Sunday 3rd March 2019

13 swimmers represented Sharks at Doncaster Dartes Mad March Sprints.

Leo had some fantastic swims, placing 1st twice, 3rd, 4th and 5th, in the 5 races he entered. Leo also gain 3 personal best times (pb's).
Giving him a total of 21 points and topping the table in his age group.

Well done Leo.

This years Easter Fun Night will take place on Friday 5th April.
All you need to do, to join in the fun is sign the sheet on the notice board by Monday the 1st of April.
Fun Night is open to all swimmers of South Axholme Shark.

Three swimmers have reached Gala Points reward targets this month.

Congratulations go to :
Kristopher Asher 400 points - blue hat
Joanna Mccallum 300 points - red hat and
Beau Dickerson 50 points - Sharks water bottle.

What are Gala Points?

This is an award scheme run within Sharks, and continues throughout your life as a competing member. Every time you compete as a Sharks, whether it is at May Sprints, Club Champs, Team Galas or an Open Meet you are credited with 5 points, once you reach 50 points you gain your first reward.
50 points = Sharks Water Bottle 300 points = Red 300 Hat
100 points = Purple 100 Hat 400 points = Blue 400 Hat
200 points = Green 200 Hat 500 points = Gold 500 Hat
750 points = paper weight.

Due to extensive work being done to the seating area at Beverley Pool, Beverley Barracudas have taken the difficult decision to cancel the gala due to take place on 17th March 2019.

Full Refunds are being arranged.

The entry forms for all 4 Club Championships forms have been emailed out to all swimmers.
Club Champs 1 - 27th April 2019, closing date - 3rd April,
Club Champs 2 - 15th June 2019, closing date - 22nd May,
Club Champs 3 - 16th November 2019, closing date - 23rd October
Club Champs 4 - 23rd November 2019, closing date - 23rd October

All Club Champs are open to all swimmers of South Axholme Sharks, some events are at the discretion of the Head Coach.
Venue: Gainsborough, West Lindsey Leisure
Entry into these competitions is Age on Day of each Gala.
Entry Fees are £2.50 per event.
No entries will be accepted without the required fees.
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL ACCEPTED
If you have not received your forms or would them re-sending email southaxholmesharks@gmail.com, please speak to any member of the coaching staff or committee if you would like any further information on the Galas.

At the recent Presentation Evening the Junior Life Saving Award was announced, but was presented at Epworth swimming Pool during a Life Saving Session. The Award was presented to Oliver Craighill for his dedication to Life Saving and improvements in training.
WELL DONE OLIVER!
During the Junior Life Saving Session the participants learn the life skills of basic first aid and water safety. They also learn how to rescue someone who might be in need of help by using what they know, have on them and have around them. This can range from shouting and signalling to someone to getting into the water and towing someone to the side. At the moment they are learning about the different kind of ways to help someone out of the water if they need assistance and to know whether they should or shouldn’t get into the water to help someone if it puts their life at risk also. The skills that this group learn are vital as it could one day help to save another person’s life. - Chris Grayson Life Saving coach

The award for Senior Life Saver 2018 goes to Nisha Prabhaker.
WELL DONE NISHA
Nisha has shown long term commitment to the Life Saving group and is now preparing to take her Life Guard exam.
At the Senior Life Saving Club we push the participants to try and achieve their NPLQ qualification for a pool Life Guard. This includes basic and more advanced first aid skills such as how to treat a bleed to how to tell if someone needs CPR and how to administer it. They are also learning and training life Guarding skills such as lifting out an unconscious body as well as using a Rescue Board (spinal board) to help anyone who has a spinal injury. This group at the moment are going through and learning these skills for them to complete their NPLQ qualification for the first time and some are taking part and training to keep their knowledge up to date.- Christopher Grayson Life Saving Coach

We now have the photographs from Presentation evening, and they are fantastic.
A massive thank you to Louise from Louise Prestwich Photography,
for coming along on the evening and doing a great job.
Photos of you, your child will be emailed to you over the next week.

In line with Swim England and the club rules - please do not share on social media unless you have the permission from everyone in the photograph.

The Open Water Award For 2018 Went To Emma Hughes at Presentation Evening.
Emma was a regular at Hatfield over the summer, often completing the 800m loop, twice, during a session. She also encouraged others to join her, some taking to outdoor swimming for the first time.
Well Done Emma!

This weekend marks the start the Spring Yorkshire championships, which will be swum across three weekends. Sharks have swimmers representing the club at all three weekends. Lizzie McCallum and Thomas Crow will swim longer distances during the first two weekends and will be joined by 7 more swimmers for the sprint competition.
Good luck to all taking part.