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
While fund raising for the main pool had more or less been completed and we were up and running several fund raising activities were held specifically for providing a Small Pool or Learner Pool so whether we liked it or not we were committed to carry on fund raising. The money was raised, the work […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Small Pool | Tags: dr george thomson, dr thomson, george thomson, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Lady mountbatten, Learner pool, Opening Ceremony, Pool, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on The Small Pool
THE BLACK HUT There was a black hut on the green opposite All Saints School which had been previously used by the Freshwater Scout Group. The owner, Mr Ninnis, who ran and owned the local ‘proper’ sweet shop (now the village bakery) with his wife and daughter, Betty, very kindly allowed us to use the […]
Nov 26, 2012 | Categories: The Pool | Tags: Betty Ninnis, Freshwater, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Mr Ninnis, Pool, SPLASH, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, The Black Hut, west, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on The Black Hut
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 West Wight Sports Centre Health and Fitness Day is a big hit. People came to take part in fitness activities and beauty treatments. The IW Health Authority were also present giving advice the dangers of smoking and alcohol. There were also facials, manicures and pedicures on offer with advice from Cut & Run hairdressers […]
Nov 19, 2012 | Categories: The Sports Centre | Tags: aerobics, alcohol, beauty, Brenda craddock, carbon monoxide, county press, Cut & Run, Cut and Run, Fitness, Freshwater, Hairdresser, Health, Invigoration, Island, Isle, Isle of wight, Isle of Wight health Authority, IW Health Authority, Karen Earle, Kerry green Trust, Lisa Noble, Manicure, massage, Pedicure, Pool, Relaxation, Ruby Piper, shiatsu head massages, smoking, Swam, Swim, swimming, swimming pool, treatment, Weight Watchers, wessex cancer trust, west, West Wight Skin Care Centre, West Wight Swimming Pool, Wight, young | Comments Off on West Wight Sports Centre – Health & Fitness Day
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