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Monday Feb 25, 2008

The distances some can swim

Last week I had not attended the swimming club I volunteer at. When I caught up with others and asked how things had been I had been told it was tight in numbers. This meaning that there had been very few volunteers. With that in the forefront of my mind I had made sure that my sons swimming gear was packed the night before all ready for Friday!

We had arrived dead on 6pm and I had ushered my son into the changing rooms. All while trying to get him signed in and my shoes and socks off to go poolside. Fortunately I recognised some regular faces and proceeded up to the deep end to take a lane.

I was allocated a small group of five girls. (Between the ages of 8- 12).They had been asked to swim 8 lengths of front crawl. I had joined them when they were halfway through. The group were not too keen to be swimming front crawl and were trying to persuade me to let them change stroke. (No, it was not changed, just the amount cut down).

The group then cut in two after two of the girls approached the next lane to see what was going on. (There was just one boy in this lane and it appeard that he was going to be some diving work). They had joined the next lane and had started to swim back to the deep end. The other girls with me then asked what they were meant to be doing. At this point I was approached by one of the club founders to ask me if I would consider counting the lengths of my group to see what distance badges they could collect.

Awesome work!

I was given two girls in the end. One has been with the club 2+ years and was due to be swimming 32 lengths. The other girl had joined the club last October and had never been asked what sort of distances she could swim. (We have a badge night approx once every 6months). Both of the girls swam 32 lengths in approx 40 minutes. At the end of it they appeared as cool as cucumbers, not even a flush to the cheeks!!

The girls will hopefully collect their badge and certificate within the next two weeks.

More to come....

Next week my son will be attempting 24 lengths and my brother...100!!!! I am hoping that both will succeed. It would be an amazing feat.

Hope to bring you news of how it all went. xx

Posted by Louise ( 9:40 AM )
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