Nottinghamshire ASA

The Notts ASA Festive Frenzy is filling up fast. We will only be able to accept a few more entries before we will need to look at closing and just filling up empty spaces.

It is with deep regret that we have to inform you of Christine Greaves death. Chris had a massive stroke last week and despite 3 brain operations, she was unable to recover and sadly passed away in Queens Medical Centre with her beloved husband Gren and her family by her side.

Chris and Gren devoted over 30 years each to Sutton in Ashfield Swimming Club and they are the reason that the Club is here and so successful today. Chris was the Chair of this Club for many, many years before handing over to Andy Quinn at the clubs 2013 Annual General Meeting.

Put simply Chris was an incredible and really formidable lady. In her capacity as Chair she saw this Club through some really difficult times which I know impacted on her personally. Her ability to guide the Club so excellently over so many years is true testament to her strength of character and her determination to succeed. Chris in her time as Chair ensured there was a long term vision for the Club which would see it continue to grow and so her planning and budget management was always with an eye to the future. The Club continue to benefit from Christine’s vision today.

From Andy Quinn:

Chris was so much more than just the Chair of the Club for so many years. She voluntarily performed a number of other duties including becoming a qualified official, coach and was the Girls Team Manager for the vast majority of her 30 or so years with the Club. I can not imagine how many hours Christine devoted to our Club over the years. I will be forever grateful for the time she spent as the main coach to both my own daughters as they progressed through the lanes at Sutton. The Team Manager role alone is not an easy one at the best of times. Selecting the teams, ensuring selected swimmers are available and then managing them all on poolside on a Saturday night can be quite stressful but Chris loved this role and had such a fantastic way with all her swimmers. Both Gren and Chris were made Honorary lifetime members of our Club in recognition of all they did for us.

Both Gren and Chris like so many of us that now volunteer for the Club got involved in swimming as a result of their daughters, Wendy and Sally joining the Club when they were very young. Both were talented swimmers and made mum Chris very proud of their achievements with Wendy going all the way to representing Great Britain in the pool.

No matter how much time Chris devoted to swimming and our Club she always had a higher priority and quite rightly that priority was her family. Chris was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandma and my heart felt condolences and prayers are with her family members right now as they all struggle to come to terms with her passing.

Christine’s Funeral service will take place at St Mary’s Church Sutton in Ashfield on Wednesday 10th October at 12.00 followed by Cremation at Mansfield Crematorium at 13.15. We will then return to the Staff of life in Sutton to share memories and raise a glass to Christine. All will be welcome

It is very sad that we are passing on the news that Roy Copley passed away last Saturday.

Roy was a legend in Nottinghamshire Water Polo both as a player and as a referee.

Please find below a list of swimmers that have been selected to represent Nottinghamshire in the National Inter-Counties Swim Team for 2018.

The Inter-Counties is a National event where all 40 counties under Swim England come together to compete against each other to claim the title of the County Team of the year. The event is due to take place at Ponds Forge on Sunday 7th October 2018.

If you are on the list below please click here to download the official invitation letter and please follow the instructions within the letter to respond back and let us know as soon as possible.

Selected Swimmers (Alphabetical by Surname):

Dominic Bools, Finley Bunhejee, Jacob Carrington, Freya Colbert, Liam Dawson, Hollie-Mae Dove, Kelsey Edwards, Emma Erskine, Rebecca Flisher, Jody Gillott, Lucy Gratton, William Halstead, Cole Hewitt, Isabella Hobson-Corbett, Mia Hunt, Thomas Johnstone, Jimi Knowles, Jessica Li, Luke Margetson, Heidi Marriott, Amy Mead, Kate Morris, Owen Ottaway, Ziyenne Shanker, Elliott Sibley, Josh Skinner, Natasha Utley, Ryan Wilcox.

The annual Notts ASA Festive Frenzy Open Meet is now open for entries.

Full information can be found on our County Competition page here.

Nottinghamshire ASA today hosted the annual East Midlands Inter-County Masters Challenge Cup at Hucknall Leisure Centre, Nottingham.

The Challenge Cup is an Inter-Team Competitions for Masters Swimmers in the East Midlands representing their respective counties. As Nottinghamshire were the hosts, we were allowed to put in two teams, (Notts A and Notts B) against the other counties in the East Midlands, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire.

Unfortunately, Lincolnshire could not put a team out so withdrew from this year’s competition. However, a great competition was still heald with help from Nottinghamshire Volunteers, the Everyone Active Staff at Hucknall Leisure Centre and Officials from across the region, not to mention the team managers and of course the swimmers themselves.

Nottinghamshire swimmers triumphed finishing 1st and 4th overall!

The final points totals are:

1st	Nottinghamshire A	313
2nd	Derbyshire	244
3rd	Leicestershire	240
4th	Nottinghamshire B	210
5th	Northamptonshire	173

Full results can be found on the east midlands competition website here.

Due to the high demand for entries for the 2018 Notts ASA Summer Gala we are now full and are closing entries early.

University of Nottingham Swimming Club is seeking a coach to lead and deliver a performance programme for the 2018/19 season.

Applications close soon. For more information please click here.

The Notts ASA Summer Gala is filling fast!

There are not many spaces left now as we are limited on the license by swimming time on the day we are in a position where we will soon be limiting entries.