Please Note:

The Club will finish training for the Summer break as follows:

Any swimmers competing at the Festival of Swimming wll continue swimming throughout this period, Coaches will advise.

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️IMPORTANT NOTICE⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

A SQUAD SWIMMERS
We are struggling for covid officer cover for Wednesday sessions at the moment therefore A, C & D squads will swim at 4:00-5:30 until we can get something sorted out!! Sorry for the inconvenience but sessions can’t go ahead without covid officers for swimmers safety!! This will take effect immediately!

Please Contact Donna or Gary if you can assist at the Sports Centre or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Zoom Meeting Thursday 27th May 2021 @ 7.00pm. Details will be sent via Facebook /email.

 Can all invited swimmers also please either accept or decline the invite if you haven't already done so, 

Thanks

MW Swim Team

MWSwim Team

Please Note C Squad swimmers, 

added to Training Schedule...

Friday 5.30pm to 76.00pm

(this replaces the previous Tuesday evening swim pre-covid)

Back to training

We have been given the ok to resume training on the 26th April in line with government guidance and also from Scottish Swimming!! This is amazing news for our athletes as I know they will have missed this so much!! Training and poolside practice willl remain as it was prior to this lockdown until we get any more updates!! If you have any questions or queries please get in touch with one of the committee (myself included in that)! Hopefully this will happen and nothing gets in the way of it, keep your fingers crossed.

 Could I ask all athletes, coaches and covid officers to complete this form prior to returning to training which we are hoping to be the 26th April in line with Government guidance. Please note the questions are now on a 10 day basis so if you could complete them on or after the 16th that would be great!

• Health Screening Form
• Self Declaration Form 

Please Note:

For future events, 

for those who have not read any details on facebook, we are trialling a new events accepting application, just in case you think this is spam, please accept or decline the event invite.

Please email the club for any queries, 

SASA FEES 2021/2022.

Hi all

As you are aware Scottish Swim have reduced this years SASA fees to £30.00 for existing swimmers. New starts will have to pay the full amount of £45.00. These fees must be paid in full before April 22nd. The fees will be paid directly into the Swimming Clubs Bank Account by Bacs transfer. The details are as follows:

The Royal Bank of Scotland
Motherwell & Wishaw ASC
Account:  please email Treasurer or Club for account details
Sort code: please email Treasurer or Club for account details
Ref : must be your kids name

Can I ask that all parents / guardians please reply to this post on Facebook or email (see below) letting me know that your kid / kids will be returning and that you have made the payment in full. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The club will have to forward Scottish Swimming the payment in full for all returning swimmers in advance, so it is critical that you reply to this post letting me know you will be returning and payment has been made.

As always your kid will not be able to return to the pool without this insurance, also if payment is not received before April 22nd then you will be classes as a new start and the fee will be £45.00.

If anyone has any question please do not hesitate to contact me.

Once again I would like to thank all parents / guardians and swimmers for your patients and understanding in these difficult times.

Thanks
Tracey Stevenson
M&W ASC - Treasurer

Outdoor Land Training session starts on Thursday 1st of April at 5.30 to 6.30pm at Strathclyde park, meet at the car park from the Motherwell end, as you drive down towards the Water sports centre.

Please check here or Facebook before travelling to the Park just in case it gets cancelled due to adverse weather.

 Further dates.....

• Thursday 8th April
• Thursday 15th April
• Thursday 22nd April

Hello all swimmers and parents, I hope you are all well. Following a recent meeting with Scottish Swimming, I can now confirm the position regarding this years annual SASA Fee. Given the current position regarding the pandemic, it was agreed for this years fee to be reduced to £30 for existing club members, however anyone new joining the club will be subject to the full fee of £45. This fee is required to be paid by all swimmers, as it includes their insurance, which is required for them to take part in any club activities. Tracy will advise in a seperate post how this should be paid, and a date the payment should be made by.
We understand you are all missing attending the club, and this is also the case for all coaches & committee members. We hope to return to the pool as soon as possible, however this will obviously be dependant on any announcements made by the government, Scottish Swimming, & North Lanarkshire Council.

