It’s fantastic to welcome a great number of new faces this year as well as see a lot of our existing members back in the pool! We hope that you and your families are enjoying being part of the Dickson Swim Club community. If you are not on our mailing list, please subscribe by sending us an email on dicksonswimclub@gmail.com, or post us a message in a reply box below.
Now that we’re a few weekends into the season, it’s the perfect opportunity to share a few notices and reminders.
Last Sessions for 2024:
- SUNDAY final session will be on Sunday, 15 December from 9:45am for warm-ups, followed by training. The focus for this season will be water safety. Children are encouraged to wear spare clothes on the top of their regular swimmers. It will be fun!
- FRIDAY night PBs final session will be on Friday, 20 December from 6.00pm.
Back to the Pool in 2025:
- SUNDAY training sessions will resume on Sunday, 12 January.
- FRIDAY night PBs will resume on Friday, 17 January.
Membership Registration and Fees. Please register your family and pay fees for your children ASAP. These registrations are critical for our and your insurance, enable us to run as a club, and are essential for our housekeeping and volunteer training. Please take a moment to follow the instructions provided in our previous post. Please talk to Mandy, Tony or Adam if you need support.
We are always on the lookout for Instructors and Assistants. Whether you would like to join the coaching team or simply patrol the sidelines and help keep the busy lanes under control, we always welcome some assistance. The club will pay for volunteers to attend a nationally recognised training course and – should you wish to – gain accreditation. Please speak to our head coach Shaun or one of the DSC Committee members if you are interested.
Friday Night PBs (Personal Bests). Please join us every Friday night at 6pm for swimming timed 50m laps. We use the last two lanes of the pool and with some parent volunteers on the stop watches, we want all our children to challenge themselves to complete as many laps as they can in any stroke. It doesn’t matter if you take 30 seconds or 3 minutes. With more laps comes more improvement. It is amazing to see and feel! We celebrate the end of season with a certificate issued to each Friday night swimmer as a record of their effort. Usually, we also give something special to those with the most laps. Also this season, Dickson Pool is running Lap Legends – we encourage you all to register.
Black Friday Sale of Club T-Shirts and Hoodies. We are heavily discounting most of our remaining stock. Get some great deals on smaller size items. Every print is handmade by our current or former volunteers and absolutely unique. Please feel free to browse on Sunday morning next to the pancake table.
DON’T FORGET: Before you wash for the first time you need to set the print by ironing over baking paper, brown paper bag or similar for 3-5 minutes.
Weather. Swim club sessions go ahead rain, hail or shine – unless the pool is closed, e.g. due to lightning. Any other cancellations are notified by email in advance.
See you poolside!