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Platinum Jubilee Session Changes – Thursday – Sunday

30/05/2022 Written by Ian Marshall

Please find the clubs training schedules for the upcoming bank holidays. There will be no sessions for any of the groups from Thursday-Sunday this weekend. Sessions return to normal Monday 6th June. We will also close all sessions August Bank Holiday weekend (no sessions from 27th-29th August) to give our coaches a well earned rest. We hope you all have a great Jubilee weekend

Seniors Sessions

Junior Performance Squad Sessions

Junior Development Squad Sessions

Gators Sessions

Please Note that Masters Swimming is cancelled over the weekend due to pool closures.

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County Championships 2022

06/02/2022 Written by Ian Marshall

At the end of the third weekend of swimming the Shropshire County Championships have now been completed.

Big thank you to all involved:

Swimmers for the awesome swimming and effort – you all did yourselves proud.
Mike and Rich for working with the swimmers and organising the team.
The Team of Officials from Northgate – without these the event would not have run:
- Justin
- Steve
- Will
- Kerry
- and of course Aunty Jean!

There were some exceptional results from the club across all the weekends, with a highlight being strong showing in the girls 16+ category where we had Grace Goldsmith and Louise Jones finish second and third respectively. Louise produced one of the outstanding swims of the event in breaking a 21 Year Old Record in the 50M Breaststroke by over a second (32.08 smashing the old time of 33.62)

Overall Placings across the championships:

Wrekin College (G64, S52, B36)
Ellesmere (G64, S32, B25)
Northgate (G20, S21, B26)
Oswestry (G13, S19, B29)
Newport (G11, S19, B29)
Wellington (G7, S17, B15)
TASC (G1, S7, B15)
Shrewsbury (G1, S6, B10)

All the results are available here:

Results 2022

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Volunteers Wanted! Help on poolside please

24/01/2022 Written by Ian Marshall

We are always looking for help! We are a charity and only survive by people helping out in many of the roles within the club.

Parents of swimmers – your help would be appreciated on poolside. Every coach or teacher started just like you, with no knowledge of how to teach and watching their children swimming in sessions. The coaches will just as eagerly support you as they do the swimmers. If you enjoy it (which you will), then you can start the qualifications for teaching and coaching and be supported by the club all the way.

We are also in need of help at swimming galas. Without the judges and timekeepers, the events would not happen. Both Justin and Steve below started in exactly the same position as you and are now down on poolside in the middle of the action.

Justin and Steve in action at the County Championships

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Sad Loss of Founder Member

24/01/2022 Written by Ian Marshall

The club are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Malcolm Dent. Malcolm was a very popular member of Northgate in the early days of the club and former club captain. Many of our older members will remember him well.

Message from Malcolm’s Family:

IN MALCOLM’S MEMORY
We sadly lost our fantastic brother Malcolm in November when he had a stroke while at work in Sri Lanka, his funeral was in December in Sussex, but we wanted to help those in Bridgnorth to remember him and his adventurous life.
We are having a celebration of Malcolm’s life with friends past and present at Tasley Village Hall, Church Lane, Tasley Bridgnorth on Saturday 11th June in the afternoon from: 12.45pm-5pm.

We would love any of Malc’s old associates to pop in for a cuppa, beer or glass of wine and some nibbles and share in his memory.
If attending please let D know, who will forward the details.

Look forward to seeing you
Thanks
Rachel and the Dent family

Malcolm looking after everyone (Back middle)
You may spot one of your coaches in this image!

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Bridgnorth Walk Entry May 2nd 2022

16/09/2021 Written by Ian Marshall

After a successful team effort last year, it is time to get registered for 2022! The event is being run on May 2nd 2022 and we are looking to enter an even bigger team this year.

As always, your club needs financial support to help us continue and last year this event raised just under £1000 towards our running costs..

Click on the link below to register for the walk. There is an entrance fee which if you walk for the club, we will be able to refund from the sponsorship you / we raise.

Bridgnorth Lions Sponsored Walk Entry

Steps:

Enter for the event and pay the entry fee using the link
Collect sponsorship details (all your money raised goes straight to the club)
On the day, register at your start point and state how much sponsorship you have raised (you do not need to hand in your sponsorship form)
Complete the walk and feel elated at your achievement
Afterwards, collect your sponsorship together and hand into your club coach, who will hand it to the treasurer.

Super team effort last year by the juniors and seniors alike!