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In December’s Swimming Times
Swimming Times is the official monthly magazine of the Amateur Swimming Association and the Institute of Swimming.
FEATURES
It’s Swiiimmm-tastic! – Swimtastic gala and dinner
Roger Guttridge saw swimming’s unsung heroes meet the stars
High five for Lancashire Inter-county swimming
The red rose county made it five in a row in the National County Team Championships
The drug busters – doping in world sport
Peter Hassall looks at one of the great sporting issues – and at British Swimming’s policy
Go with the flow – Kris Gilchrist
A poster picture of Britain’s European 200m breaststroke bronze medallist
The swim family Cave – an amazing swimming family
The Cave descendants span three disciplines and four generations, says Lynne Sissons
Men in a hurry – GB men’s medley team
A poster picture of Britain’s European medley relay bronze medallists
It’s Swiiimmm-tastic! Swimtastic gala and dinner
It was an important day for the Collinson family, for all sorts of reasons, when mum and dad Collette and Simon decided to take their boys to swimming lessons. ‘Three of our sons have disabilities and have no sense of danger,’ says Collette, from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. ‘They are prone to jump into water and not realise the danger so it’s really important that they learn to swim.’
The oldest of the five Collinson boys is 10-year-old Alexander, who has autism and needs one-to-one special needs lessons. ‘He can swim two lengths without stopping and has his duckling awards and all the badges up to level 3,’ said Collette.
His brother Dominic, aged nine, has both attention deficit disorder and autism. In practice, this means he does not always understand things and sometimes struggles to keep up. But Dominic has found swimming hugely helpful. ‘He’s on level 4 and can swim at least a length of each stroke and dive’, said his mum. ‘He’s a marvelous swimmer and he even swam against Steve Parry in a race recently!’
Eight-year-old Joseph is already a level 5 swimmer who also plays in a football team while Jonathan, aged seven, is on level 3. Then comes five-year-old David, who has Down’s syndrome and is having one-to-one lessons and working towards his duckling award.
For the full report and photographs see pages 18-21 of Swimming Times.
PLUS...
Results and reports on:
· Diving
· Disability
· Masters
· Open Water
· Synchro
· Water Polo
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