About the Carnforth and Otters District Swimming Club
Carnforth Otters are a competitive swimming club, and our aim is to help each one of our swimmers to achieve their potential, whether competing as an individual or as a member of a team; we do not exist purely to help children to learn to swim.
WHO RUNS THE CLUB?
A committee, elected at the A.G.M., of up to twenty members and officers [Chairman, secretary and treasurer] who meet once a month run the club. Poolside staff may serve on the committee but they also have their own meetings to discuss coaching matters. Almost all the committee members are parents of current swimmers and no members or officers receive any remuneration. It is essential to realize that Otters are a club run entirely by ourselves and that, whilst we are fortunate that, from time to time, former Otters parents with a lot of experience have stayed on to help the club, we do rely on new parents coming ‘on stream’ and helping out in all sorts of ways. They may be invited onto poolside or committee, or help with galas, fundraising, swimwear, newsletter etc. We are all volunteers, and without parents giving of their time the club could not function.
CLUB POLICIES
THe club operates under ASA rules and maintains policies related to all areas of governance. These policies can be downloaded from the membership section of this site.
CLUB FEES
The A.S.A. sets registration fees that the club has to pay annually for each swimmer competing, whether as a team member or as an individual and, after applying a small subsidy, the club passes these charges on to members. Family membership fees are also charged and these are a legal requirement to cover insurance liabilities. The cost of pool hire for our training sessions, currently (2012) well over £30,000pa, is met by squad fees, which the committee has to set each year. We try to be as fair as possible in relating squad fees to the amount of pool time available to each group such that, as swimmers progress through the club, they will pay higher fees but get more time available. This is not strictly a linear relationship however as there are other factors to consider relating to the teaching and coaching needs of different groups. Whereas the youngest ages have only 2 short sessions a week, we aim to provide two-hour sessions for the top squad, who currently (2012) have 10-14.5 hours per week. This amount of training may seem a lot, but it is essential to enable our best swimmers to achieve their potential in competition against elite squad swimmers who have even more hours available to them; the committee is always seeking more water time for our swimmers.
THE TEACHING POOL
We do not take non – swimmers. A child who can swim five metres may start in the teaching pool from as young as the year in which they are five, learning water skills and developing correct stroke technique in accordance with the National Plan for Teaching Swimming.
Committee Members and Roles
| POST | NAME |
| Chair of Committee | Ian Hollis |
| Club President | Helen McGregor |
| Head of Teaching; Micro League A & B Manger; Disability Swimming Coordinator; | Susan Goodfellow |
| Hon Secretary; Publicity Officer | Anna Thompson |
| Treasurer | Liz Smith |
| Welfare Officer / Child Protection | Amanda Livingstone |
| Competition Coordinator | Tina Bellamy |
| Club Membership and Registration; Badges | Rebecca Mulliner |
| Web Site | Andrew Richardson |
| Schools Liason Officer | Andrew Turner |
| Fundraising; Coach | Tracey Clarkson |
| ASA Membership | Vivien Denby |
| Club Shop | Janet Timpany |
| Club Galas | Sue Nicholson |
| Club Galas | Caroline Westbury |
| Member | David Sallis |
| Member | Joanne Banks |
| Member | Simon Dent |
| Member | Mark Moore |
| Member | Mike Sands |
February Fixtures
| Sat 4th February | BLACKPOOL AGE GROUPS |
| Sun 5th February | BLACKPOOL AGE GROUPS |
| Sat 18th February | Otters Home Gala |
| Sat 25th February | Micro A Gala |
Otters Notices
| Lancashire County Age Group championships 2012
3/4 March & 17/18 March 2012
Consideration times have been published
See Tina Bellamy for details |
| If you want to enquire or order any of the items from the shop you can contact: Janet Timpany on
07753168689. Or see her at Salt Ayre Link: SHOP |
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