Date: 28/06/10
Summer Trips!
This year we are planning two Summer trips - a trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Wednesday 11th August and M&Ds on Sunday 15th August.
Below are links to the relevant information as sent out by Irene.
If you wish to go on the trips, let Irene know by email, she is going on holiday on Wednesday but will acknowledge all emails on her return.
Blackpool Trip Details M&D Trip Details
Date: 18/06/10
FIRST Logo Competition
Attention
all budding artists and designers!
F.I.R.S.T.
need a logo.
This
will be used on all team clothing, caps and banners and will become
recognised throughout the world of swimming.
This
is where you come in. Design a new logo for F.I.R.S.T. It should be
submitted on A4 paper and can be drawn or designed or computer
generated. The team colour is royal blue and any design should take
this into account.
You
can submit as many designs as you wish and each entry will cost
£1.00. The prize will be seeing your design on the club clothing
and banners displayed at galas.
Entries
should be submitted to your club desk together with entry fee of
£1.00 by 31 July 2010.
Entries
will be displayed to both member clubs where swimmers will be able to
vote for their favourite design. The top designs will then be
displayed to the current F.I.R.S.T. squad who will select the overall
winner.
Date: 08/06/10
Falkirk High School
You will have seen from my previous email that parents are no longer allowed poolside at Falkirk High. We have managed to get an area for parents to wait and where the club desk will be for parents to pay monies owed. We have access to the main social area in the school.
When you get to the changing area swimmers go left to the changing rooms.
Parents turn right and follow the windows alongside the courtyard. You can't miss the large social area on your right.
Regards
Irene
Date: 08/06/10
Coach Changes
You may or may not have heard, but Steve Lardner has stepped down as a coach at Otters due to work and family commitments. Tonight, as discussed at previous committee meetings, Fraser Neilson has joined our coaching team. Fraser swam for Falkirk Otters for over 6 years and left the FIRST squad just over a year ago. He has a Level 1 coaching badge and a lifesaving qualification. In order to settle in he will coach at FHS on a Monday 6-7pm and at St Mungos on a Tuesday 6-8pm.
I am sure he will be a welcome addition to the team.
Regards
Irene
Date: 03/06/10
Spectating at Falkirk High SchoolHi folks,
We have been told tonight that parents are no longer allowed to sit poolside at Falkirk high. This is outwith our control and we apologise for any convenience. We will set up the club desk in the corridor and will try to access a room for parents to wait in if required. I will inform you when we have further information.
Regards
Irene Campbell
Date: 30/05/10
Training at Falkirk HS and St Mungos HS
Hi All,
Can I clarify that we do not get access to either of these buildings until 6.00pm. This includes entry to changing rooms. Can I ask that swimmers are not dropped off until just before six o'clock and that parents know the coach is present before leaving.
We have had reports of " boisterous" behaviour in the building before gaining access to the changing rooms and the lifeguard at St Mungos has had to reprimand swimmers recently. We are extremely fortunate to have such excellent pool time and we do not want to do anything to jeopardise this.
We would appreciate your support in this matter.
Regards
Irene Campbell
President
Falkirk Otter ASC
Date: 30/05/10
SASA Raffle Tickets
Hi Everyone,
By now nearly all swimmers should have recieved their SASA Raffle
tickets. This is a fantastic opportunity to fund raise. The club keep
half of the ticket money and the other half goes to SASA . Pease sell
as many as possible, there are more tickets available if needed. Ticket
stubs , money and any unsold tickets should be returned to a committee
member by 14th June. Good luck and thankyou for your continued
support.
Morag
Date: 14/05/10
SpeedBadge Time Trials Sunday 23rd MayPlease note that there will be SpeedBadge Time Trials on Sunday 23rd May at Grangemouth Sports Complex.
Squads should attend at normal times and D1 and D3 Squads should also attend from 7:00pm.
As always help from Parents for timekeeping would be much appreciated!
LAST UPDATE: 28/04/10
Squad Training Times
Due
to capacity issues on a Sunday night we have made a few changes to
the squad times and nights to relieve some pressure on Sunday
night:-
DV3 Squad
Has moved from Sunday 7-8pm Grangemouth Complex to Wednesday
7-8pm at Falkirk High School - already began.
DV1
Squad
Will move from Sunday
7-8pm at Grangemouth Complex to Tuesday 6-7pm St Mungos High School
(note: there is no spectating at St Mungos High School) - Effective
from Tuesday 4th May 2010.
Bronze
Squad
will move from Sunday
8-9pm to Sunday 7-8pm at Grangemouth Sports Complex - Effective from
Sunday 9th May 2010.
I am
sorry if this causes any inconvenience but we need to ensure that all of the
kids gets enough space to train.
Thanks
Diane Bunyan
DATE: 21/04/10
2010 FIRST Junior Summer
Development Camp - UPDATE
Hi all
All Falkirk spaces on the Camp have now been filled. I have started a reserve list, so if there is anyone who is still interested, I can put you on the reserve list, however there is no guarantee of getting a space.
Regards
Lesley
DATE: 20/04/10
2010 FIRST Junior Summer
Development Camp
The 2010 FIRST Junior Summer
Development Camp for Bo'ness and Falkirk Otter ASC will be held over 3
days from Thursday 1st July to Saturday 3rd July 2010 at Grangemouth High School from 10.30am to 3.30pm each day.