Whilst we are unable to have training in the pool, it is our intention to start land training in Strathclyde Park, following the relevant guidelines. We hope to start on 1 April, & further details will be given as soon as possible. In the meantime, can anyone interested please let us know in the comments section on the Facebook article, or email Club website to show your interest. 

We would like to thank everyone for their continued support at this difficult time, & look forward to seeing you all again in the near future.
Stay safe,

June (President) 

Swim Quiz for monday 15th  March @ 6:45pm.

Please come online and give us some support. 

Links and passwords will be issued via Facebook, if you are not on the Facebook private group, email the Club to get a joining request, after a security check and verification, you will be granted access.

Let's get as many swimmers on the quiz. 

MW Swim Team

Monthly Training Fees

Hi All
As you are all aware we are currently in another Lockdown until the end of January. As we will not be able to train please can you all cancel your Standing Order.

I will update you all again as soon as we know when we will be able to return to the pool. As no one has a definite date to return please do not reinstate your Standing Order until I post on the Facebook page.

These are extreme worrying times but our main concern is to keep all our swimmers and coaches safe. If anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to contact me via messenger or email.

Thanks again for all your support and understanding
Tracey Stevenson
M&W ASC - Treasurer

A selection of Some Dry Land Training videos to keep active during Extended School break and Covid isolation..

• Scottish Swimming - Stretching
• Training without any equipment
• Land Exercises - Strength Training
• Dry Land Training at home

FESTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME

Please Note:

MW Swim Team

MW SwimTeam

As from Monday 12th October, some training times will change, this is to accommodate Bellshill Sharks Swim Club as their pool is still closed, let me stress, this is only for short term only.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause

Notice to ALL parents of All Squads

Can you reinforce the rules to the swimmers with regards to wearing facemasks from point of entry to the building until being called to the pool by the coaches. Likewise after the session, masks should be replaced after drying face off before getting ready and remain on until out of the building.
To ensure a pair of blue plastic overshoe covers are worn over outdoor shoes unless they change into flip flops /sliders before leaving the changing village to walk onto poolside. If they are entering the building in flip flops or sliders, these are still regarded as outdoor wear and blue overshoe covers must still be worn.
Discard the covers in bins provided prior to leaving the building at end of session. Some swimmers are littering the grounds of the sport centre.
Mobile phones must remain in bags from point of entry to building to point of leaving the building.

CoVid officers and coaches have (parent/ guardian) contact numbers in the event of an emergency so swimmers have no need to have mobiles out.

**Reminder**

Anyone who has not paid SASA this year must pay it before they can enter the pool. The cost is £57 and can be given to the coach on poolside.

If you are unsure or need to make an enquiry, contact the Club via email or Facebook. 

Clare

Club Membership Secretary

Can I ask that all parents / guardians and swimmers please read over the CoVid Code of Conduct , Rules and Regulations in order to keep everyone safe as the club returns to training this week.

Covid Code of Conduct 

Can i ask that you take time to watch the short video attached to all swimmers to familiarise themselves with accessing the building and some of the procedures in place. I will update this video during the week as the water was louder than anticipated.

Video Link 

⚠️Outstanding forms⚠️
Just completing things for starting back and I have a few outstanding forms! Sorry to pester you all but these need to be done if you are planning to come back to training! Please check you have completed all 3 forms!!! The 3 forms were put on here and Facebook , they will literally take 5 minutes to complete, could you please do so as soon as possible? I know some aren’t on Facebook and I will contact them separately but if you are in contact with anyone on the list could you kindly pass the message on to them or tag them if they are a friend on Facebook!!! Thank you

(See Facebook for list of names) 

 See all forms here

‼️‼️‼️TRAINING/SQUAD TIMES‼️‼️‼️

Please see the latest and updated times for training that has come from Andrea and the coaching staff!! There are slight changes as we need to follow social distancing guidelines in the pool! There will be NO land training for the time being!!

