Paul McKillop was awarded his 25 metre badge on 8th January 2010 – the first badge of the new year. Congratulations Paul!

The following annual club trophy and certificates were awarded at the Christmas party on 11th December 2009.

Kevin Whitmore Trophy (Junior Achievement): Thomas Slater.

Colin Bunn Trophy (Senior Achievement): Marie Clarke.

Fundraiser of the Year Certificate: Lillian Neil.

Long Service Awards: Mandy Younger, Peter Carey and Barbara Lanwarne.

Well done everyone!

Wishing all our members a Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year. The swimming club reopens again on Friday 8th January 2010 at our usual time of 6pm.

Following fears that our time slot would change after Christmas, the Council have held a meeting and decided that our time slot will remain the same. The article below was in the Nuneaton News on Monday 7th December 2009. Many thanks to everyone who helped make this happen! Click on the image to view the article full size.

The pool will be closed on 18th December and therefore the Christmas party will be on the 11th. If anyone can sell raffle tickets or donate prizes for the raffle – we only have one week left!

The pool has informed us that after Christmas our time will be 7.00pm until 8.00pm. This is too late for many of our younger members and several parents have already phoned the council to complain. If this affects any of you as members you make want to take some action yourselves. We also need you to come to sessions so that we can let everyone know how many people use the club.

Well done to Elle-May Dempsey who got her 100 metre badge on 27th November and Robert Burr who got a special certificate for swimming 2 metres all on his own (underwater, but on his own!)

Two assistant teachers joined us for the first time, also on the 27th. Sue Smith and Karen Whinmill have helped many children to learn to swim at Exhall Grange. If they can spare the time to come on a regular basis, more of our swimmers will get a proper lesson or coaching.

Lily Neil has raised another £15.20 for club funds. They must be very good cakes! Archie Neil completed his 200 metre badge on 23rd October 2009. Well done to you both.

Lillian Neil has raised almost £20 for club funds by holding cake sales at her school. She celebrated by swimming 200 metres for her badge on 16th October. Double congratulations Lillian!

Congratulations to Jadene Ellis who gained her 25 metre badge on 4th September. Well done Jadene, keep up the good work!

A record 14 members have entered the Hinckley Gala on 3rd October. If there are any further entries, please let Sheila know as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Daniel Hodge got his badge and certificate for swimming 10m on 24th July. Congratulations!

We said a sad farewell to Peter Wolffsohn and his family as they are moving to Birmingham. We wish them all well and they have promised to try to come back and see us.

The club will continue to operate throughout the holidays, although there may be fewer committee members than usual for some weeks. Please be patient if you need equipment or help.

Chris Lanwarne has produced a newsletter as we have quite a few new members. A copy of the newsletter should be available to read on the website soon.