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Written by Iain Henderson |

Christmas Gala 2009

We held our Christmas Gala on Friday the 11th of December 2009, it was well attended and from all accounts - everyone thoroughly enjoyed the night.

As well as the swimming a raffle was held and hot-dogs were served in a good natured club competitive meet.

Thank you

We had a massive response from parents who offered their help - we really appreciate the offer and even if we did not use you on the night, we would still like to say a big big thank you!

Jo Benhajkacom
Julie Donohoe
Margaret Douglas-Griffiths
Paul Gaines
Stefan König
Charlotte Lee
Darren Lewis
Nicky Lewis

Sarah Lewis
Jacqui Mason
Wayne Mason
Graham Wells
Sandra Ross
Barry Simpson
Jennifer Simpson
K Thomas

Sponsors

A really big thank you has to go out to Wayne Mason, who slaved over a hot stove all night to keep the spectators supplied with hot-dogs and good cheer.

A raffle was also held on the evening and between the raffle and the hotdogs, FHS raised over £130, which will go towards funding the inflatable hire for the fun night on the 18th of December.

Coca Cola deserve a special mention for providing the drinks for the evening as well as some extra stocking filler gifts for all of our swimmers on the night.

As soon as I get a list of companies that supported the evening with donations of raffle prizes - I will create a 'Thank you to our sponsors' article to show our gratitude.

Last Updated (Sunday, 17 January 2010 13:19)

Written by Iain Henderson |

Swimmer Groups

In order to provide better training for each of the swimmers, we have decided that it is time to formally group the swimmers together with swimmers of a similar ability.

We are proposing four groups, initially called groups one, two, three and four - we intend to run a member competition next year to chose better names.

Group Name	Description	Coach
Group 1	Senior swimmers	Les Donohoe
Group 2	Junior Swimmers	Iain Henderson
Group 3	New Starters	Iain Henderson
Group 4	Learn to swim	Darren Lewis

Each group will have a single Coach who has been assigned overall responsibility for the swimmers in this group. If there any questions regarding plans and progress - they should be directed at the responsible coach.

Last Updated (Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:44)

Written by Iain Henderson |

Back to Basics

After taking a long hard look at the development of swimmers within FHS, and liaising with Dave Hemmings (Head Coach, Hillingdon Borough Squad) - FHS has comitted to a development training plan that will enable all swimmers to better achieve their full potential.

In order to do this, there are some fundamental areas in the swimmers technique that require attention before we can progress futher. To this end, most of the training sets towards the end of 2009 and a majority of the sets in early 2010 will concentrate on the basic swimming requirements for a competetive swimmer.

We plan to develop progressive sessions that will start on a Friday, continue on a Sunday and conclude on a Monday session. The wednesday session is a later session and is attended by more of our senior swimmers and as such, we will leave this for endurance, stamina and fitness.

If you wish to improve, we would ask that you do your best to attend at least two of these three core sessions regularly so that the full benefit of the training plan can be enjoyed.

Last Updated (Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:39)