West Wight Sports Centre and Swimming Club have been awarded the ASA Swimtastic Community Project of the Year 2013. Representatives of both organisations travelled to Birmingham at the weekend where young swimmers took part in a ‘Swim with the Stars’ event and 9 representatives then attended a gala dinner at Edgbaston Stadium in the company […]
Nov 21, 2013 | Categories: The Present Day | Tags: Anne Collins, ASA, Athens Olympics, BBC Sports Personality, Beijing, BEM, Bronze medalist, commentator, Daisy Whittaker, Darren Mew, Earl Mountbatten, Edgbaston Stadium, Freshwater, Gary Richard Watson, Hayden Fennimore, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Kai Watson, Kerry Watson, London Olympics, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, lord mountbatten, lordPatron lord Louis mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Nick Robinson-Baker, Olympic, Opening Ceremony, Pool, River Watson, Robbie Renwick, Sascha Kindred, Sharron Davies, Shirley Miles, Steve Parry, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Trevor Collins, TV and Radio, west, west wight, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | 5 Comments »
Like many others I had always fancied swimming the Solent. While taking my two girls swimming at West Wight Sports Centre once a week I started to enjoy my swimming again. When I was a lot younger I had been a member of Seaclose Swimming Club and had a achieved my 5000m badge but had […]
Nov 19, 2012 | Categories: The Present Day | 40 Comments »
ASA Swimtastic Community Project of the Year 2013
West Wight Sports Centre and Swimming Club have been awarded the ASA Swimtastic Community Project of the Year 2013. Representatives of both organisations travelled to Birmingham at the weekend where young swimmers took part in a ‘Swim with the Stars’ event and 9 representatives then attended a gala dinner at Edgbaston Stadium in the company […]
Nov 21, 2013 | Categories: The Present Day | Tags: Anne Collins, ASA, Athens Olympics, BBC Sports Personality, Beijing, BEM, Bronze medalist, commentator, Daisy Whittaker, Darren Mew, Earl Mountbatten, Edgbaston Stadium, Freshwater, Gary Richard Watson, Hayden Fennimore, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Kai Watson, Kerry Watson, London Olympics, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, lord mountbatten, lordPatron lord Louis mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Nick Robinson-Baker, Olympic, Opening Ceremony, Pool, River Watson, Robbie Renwick, Sascha Kindred, Sharron Davies, Shirley Miles, Steve Parry, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Trevor Collins, TV and Radio, west, west wight, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | 5 Comments »