Swimming

admin on May 12th, 2009

3 weeks now and Amanda is progressing well. getting better balance using arms and a lot of confidence, Need to work on her lateral flotation. Early days but good signs so far. My old swimming mate Arnold has joined me as a helper, great timing, he is looking after Claire along with our E Sutton […]

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admin on May 12th, 2009

Disappointed with my time on the 50m breastroke and was beaten into second (42.83) but won the 100m free- first win ever in that discipline 1:23:37 (OK but not a PB) but had a great race in the 100m breastroke against the guy that beat me earlier. I pipped him by 0.5 sec still a […]

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admin on April 22nd, 2009

I have been helping at the Maidstone SC for the Disabled for a couple of years now but this week I was faced with my biggest challenge. This a young lady who has both legs amputated above the knee and has been housebound until now. She wanted to swim again. I sought advice on how […]

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admin on March 16th, 2009

Since joining Maidstone SC my training has intensified considerably and hopefully I am going faster. After best ever results in South East Long Course this year in February I have my sights on teh nationals in Sheffield in October. In the meantime I am keeping fit and enjoying my swimming.

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