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Cash injection for Swimming SA

May 23, 2013

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in Competition, Organization

See Eyewitness News

Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced his department will offer financial assistance to cash-strapped Swimming South Africa.

The R2.7 million sponsorship will help the national team’s campaign at the Swimming World Championships in Barcelona.

Mbalula said the sponsorship will make sure South Africa is represented well at the competition and that the funding is a stop-gap measure.

Earlier in 2013, Swimming SA announced it would not have enough cash to sponsor the entire team.

The South African team list can be seen here on swimsa.org
David Carry takes on Swimming Scotland role

May 23, 2013

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in Organization

See BBC Sport Scotland

Double Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Carry has been appointed to the board of directors at Swimming Scotland.

Carry retired after the 2012 London Olympics , but won gold in the 400m freestyle and individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

He now works as a business coach for Red Sky Management.

“I hope to help create a positive and lasting impact to swimming in Scotland,” said Carry.
10 On Your Side Special Report: Treading Water

May 23, 2013

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in Organization, Safety

See wavy.com, via Diversity In Aquatic

The barriers keeping African Americans from learning to swim is a difficult subject to talk about. There are stereotypes that black people cannot swim. That is not what this story is about. Almost everyone is capable of learning to swim. This story is about the barriers that keep African Americans from learning to swim, and how too often those barriers put us, your neighbors, friends and loved ones in danger.[…Â ]

“Parents taught their kids growing up to stay away from the water, and stay away from the river,” Potts said. “It was almost like saying don’t touch that it’s hot; you’re going to get burnt.”

This scenario has played out all across the country for years.Â A study by USA Swimming foundÂ that fear is one of the strongest barriers keeping black kids from learning and it was passed from generation to generation.

Special Report: Treading Water
â˜…STOCKPORT METRO SWIMMINGâ˜… From beginners to Olympians

May 23, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Wow

Stockport Metro‘s vision is to provide swimmers with the optimum environment and the right opportunities at each stage of their development to enable them to achieve excellence. We will continue to strive for gold medal success through the provision of seamless pathways from early skill development to the Olympic podium.
CC photo #509: Warmup at Danish Youth Champs 2008

May 23, 2013

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Just a photo from the Danish Youth Championships back in 2008.
Warning over low number of British pupils who can swim

May 23, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned.

Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests.

Only 2% of schools surveyed delivered the government’s recommended 22 hours a year of swimming lessons.

See also story here on swimming.org/asa
Cameron van der Burgh Photoshoot

May 22, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Check out the behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot we had with Cameron van der Burgh earlier this year.
Cullen Jones gets kids swimming in New York

May 22, 2013

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in Organization, Safety

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With the Rio Olympics still years away, Olympic medalist Cullen Jones is taking time out to give back through the sport he loves.

JonesÂ made a stop in Harlem, NY,Â last week to promote USA Swimming Foundation’s Make A Splash initiative, as part of the group’s national tour. Make A Splash is the national swimming group’s anti-drowning program, which hopes to teach children safety techniques and basics of the sport; its motto is “Saving Lives, Building Champions.”

Image courtesy of WBUR Boston’s NPR News Station, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
SA coach Graham Hill accepts blame for lack of female swimmers

May 22, 2013

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in Competition, Organization

Read sport24

South Africa’s national swimming coach, Graham Hill, says he is partly to blame for the country not having world class female swimmers.

This comes after top men’s performer, Cameron van der Burgh,Â claimedÂ that the country’s female swimmers are not willing to sacrifice enough in order to reach the top.

Van der Burgh said women are reluctant to give up four, six or eight years of their lives – and that’s why they don’t reach the top.

“They’re not prepared to make sacrifices. That includes their physical condition (broad shoulders and muscles), because they don’t want to look like men,” he said.