On 13th June there were 50m timed swims for the squad lanes. Congratulations to the following swimmers on achieving personal best times

50m freestyle         Beth Evans, Kieran Kazimirow 

50m backstroke     Josh Bailey, Lainey Milligan,  Amos McGrattan,  Josiah Patterson,  Chloe Lawrence, Faith Bevan

50m breaststroke    Beth Evans,  Lainey Miligan, Sam Lamb, Amos McGrattan, Josiah Patterson, Adela Witman,  Kieran Kazimirow 

50m Butterfly      Josh Bailey,  Beth Evans,  Lainey Milligan 

Adam Gardner swam a personal best time for 25m freestyle. 

Welcome back to the pool to Marie Clarke. 

Sheila

Please see below, information for the Dudley Olympics Swimming Gala, on Saturday 16th August 2025. First race at 2pm and finish time approximately 6pm.

There are 25m and 50m races for the four strokes to choose from. Entry forms are on the poolside noticeboard. Forms with £8 entry fee to Sheila please. The closing date is 30th June.

Sheila

Congratulations to Adela Witman and Lainey Milligan who have completed their National Plan Stage 5 and also Beth Evans and Chloe Lawrence who have completed Stage 7. Lainey and Beth have also improved their 100m freestyle best times.

Welcome to Claire Milligan, our newest volunteer. 

Thank you to Leah Whitlam who has very kindly donated 6 lime green noodles to our club.

Don’t forget to pick up your gala entry forms from poolside or download them.

Sheila

Congratulations to Lacey Conlon and Ralphie Palmer who completed their National Plan Stage 3 on 30th May. 

Entry forms for our gala are here and also on poolside.

Sheila

Updated Swimmer Speed Rankings May 2025.

A memorable night for all the wrong reasons.

Gurvinder dislocated his knee on poolside. Immediate help from everyone  in particular Hayley, Sally-Anne, Phoebe,and pool staff Brad and Connor made sure that there was no further damage. With no prospect of an ambulance for a few hours his family took him to A & E. He was treated fairly quickly and his grandad Kuldip reports that he was home last night with just some swelling. Kuldip sends his sincere thanks to everyone. 

Thank you for the multiple emails in reference to parking on 4^th May

We can only apologise on behalf of Gemini who have made these errors. We have instructed that all tickets issue on that date be cancelled. 

This means there is no action required from anyone that has receives or goes on to receive a parking ticket from that date.

There is no need to send on any further tickets.

Should you receive any more, please feel free to share this message:

Due to an error by our parking operator Gemini parking solutions, some visitors received parking tickets in error when visiting The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee centre on 4^th May 2025. 

Rest assured all such tickets will be cancelled, and no action is required by you. Please do no pay the ticket. 

It can take around 72hrs for this to be actioned by Gemini. After this time, should anyone wish to, the status of the ticket can be checked on Geminis website by typing the PCN in the Pay Now section on their website, and it will show these details do not match our records once the cancelation has been actioned. 

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this has caused and can assure you the ticket will be cancelled. 

Many thanks

Nicola Wood

Partnership Manager

Rugby

Bedworth Leisure Centre

From Monday 2nd June, we are having essential works done that will affect our car park access for approximately 3 weeks.

The car park will be single-lane access during the day, managed by a traffic marshal. Adult & child bays will be unavailable during this time.

The centre remains open as normal – please allow extra time for parking.

Thanks for your patience and understanding during this time.

URGENT – TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE RUGBY GAMES.

If anyone gets a £100 parking charge, please DON’T PAY IT and let Sheila know. Instructions should follow on Tuesday 27/05. Thank you.

EDIT : Please send copies of the paperwork to Sheila, who will forward them to the organiser to get them cancelled.

Results from Rugby Games are attached.

Sam Lamb has been missed off  Event 3. He has a 3rd place plaque to come.

Jo Patterson was sent off on 47 secs instead of 67 in Event 16 so his net time should be 68.38.

Many congratulations to the following swimmers who beat their entry times by more than 15%. You will all get a super fast swimmer certificate for your efforts.

25m Breaststroke     Amos Mc Grattan

25m Freestyle            Ralhie Palmer, Jo Patterson, and Matthew Lewis

50m Freestyle            Ralphie Palmer and Jo Patterson

I am still trying to get the results from the NASCH gala. We still do no have funding for pool hire for our gala. I will continue to try but we may have to pay for it ourselves this year. 

Welcome to Dominic Patterson (Josiah’s father) who has signed up as a helper. Many thanks.

Sheila