MEMORIES FROM TINA HUGHES I can remember when the children of Freshwater only had the swimming pool at All Saints School to use. There were other pools in the area at local holiday camps but these were restricted to use by their visitors only. It was mooted by some local people that we, the residents […]
Jan 28, 2014 | Categories: The People | Tags: First Lady, Freshwater, Isle, Isle of wight, Jean Ainsworth, Mayor, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley, Shirley Miles, South Wight, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Tina Hughes, Trevor Collins, west, west wight, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on Memories from Tina Hughes
AUCTIONS SPLASH held yearly auctions at the Memorial Hall and our first auctioneer was the late Steve Ross MP, who was a very valued supporter of our very ambitious project of building an indoor heated swimming pool here in the West Wight. These auctions were run very professionally with viewing during the morning, catalogues already […]
Jan 20, 2014 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: 1970's, auction, barbara richardson, Bill Miles, charity, charity shop, fred Joiner, Freshwater, Isle, Isle of wight, John Howe, Madge Joiner, Mark Young, Pool, Robert Young, Ron Smith, Sarah Richardson, Sheila Young, Shirley Miles, SPLASH, Stan Crowder, Sten Ross MP, Steve Ross, Steven Ross, Steven Ross MP, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Swiss Cottage, west, west wight, West Wight Swimming Pool, White Elephant, Wight | Comments Off on Auctions for West Wight Swimming Pool
MEMORIES FROM BARBARA RICHARDSON Attempts to avoid the ‘jumble sale’ tag Each Christmas and Easter during the fundraising frenzy, we tried to make our ‘Fairs’ stand out from the myriad of others taking place around the same time – not easy when they were basically exactly the same as all the others. I think our […]
Jan 20, 2014 | Categories: The People | Tags: barbara richardson, butcher, christmas, Clare Griffin, easter, eggstravaganza, fairytale, Freshwater, fundraising, goose, Island, Isle, lamb, little red riding hood, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, victorian, west, west wight, Wight | Comments Off on Memories from Barbara Richardson
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 | Comments Off on ASA Swimtastic Community Project of the Year 2013
Ellen The Swimmer I started swimming when I retired (in the 90’s). Originally my friend Sue and I went to the dancing which Rose organised. Rose asked us if we would like to come to excersisie classes which would be in the pool. Both Sue and I were not swimmers and raised our hands in […]
Mar 25, 2013 | Categories: The People | Tags: charity, Ellen Bovil, Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, mile, Pool, Shirley Miles, Sue, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Ellen Bovil The Swimmer
After 18 months of fund raising, work on the new West Wight Swimming pool was officially started on Saturday 23rd April 1977. Mr Ron Smith , chairman of both the West Wight swimming Club and the Pool trust fund, dug the first piece of soil on the site in Freshwater near the west Wight middle […]
Mar 13, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, county press, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, lord mountbatten, lordPatron lord Louis mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Patron, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Pool work started at Ceremony
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE Of all our fund raising activities, Champagne Charlie deserves a section all to itself. We have often said that the West Wight Swimming Pool was built on hot dogs and Pomagne – let me elaborate. I have already covered the fame of our hot dogs, but Pomagne was totally different. Pomagne was a […]
Mar 13, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: barbara richardson, Champagne charlie, constabulary, county show, football, Freshwater, hot dog, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, police, Pomagne, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, sparkling wine, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Champagne Charlie
Being the only indoor heated pool on the Island and being the only swimming club here we always aimed high and to this end we arranged for David Wilkie and his coaching team to visit us for a coaching weekend. He is pictured here with Dawn and Shirley, both West Wight Swimming Club Coaches. […]
Feb 28, 2013 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: backstroke, breastroke, Christchurch, Commonwealth Games, competition, David Wilkie, Dawn, Dawn Johnson, Edinburgh, freestyle, Freshwater, gaggles, Games, Gold, Helen Pitman, individual medley, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Medal, Miami, Montreal, New Zealand, Nicola Miles, Olympian, Olympic, Olympic Games, Pool, Shirley Miles, Silver, Swam, Swim, swim cap, swimmer, swimming, swimming aids, swimming cap, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, world record | Comments Off on David Wilkie
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING OF THE FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON 18 MARCH 1976 AT 7.30 P.M. IN THE MEMORIAL HALL FRESHWATER DEVELOPMENT OF LAND ADJACENT TO WEST WIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL The Chairman (Captain J Riddet) explained that the reason for including this item on the Agenda was partly because […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Pool, Ron Smith, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on Minutes of Parish Council meeting 18/3/76
Bernadette and Keith Pinkard started the Kingfishers swimming group, which was a swimming session for young people with special needs, quite a number of the young people coming over from Haylands Farm. The Special Olympics was held on the Island in 1986/1987 and the swimming events held at the Westridge Pool, Ryde. Our young people […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, kingfishers, Pool, Shirley Miles, special needs, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on The Kingfishers’ Swimming Group
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF WEST WIGHT SWIMMING POOL – 14 JULY 1978 BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, GOVERNOR AND LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Although the pool was nowhere near completed we had to go ahead with the opening ceremony. Luckily the weather was kind to us […]
Nov 19, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Admiral of the fleet, Barry Trophy, Clare Griffin, Earl Mountbatten, Freshwater, Governor, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Opening Ceremony, Pool, Ron Smith, Sally Pitman, Shirley Miles, Swam, Swim, swimming, West Wight Middle School, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight | Comments Off on The Opening Ceremony of West Wight Swimming Pool by Earl Mountbatten
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 | Comments Off on ASA Swimtastic Community Project of the Year 2013