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Swim Wales Nofio Cymru Annual Report 2010 - 2011 Swim Wales Nofio Cymru Annual Report 2010 - 2011 NOFIO CYMRU SWIM WALES Principal Partner Official Partners Funding Partner NOFIO CYMRU SWIM WALES Contents NOFIO CYMRU SWIM WALES Chairman's Report 1 Chief Executive's Report 3 Performance 6 Education 8 Strategic Plan 2011 - 2015 9 Disability 17 Masters 19 Events 20 Development Report 21 Volunteers 23 Diving 24 Water Polo 25 Accounts 27 A Message from the Chairman NOFIO CYMRU SWIM WALES Swim Wales has exploited every opportunity presented October 2010 was the culmination of another four year Swim Wales is now an integral part of a national effort to provide programme aimed at raising the profile of swimming in a life skill (namely the ability to swim) to all of its citizens. Wales and did we do it in style! Three young Welsh women - Jazz Carlin (2), Jemma Lowe and Georgia Davies seized International success in the pool, the diversification of our the opportunity presented to them in Delhi and secured programmes and our pivotal role in the learn-to-swim initiative four Commonwealth Games medals, by far the best Welsh is all included in a new 4-year Strategic Programme. The new performance since Edinburgh in 1970. But we also had a strategy has been born out of tough internal reviews and our further 4 fourth places and 14 finalists demonstrating a loyal staff has been through some very tough times in the closing of the gap between Welsh swimmers and the rest immediate period following the 2010 Commonwealth Games. of the Commonwealth. The coming months may be very challenging for our members, Profile raised, what else have we achieved in this year? We've particularly if Unitary Authorities are hinting at reductions in diversified and embraced the whole aquatics scene and seized pool costs. The “every child a swimmer” programme will give even more opportunities to encourage additional people to them some comfort that they are preparing their future clients take to the water. Swim Wales has development staff working but we all must look for even more effective ways of running in water polo, diving and disability swimming thus diversifying our respective programmes in an effort to grow the usage of the work of the governing body and providing further aquatic our very expensive network of pools. opportunities for more people. Whatever, we know that more opportunities are out there if we But this is not the end of our work. In 2009 Swim Wales met look carefully and seize the moment. with the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and Sport Wales to discuss the Free Swimming programme. It was a no-brainer To the Directors, Swim Wales staff and our thousands of that if you couldn't swim you were unlikely to take up any offer members I thank you for all of your hard work on behalf of for free swimming! The WAG and Sport Wales were minded to aquatics in Wales and I'm sure that 2011-12 will present us do some research and gather the facts and figures and, lo and with both new challenges and opportunities. behold, they found that the ability to swim was not consistent across the nation. In some authorities over 80% of top year Roger Eady primary school children could swim and in others it was as low Chairman as 40%. WAG and Sport Wales acted quickly, charging Swim Wales with the responsibility to improve the teaching standards across the nation and urged the Unitary Authorities to coordinate a programme of intensive swimming teaching. Swim Wales completed the up-skilling earlier this year and Unitary Authorities, Sport Wales and Swim Wales are in detailed discussions with the vast majority of Unitary Authorities to transform their teaching programmes, the aim being to have every child a swimmer and thoroughly drown- proofed before they leave primary school. 1 2 Chief Executive Report NOFIO CYMRU SWIM WALES The Year of Change I would like to start this year's report with the outcomes of British Gas has added support in our Dragon Mark (DM) the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, which were programmes for our clubs by offering grants to help them paramount in our minds at the writing of the last Annual when they attain level 1 - 3 of the DM award. Report. More clubs have achieved the Dragon Mark club award this Our team performed very well, albeit not totally achieving year with ten clubs having achieved the award or been what we had forecast, and reached over 95% of our overall reaccredited. The scheme is due to be updated and the targets. It was our best ever prepared team, we had the most administration simplified over the next year to enable more finalists and 4 of the 5 targeted medals. I would like to give my clubs to benefit from this club