Club Championships 2026 begin this weekend
The Club Championships start this weekend the 6th September.
Sunday Morning
Sunday morning training will NOT be held
Sunday Evening
Lessons and Transition is unaffected. There will be no evening pool or gym training for Juggernaut or Development swimmers.
Gala Details - Please, Please, Please read the following.
Details for warm ups, timeline and roles for volunteers are all available here.
Please ensure your child knows which Warm up they are in. If they don't know on the day we may choose option 2 which is no Warm up.
The first warm up will be from 4pm on Sunday. As Brio Customers will be using the changing rooms at this time entry to the changing rooms will be granted 15 minutes before your warm up starts.
If you volunteered to help, we do need you - please check the list (subject to change if people drop out!)
If you are helping set up the pool please be there at 4pm. Please do NOT go onto poolside before 4pm so as not to disturb the lessons.
Withdrawals by 8.30am on Sunday 6th September - if you know you are injured or unwell and cannot swim, or no longer wish to swim this Sunday (or indeed any of the days) please let us know asap. You can withdraw using the "my events" section of Swimming Events up to 8:30am on the day of the gala. After that, please still let us know by emailing wingalateam@gmail.com and we may swim with empty lanes - or may reseed if it takes out a heat. We have reserve swimmers waiting for some races so please let us know.
Please don't just not show up.
Gala Reminders + New Parent and Swimmer Resources
Please read the following to ensure the best Gala for everyone.
- Changing rooms - cubicles should be left clear after use. There are around 30 cubicles and over 150 swimmers so please use the group changing rooms!
- Swimmers should remain on poolside throughout the Gala. If you need to leave for any reason you should let a Marshall know. It is considerably harder to send swimmers up for their races if we are having to search the building for them first - please do not stay in the group changing room.
- Spectators should remain on the balcony and not view from the changing rooms.
- NO phones on poolside (No, Really - it is very tiresome for Team Managers to constantly be reminding swimmers to put their phones away).
- Don't play in or mess with the small pool unless you plan on paying the £100+ hire fee. (Again, very tiresome for the Team Managers to have to keep asking)
- Swimmers and spectators should respect the officials' decisions - which are final. We do not go searching for reasons to disqualify anyone and every decision is verified by multiple people. As disappointing as disqualifications are please consider them a learning experience to find out what mistake you made and how to avoid it in the future.
Raffle Prizes and Second Hand Swim Shop
We will be having a raffle, cake stall and second hand swim shop on the 12th September - if you have any donations for raffle prizes, please give them to Claire or Ciaran Turner or any of the coaches to pass on at any training session or the other Club Champs events. Any donations for the second hand swim shop to Kym Lawson. Cakes, please bring on the 12th.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Michael
