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New Head Coach Appointed : Liam McWee

The BSC committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Liam McWee as Head Coach.

Liam has been coaching with the club for over 5 years now as well as swimming with and competing for the club. During this time Liam has gained the respect and admiration of the swimmers and fellow coaches and teachers alike. It is great to be able to offer this position to a ‘home grown’ coach who has seen most of our swimmers graduate from their very first lessons through to the strong competitive team we have today.

Since his appointment as Head Coach, we have seen gala participation rise substantially and there is a great atmosphere both in training and in competition.

Young Swimmers Make a Splash In Mac!

Buxton competed yet again at Macclesfield Development competition, Sputniks, were many of Buxton’s youngest had their chance to shine in their first ever competition environment. Buxton took a team of 16 enthusiastic, young, energetic swimmers all wanting to do their bit for the team. The 100IM race seemed to be a very popular choice for these young swimmers by going from only have 4 swimmers compete in it from Round 1 to an staggering 13! Swimmers doing the IM had massive PB times from their first round swims an hopefully this will continue going into the 3rd round on March 19th.

New Head Coach Appointment

The committee are very pleased to announce we have appointed Daf Bourchier as Head Coach for Buxton Swimming Club to succeed Hugh Dokter who leaves at the end of February.

Daf is a very experienced Level 3 Coach and joins us after 2 years as Head Coach at Ashbourne. Her previous roles have included Coaching at Dove Valley ASC (where she was also Head Coach) Coaching at Leek ASC, as well as setting up and coordinating Learn to Swim programmes at Dove Valley, Leek and Ashbourne. She has also been a mentor for all poolside staff for many years helping clubs develop from within.

This appointment we feel will help Buxton now continue the energy and positive development that Hugh brought to the club and put us on a very stable footing for the future.

Daf will start with the club on the 16^th February so she can shadow Hugh in his last few weeks with us and then take over fully from the 1^stMarch. Can everyone, swimmers, teachers and coaches alike please help Daf settle in and give her everything she needs to help shape your future swimming development.

COSACSS Open Meet

City of Stoke Open Meet – Our open meet in April will be Stoke’s annual open meet held at Fenton Manor. Swimmers are to be minimum of 9yrs old on the 3rd April. This open meet has upper and lower time limits so please check the qualifiing times. Deadline for the entries is Sunday 28th February. Please see the attached for full entry pack. COSACSS Open 2k16

Hugh Dokter Announcement.

To all parents and swimmers, staff and volunteers,

It is with regret that we have to announce that Hugh Dokter, our head coach, has given notice to leave the club at the end of his current contract. Hugh has decided to take the head coach role at Dane Valley Swimming Club in his home town of Congleton, which with less travelling allows him more time to work on building his non-swimming business.

Hugh will continue to coach until the end of February. and the committee are now working very hard to find a replacement as soon as possible.

We have a team of very capable coaches in Dave, Liam and Matt who will be continuing to build on what Hugh has started.

The positive influence Hugh has had on the squads has been evident to everyone so we thank him for that and for his part in reshaping the club.

We will keep you informed as we look for a new head coach and if you know anyone who might be interested please contact me in the first instance at lance@buxtonswimmingclub.co.uk

Lance Davis

Chairman

On behalf of Buxton Swimming Club

New Squad Structure

We ask that all parents and swimmers take a moment to look through the clubs new squad structure going forward.

https://www.buxtonswimmingclub.co.uk/swimmers/squad-structure/

The only main change that has happened is on a Tuesday. If you have any issues please contact the club.

Chesterfield Winter Championships 2015

Buxton Swimming Club’s final open meet of 2015 will be at Chesterfield for their Winter Championships. All swimmers are welcome to join in. Closing Date is TOMORROW night immediately after the Club Championships.

Entry form is attached ——-> Chesterfield Winter Championships 2015

Club Championship Results – Friday

Please find attached the results from Friday nights Club Championships.

Click Here ——> BSC Club Championship Results – Friday

The Club Championships continue this Sunday!

Club Championships 2015

The Buxton Club Championships start this Friday with an earlier start time of 7PM with a normal finish time of 9:30PM. The Club Championships will continue on Sunday from 5PM. Therefore there is NO training on these nights. Thank You

Buxton Pool Halloween Programme

Please find attatched Buxton Swimming and Fitness Centre October Half Term Programme. Including a special Splash Hour with the pool dyed RED! This is a bookable session.

October Half Term Programme —–> Buxton October Half Term Leaflet 2015