• Coaching Update
• Land Training
• SASA Membership Fees
• Club Championship
• Trophies
• Club Celebration Evening
• New Members and Squad Moves
• FVJL, Comps & Time Trials
• Committee Update
• Swim Shop
• Covid Update

We are saying goodbye to one of our superb coaches, Susan Grant. 

Susan has been a key part of the Bo’ness Swim Club for many years from coaching, organising FVJL, being our Masters Representative, being a part of the committee and just generally being a great team member for the club.  I know that all of us will miss Susan, her input and enthusiasm but she has earned some well-deserved time off after coaching for over 12 years.  Susan will help until we have some more coaching cover.

We are pleased to say that we have had the offer from a previous Bo’ness Swimmer and FIRST Coach to join our Coaching team, Rob Lee.  We also have two, keen swimmers and parents, Lindsay McGrow & John Bremner who are going to lend their support.

If there are any parents that would like to add to the coaching support then please let either Graeme Davidson or Rachel McCavish know.  You don’t have to be a swimmer to help.

Land training has started up again. This is for Bronze, Silver and Gold squads on a Saturday morning, 8am – 8.45am.

It is important for swimmers bones and muscles to not only train in the pool but also do land training to ensure that there is some weight bearing exercises done.

For more information on land training get in touch with Graeme Davidson

Scottish Swimming annual renewal is due for all swimmers by the end of March.  The window for renewals opens on the 1st of March.  Our Membership Secretary, Rachel Bremner, will send out an email on how to renew your Scottish Swimmer Membership towards the end of February.  Emails to the Membership Secretary are answered on Monday and Thursday evenings.

SASA fees have stayed the same since last year

Swimmer – £45            Non-Swimmer - £10

The Club Champs were held on 5^th December and were fantastically supported by swimmers and volunteers.  It was great to be back after having to miss the event in 2020.  There were some amazing swims from everyone, which was excellent, considering this was the first time for some of our swimmers to take part in any kind of competition.   

To View results for both the morning and the afternoon sessions click here.

After our successful Club Champs in December, we wanted to share the trophy winners with you and a date for when we plan to hand out the trophies.  ?  

Firstly, congratulations to all of you that took part and supported the event.  The swimmers all did brilliantly and made their coaches very proud.  The parents, coaches and helpers were fantastic as the event wouldn’t have happened without you.

We plan to hand the trophies out on Thursday 24^th February at 7.15pm.  It would be great if all the trophy winners could be there that night.  

Our Trophies & Medals Secretary has been busy sorting out all the trophies and getting them ready for the winners. 

One of our trophies the Seamus Laffan Shield is to be retired. Fiona Aitken has been fantastic in finding a new sponsor and the trophy has been replaced by a new Trophy for the Junior Boys 100 IM which has been kindly sponsored by J B Aitken Trustees.  

The committee have been working to organise a Club Celebration Evening for everyone, as it has been a long time since we have been able to get together.  We are hoping that as many of you as possible can come along.  There will be a ceilidh, a bar, tombola, spin the wheel, closest coin to the bottle and other games.  There will also be some presentations.

Friday 25^th March 6.30pm – 10.30pm

Fisons Club (Bo’ness Chemical Workers)

All members and family are invited

Tickets will be £4 per person or £14 for a family ticket (2 adults + 3 Kids)

Previously, when we have run events, it has been a pot-luck supper type arrangement but due to the “Covid” times that we are living in we felt that this would not be a good idea.  So instead feel free to bring your own snacks. There will be the bar for soft and alcoholic drinks.

Tickets will go on sale soon.  We are really looking forward to seeing you all again in person and reconnecting.

Robin Campbell, Nathan Harkins, Mya Robertson, Mark Stirling, Olivia Stump and Finlay Armour.

Good luck to our swimmers that have recently moved to FIRST: Anna Beetham, Amy Black and Aidan McCavish.

Aimee Gilchrist, Connor Rossborough, Grace King, Mark Rossborough, Mathew King, Nadia Komorowski and Thomas King.

It is great to have you as part of the club.  Enjoy training.

Our first venture back to Forth Valley Junior League (FVJL) took place on Nov 23^rd. For those of you that are not familiar with FVJL, this is a friendly and fun competition between 12 of the Forth Valley clubs. It is designed to give swimmers an introduction to swimming competitions and bring a sense of team spirit for each club. Each swimmer takes part in a couple of relay events with their teammates and also swims an individual race or two. The club get points based on the race results.

This time at FVJL our results were 79points and 7th overall. The team was made up of Mark Stirling, Finlay Armour, Lyla Gilmour, Grace Stuart, Ashleigh Stewart, Sebastian Kuklinek, Nathan Harkins, Adam Pashley, Parker Fascia, Brodick Crook, Abigail Armour, Amelia Ferrario, Sophia Ferrario and Keira Stirling. They all put out excellent swims and put up a very impressive score for an undermanned team. Well done!  Thank you to the parents and carers who supported this event for us.

For our younger swimmers as you know we are looking forward to the return of the Forth Valley Junior League. The plan is that the new FVJL will be 20^th March, held at Grangemouth Swimming Complex.

Time trial news. We are looking at running a time trial for our top squads in conjunction with Grangemouth and Falkirk. This will be at Grangemouth complex and the pencilled in date is the 6th of March. This will be most of our swimmers a chance within a competitive atmosphere in nearly 2 years and will be a chance at a more relaxed return to competition.

We have two new members to join our committee which is fantastic news. We have Fiona Aitken who is our new Trophies & Medals Secretary and we have Caroline McKie who is our new Welfare & Protection Officer. Thank you both for joining and supporting the club.

Our next committee meeting is Thursday 24^th February at 7.30pm at Bo’ness Rec. If you would like to come along and see what we discuss and if there is a role that you might be able to take on or share with someone you would be welcomed with open arms. We need more members. We are all volunteers and the more of us there are the more we can achieve.

Roles that are available are:

• Fundraising Co-ordinator (1/2 people)
• Forth Valley Junior League (FVJL) Convenor
• Gala Convenor
• Vice President
• Team Managers – poolside role at competitions
• Young Leaders

The committee are very supportive and everyone helps and supports each other so please don’t think that it is scary to do a role. You can speak to Rachel McCavish who can discuss what this would involve.

Thank you to everyone who supported our January swimshop shop sale we raised £147 for club funds. Please visit our club store with Wrightsport to purchase a club hoody or club top. Don’t forget to email swimshop your order number to be entered into a draw to win a surprise from swimshop.

To view our online swim shop click here

Recent Prize Draw winner - We are pleased to announce that the winner of the recent prize draw was Daniel Lawless, who won a club towel. Well done Daniel!

We are working with the Recreation Centre to allow parents / carers back in to spectate area.
Please bear with us whilst we sort this out.