Posts Tagged ‘special needs’

Trevor Collins – BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Trevor Collins – 2005 BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Unsung Hero My family joined the WWS club in 1975 as we felt that our sons should learn to swim in a properly structured environment with ASA teachers. From the moment we joined as with all other members we were made welcome to be […]

Nov 29, 2012 | Categories: The People | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Trevor Collins – BBC Sports Personality of the Year

The Kingfishers’ Swimming Group

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: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on The Kingfishers’ Swimming Group