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
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
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: 2005, county press, Freshwater, hero, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Pool, Ron Smith, special needs, Sports Personality of the Year, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, Trevor Collins, Unsung hero, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on Trevor Collins – BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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