break we had been able to have the inflatable and all the children had received an easter egg each. Unfortunately we have not been able to do anything out of the ordinary with the children this time round.

I am still continuing with my small group of girls. They are consistently trying to swim less with me but know that I am generally fair. One little girl this week got out early. She had felt sick and had taken a rest, she then said she felt better and wanted to get back in the water. As she continued swimming I could see her turning green around the gills. (No pun intended). I then advised her to get out, she was a little apprehensive at first, which she did. She then went on to tell me that she had been out all day and had attended a sleepover the night before. Resulting in her going to sleep at 3am. The poor girl was knackered!!!

What was nice though is when the rest of the group noticed her leaving they asked her if she was okay. I hope I will see her this week as she brings a real team spirit together for the girls. Also a great motivator!! She is technically not a great swimmer but has a willingness to try anything.

Quick Update

I had said previously the club were struggling to recruit. Amazingly a slot came up at my sons school for local sports clubs to promote themselves. I told the founders of the club and they managed to get some flyers together and a table in the school hall. The flyers left over were distributed out with some of the mums and were being delivered to other local schools. Fingers crossed we will get some new recruits!

Posted by Louise ( 8:42 AM )
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