More than 4,000 children have taken part in Aqua Skills Festivals organised by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and the PE. School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL).
The Youth Sports Trust has announced that 4,315 school children took part in Aqua Skills Festivals and competitions between September 2006 and January 2007.
Aqua Skills Festivals are designed by the ASA and aim to introduce children to a of variety pool-based activities in an environment where they can experience sport in a competitive setting.
Designed for children aged 7-11, festivals involve elements in areas of swimming, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming, giving children an all-round introduction to aquatic sports, building on the skills they’ve learnt within their school swimming programme.
The festivals are part of a Government funded PESSCL strategy to help sport to be developed to a high standard and give competitive opportunities for all school children by 2010.
Children who wish to continue participating in a competitive framework in schools can do so through the English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) who offer a comprehensive programme of events.
Competition Managers are employed to support Aqua Skills Festivals in the following areas:
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Bedfordshire and Luton Sports Partnership |
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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Active Sports Partnership |
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Essex Sports Partnership |
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Hertfordshire Sports Partnership |
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Norfolk Sports Partnership |
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Suffolk Sport |
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Derbyshire & Peak Park Sport & Recreation Forum |
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Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Active Sports Partnership |
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Lincolnshire Sports Partnership |
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Northamptonshire Sports Partnership |
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Nottinghamshire Sports Partnership |
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Partnership Services Team supporting all 5 London CSPs |
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Partnership Services Team supporting all 5 London CSPs |
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Durham Sport |
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Northumberland Sport |
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Tees Valley Sport |
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Tyne & Wear Sport |
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Sport Cheshire |
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Cumbria Sport |
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Greater Sport |
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Lancashire Sport |
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Merseyside Sport |
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Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Sports Partnership |
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Hampshire & Isle of White Sports Partnership |
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Volunteer & Community Development Officer |
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Oxfordshire Sports Partnership |
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Surrey Sports Partnership |
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Sussex Sports Partnership |
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Berkshire Sports Partnership |
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Cornwall CSP |
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Devon Sports Partnership |
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Active Dorset CSP |
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Gloucester Sports Partnership |
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Somerset Sports Partnership |
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Sports West Partnership |
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Wiltshire and Swindon Activity & Sport Partnership |
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Birmingham City Council |
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Black Country Consortium |
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Greater Warwickshire Sports Partnership |
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Shropshire Sports Partnership |
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Sport Across Staffordshire |
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Worcestershire All Sports Partnership |
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Humber |
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North Yorkshire Sport |
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South Yorkshire Sport |
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West Yorkshire Sports Partnership |
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For further information contact Stephanie West, ASA Media Assistant, on 01509 632236 or email stephanie.west@swimming.org
The Amateur Swimming Association is the English National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Open Water, and Synchronised Swimming. It organises competition throughout England, establishes the Laws of the Sport and operates comprehensive certification and education programmes for Teachers, Coaches and Officials as well as its renowned Learn To Swim Awards scheme. The ASA supports 1,600 affiliated swimming clubs through a National/Regional/County structure. The ASA aims to ensure everybody has an opportunity to learn to swim.
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