development tool. personal thanks to Martyn Woodroffe, for without his total professional preparation we would not have achieved these The Kellogg's project this year focused on including the two results. Martyn's Performance Report gives the full details. disciplines of Water Polo and Diving. We have also added to our development structure by introducing new areas of I will also add my congratulations to all our Team Staff and assistance within volunteer and disability development and swimmers on the performances in Delhi. promotional and marketing support for our Innovation and FitSwim programmes. I also forecast that Swim Wales would have an outstanding, if not great year, during 2010/11. Swimming in Wales this year The Kellogg's support helped Csaba Rull, our Water Polo has seen a number of landmark achievements: Consultant, to continue development with the Junior Water Polo Team winning the Celtic Tri-Nations this year in Dublin. o Highest number ever of Senior Swimmers on British Team Not to be outdone the Swimming Team also won their o Highest number ever of British Youth and Junior teams equivalent Celtic Tri-Nations that we hosted in Swansea this year. o 4 Medals and highest number ever of finalists at Delhi Commonwealth Games A highly successful scheme for women and girls from ethnic o 4 Gold medals for British Swimming Junior (WME) backgrounds in Swansea was also delivered with this and Youth teams year's Kellogg's sponsorship, attracting more than 360 partici- pants and training an additional ten lifeguards and female It doesn't stop there and we must encourage all of our coaches to continue the sessions. swimmers to maintain and improve with more training and more competitions as we prepare our swimmers and build up Kellogg's funding has also assisted in the North where over for our ultimate challenges in London in 2012 and Glasgow in fifty young volunteers were trained to support the delivery of 2014. I believe these two events will be the greatest games water polo local festivals in Flintshire, which attracted more ever in the history of Welsh and British Swimming. than 2,000 participants. With the continued development of our relationship with our Another part of the Kellogg's support went to the new diving sponsors, we have made some key changes in our focus and programme, headed up by Ben Fox, which has been launched diversification: operating from Aberdare Pool in Rhondda Cynon Taff. 3 A Diving Club has been set up in Bangor and it is hoped that Llanelli will follow suit soon; it is anticipated that coaches and volunteers will be trained over the coming year to support these programmes. We aim to grow and continue to support these programmes in 2010 also saw a new Coalition Government at Westminster and the upcoming year, constantly striving to increase opportunities the introduction of the Comprehensive Spending Review. In for people to be involved in all aquatic disciplines and to Wales the new Welsh Government was also appointed, both in improve the quality of the delivery. turn having significant effects on the whole of the UK and bring its own pressures on Wales and on Swim Wales. The Aqua Passport scheme has been extended through the Local Authorities (LA) and offers an attractive membership To ensure that we continue to be fit for purpose, the Board package to young people learning to swim as well as providing introduced an Operational Performance Review at the support to the teachers and local authorities delivering Learn beginning of 2011. This looked at all aspects of the business to Swim (LTS) schemes. We now have more than 2,200 from strategies through to funding and staff. It was inevitable additional LTS members who are benefiting from the scheme. that changes would have to be made and this year has seen Its development, following on from our initiative with the Julie Tyler, Victoria Waters, Terri McAllister, Susan Hammacott Swimming Pathway conferences throughout Wales, has led to and Catrin Devonald all leaving us to take up new challenges. a number of additional Local Authorities joining the Aqua I am sure you all join me in wishing them well for the future. Passport scheme, Carmarthen should go live in September with high hopes for Wrexham to follow suit. Our Strategic Plan was completely reviewed and extended to 2015. We submitted the new plan to the Grants Panel of Sport We do now need to ensure all of our clubs are linking with Wales and I am pleased to inform you that the panel was very these LAs as there is an ideal opportunity to obtain new receptive to the plan. The new submission was accepted by membership through the pathway from the LA Learn to Swim them and we have now agreed its implementation through classes until 2015.
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