There will be 2 x 1hr pool sessions, 1 x 1hr land training and 1 x
1hr theory /lecture.
For those attending, please ensure that
participants have the correct clothing/footwear for land training and
sufficient costumes and towels for all the pool sessions.
There will be exhibition swims from
performance Scottish swimmer(s), as in previous years. They will also
have a chat with the squad and show them how good they can become at
swimming. There will be water, nutrigrain bars and fruit provided for
each swimmer as a snack, but please ensure that swimmers have
sufficient and proper nutritious food for lunch break each day,
if you are unsure please ask your coach what food to bring.
The cost of the camp will be £40 per
person with spaces for 20 swimmers from each club. Where one club
does not have full up take of spaces allocated ,these spaces will be
made available to the other club.
The camp is open to Gold, Silver and
Bronze in the first instance then those in the development squads
that head coaches feel are capable of attending will be offered a
place spaces permitting.
This year there will be a memento gift
for those attending the camp.
Names and payment to be given to Lesley
on Monday nights .
If you have any questions please email
me.
Thanks Morag
DATE: 15/05/10
Nutrition Talk
Hi Folks
There is a nutrition talk with a rep from Lucozade on Monday 19th
April 2010 7.00 -8.00pm at Falkirk High School. It is aimed at sport in
general and if any parents from the club wish to attend they would be
most welcome. It should help parents to understand what kids should eat
and drink before, during and after training and competition.
Regards
Irene Campbell
DATE: 30/03/10
School Lockers
Dear Parents,
I received a complaint from the janitor this evening about the lockers and the
cord in the disabled toilets. The lockers are locked by number combination. A
select number of swimmers are unfortunately entering random combinations and
leaving the lockers locked. Last Tuesday morning the janitor had to try and
unlock 42 of the lockers in the boys changing room. This is unacceptable and
may jeopardise our extensive pool time at Falkirk High School as it is causing
issues for the P.E staff in the morning. Furthermore, the cord in the boys
disabled toilet is being activated on a regular bases which sets an alarm of in
the reception.
I would like to ask you if you could make your child aware of the janitors
complaint. I will also speak to the children before the next session at Falkirk
High School.
Regards,
Sarah
DATE: 24/02/10
2010 Membership Fees
It is that time again for the registration of swimmers who wish to continue membership of the club. We are required to register the swimmer’s names with SASA by the end of March 2009. Without membership of the club there is no SASA registration and as such the individual has no SASA number or insurance and the swimmers are therefore ineligible to participate in club or Gala meetings. It has been agreed that the annual membership charges for this year will be £65 for single Membership and £120 for Family membership.
As you are aware this club is self-funding and we depend on the receipt of all the membership fees to assist with and enable payments for pool facilities, licenses and insurances to the various regulatory bodies.
We would therefore appreciate if all swimmers still wishing to continue membership of the club could pay their membership fee prior to the 15th March 2009. Payment can be made on a Sunday or Monday night training sessions to a member of the committee and a receipt will be issued.
This year all membership RENEWALS will entitle the swimmer to a 'Falkirk Otter ASC' Speedo Towel. Please ask the committee member taking your membership payments for this unique offer.
Thanking you for your continued support of the Falkirk Otter ASC.
The Committee
Fee’s are: - £65 Single Swimmer Membership
£120 Family Membership
DATE: 22/02/10
FIRST NEWSLETTER
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DATE: 22/02/10
Falkirk Otter Mini-Meet and FIRST Gala
As most of you will be aware our annual meets take place on April 24th and April 25th at Larkhall. This is our major fundraising event of the year and we are looking for support with the following...
We need to provide Technical Officials on both days, especially on Sunday for the FIRST Gala.
Any club timekeepers or judges, your help would be greatly appreciated.For those looking for signatures, there is an opportunity at both meets to get relay take over signatures which can be difficult to get!
Could you let me know if you are able to help, on either day ?
There is an opportunity to sponsor races at the Mini Meet on Saturday 24th at £10 per race.
Your name will appear on the programme as the race sponsor! There is also an opportunity to take out an advert in the programme at a cost of £25 per half page and £50 per full page.
If you have your own business or know of any businesses who would be interested adverts must be with me electronically by Monday 19th April at the latest.
It would be good to have sponsor for the gala itself , so again if you know of any companies that would be willing to sponsor the gala we are keen to talk.
As always we are looking for donations for the Tombola. These can be handed in to the club desk on a Monday night or to any committee member.
Thanks for your continued support.
Irene Campbell
DATE: 20/01/10
Changing Rooms at Falkirk High School
It was
pointed out again tonight that swimmers continue to leave
belongings/clothing in the cubicles instead of placing them in lockers
or taking them poolside. This creates real problems at the change over
of sessions when there is nowhere for swimmers to get changed and they
have to wait for one of the few cubicles left to become available.
Can I ask that NO belongings are left in cubicles and this will be monitored over the next few weeks.
If everyone adheres to this then there will be a cubicle for everyone as and when they need it.
I would appreciate your support with this as it is very frustrating for people waiting to get changed.
Regards
Irene Campbell
President
Falkirk Otter ASC
DATE: 20/01/10
Monday Night Land Training at Falkirk High School...