Monday 8.00-9.30 pm. A&B squad

Tuesday 8.30 -9.45pm A&B squad

Wednesday 4.00 – 5.30pm C&D squad
5.30- 7.30pm. A squad

Thursday 6.30 -7.30 pm. Dev 1,2,3
6.30 – 8.00pm. D squad
7.30 – 8.30pm. C squad
8.00 – 9.45pm A squad
8.30 – 9.45pm. B squad

Friday. 5.30 – 7.00pm. A&B squad

Saturday 7.30 – 9.30 am. A,B&C squad

Sunday 6.00-700pm. Dev3/D squad
6.00-7.30pm. C Squad
7.00-9.00pm. A squad
7.30-9.00pm. B squad

NO GYM SESSIONS

These times are subject to change, especially the finishing times! This is due to the swimmers being out the pool for such a long period of time, we need to monitor how fatigued they become! This may result in sessions finishing earlier, if this is the case the coaches will ask the swimmers to text the person picking them up.
The hours will change week by week building back to normal hours

⚠️⚠️⚠️Can everyone please check you have completed the 3 forms, Without these forms completed you CANNOT come back to training. Thankyou ⚠️⚠️⚠️

• Form to be completed
• Back to Water Briefing 
• Health Screening Questionnaire

RETURN TO TRAINING
I can confirm that training will return on Monday 14th September!!! This is the news we have all been waiting for and the club are so excited to have all the swimmers back in the water!
Things are going to be a bit different to start off with but we're sure everyone will adapt fine.
A few things......
I need every swimmer who plans to return next week to complete a health screening questionnaire, without this you cannot come back to training. This is a one off form and if anything changes before Monday please contact me immediately.
I have also attached a back to swimming briefing which has alot of information in it with regards to getting back safely so please have a good read and as always if you need clarity on anything please contact me. Please take time to read this as it is very important!!!
Can everyone also make sure your standing order is set up if not already paid, Tracey posted the details last week if you need them.
As it stands the training schedule will remain mostly the same with a few exceptions that are still being worked on, this will be communicated over the weekend.

Looking forward to seeing you all swimmers!

• Declaration Form
• Next of Kin Form

BACK TO TRAINING
Hi guys!! Thanks for your cooperation so far with all the back to training information and what we are asking of you!! Could I ask all members (athletes/staff/volunteers) to complete these forms as soon as possible please? This will be followed up with a health screening questionnaire a bit later on in the week! These are important documents for us to get back to training so please complete as soon as possible! If anyone has any issues with the content please do not hesitate to contact me! Thanks again!!!

Donna Collins
Child Wellbeing & Protection Officer

Upon our very eagerly awaited return to training, please if you haven't already done so, inform Andrea (Head Coach) your intentions of return, by either replying on facebook or contact Andrea direct, if we don't get a response we will assume a non-return to training and will not be included in any squads and therefore entry to training will not be permitted. This is from a Health and Safety Covid-19 level.
If you have already responded to previous requests, there is no need to respond again.

Further to Tracey's post last week about about returning to training could I ask that you all read this guidance as you will be asked to complete a couple of forms before getting back into the water due to the Covid 19 pandemic.  Thank you and i hope you are all excited to get back to training!!! 

• Back to the Water - Pool Users
• Back to the Water - Club Training Guidance

RETURN TO SWIMMING TRAINING

North Lanarkshire Leisure have informed us that we will be able to return to training mid September. The exact date has not been confirmed yet but it is expected to be around the middle of the month. We will be returning to our normal training times however, there may be a few slight changes but once confirmed by NL Leisure we will let you all know.

Can all parents / guardians re-instate their standing order in September. Also can you please comment below confirming your child’s return.

When we return to training there will be strict Covid procedures which must be followed at all times. Andrea will list these details once they have been approved by NL Leisure. To operate a safe environment for our coaches and kids we need Covid officers and Covid helpers, without this we will not be able to return to training, so if anyone can help please reply to this post.

If anyone has questions or concerns please do not hesitate to comment below or contact me.

Tracey Stevenson
M&W ASC treasurer

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Getting back to the Pool survey for all Swimmers 

Can all Parents please complete this survey to allow us to plan for a return to training.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DTKGPZK