The Postal Swim organised by the DDSF will take place at Victoria Leisure Centre, Manners Road, Ilkeston DE7 8AT on Saturday 25th February.
Meet in the cafe at 15:00 for a short meeting to decide on who goes in which lane, the pool is available from 15:15 and the timed swim will start at 15:30 and end at 16:30. The Leisure Centre has recently been upgraded and I am told has all necessary facilities for disabled swimmers. Please let me know if you have any special requirements.
In addition to officials we also need a spotter for each swimmer to count the number of lengths each swimmer has completed, so we would like parents to help, but you are not allowed to count for your own child.
The cost is £3.75 per person, please make all cheques or postal orders payable to BLDSA and send them to me along with your entry form as soon as possible. We can take no more than 24 swimmers and possibly less depending on peoples disabilities.
For those who have not taken part in the Postal Swim before, the aim is to swim as far as you can, in a pool near you, in one hour.
Every entrant receives a cloth badge as a souvenir of the event with medals are awarded as detailed below.
The British Long Distance Swimming Association (BLDSA) welcomes participation by everyone, whether or not you are a member of a club, young or old, male or female, this is what the swim is all about. We all like to set ourselves goals and see how we compare with other like minded people. You do NOT have to swim for an hour, just as far as you can. This is your chance to pit yourself against your personal best distance swum in an hour or set yourself a target to go for next year. We also take great pleasure in welcoming disabled swimmers to participate in the event. Disabled swimmers are divided into one of the following three categories to define the degree of their disability:
If you or anyone connected with your club want to take part please supply the following information:-
First Name, Surname Male/Female Age on 1st January 2012 Disability (if appropriate):- H1 or H2 or H3
H1 Those with a predominantly physical disability
H2 Those who spend most of their time in a wheelchair
H3 Those with a non-physical disability
If you want further information this can be obtained from the BLDSA web site www.bldsa.org.uk
If you want to make this a sponsored event for your favourite charity please tell me which charity you want to support.
Sally Fisher
Secretary - Derbyshire Disability Swimming Forum
Meet in the cafe at 15:00 for a short meeting to decide on who goes in which lane, the pool is available from 15:15 and the timed swim will start at 15:30 and end at 16:30. The Leisure Centre has recently been upgraded and I am told has all necessary facilities for disabled swimmers. Please let me know if you have any special requirements.
In addition to officials we also need a spotter for each swimmer to count the number of lengths each swimmer has completed, so we would like parents to help, but you are not allowed to count for your own child.
The cost is £3.75 per person, please make all cheques or postal orders payable to BLDSA and send them to me along with your entry form as soon as possible. We can take no more than 24 swimmers and possibly less depending on peoples disabilities.
For those who have not taken part in the Postal Swim before, the aim is to swim as far as you can, in a pool near you, in one hour.
Every entrant receives a cloth badge as a souvenir of the event with medals are awarded as detailed below.
The British Long Distance Swimming Association (BLDSA) welcomes participation by everyone, whether or not you are a member of a club, young or old, male or female, this is what the swim is all about. We all like to set ourselves goals and see how we compare with other like minded people. You do NOT have to swim for an hour, just as far as you can. This is your chance to pit yourself against your personal best distance swum in an hour or set yourself a target to go for next year. We also take great pleasure in welcoming disabled swimmers to participate in the event. Disabled swimmers are divided into one of the following three categories to define the degree of their disability:
- Ambulant: Those with a predominantly physical disability.
- Wheelchair: Those who spend most of their time in a wheelchair.
- Non-physical: Those with a non-physical disability. (i.e. mental/sensory disability)
If you or anyone connected with your club want to take part please supply the following information:-
First Name, Surname Male/Female Age on 1st January 2012 Disability (if appropriate):- H1 or H2 or H3
H1 Those with a predominantly physical disability
H2 Those who spend most of their time in a wheelchair
H3 Those with a non-physical disability
If you want further information this can be obtained from the BLDSA web site www.bldsa.org.uk
If you want to make this a sponsored event for your favourite charity please tell me which charity you want to support.
Sally Fisher
Secretary - Derbyshire Disability Swimming Forum
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