Welcome to Basingstoke Bluefins
With more than 800 members Basingstoke Bluefins is the largest club in Hampshire. The club is ASA SWIM 21 accredited, adopting the best practices in swimming including
- A full programme of swimming lessons in line with the ASA National Plan for Teaching Swimming
- Long Term Athlete Development for competitive swimming.
The club's coaching team is lead by Head Coach, Graeme Thomas.
Basingstoke Bluefins is the proud winner of the Basingstoke Gazette Club of the Year award for 2006.
"Basingstoke Bluefins aims to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the teaching and practise of swimming and other associated aquatic activities. The club aims to provide everyone within the Basingstoke area with an equal opportunity to learn to swim and to offer long-term swimming development for all levels of swimmers to maximise their potential."
Basingstoke Bluefins Swimming Club is a Registered Charity operating on a not-for-profit basis. The club is managed by a team of unpaid volunteers.
Important: ***Cranbourne continues to have problems***
Posted on 03 Feb 2012 at 21:10 by Mike Lambert (0 user comment)
There are still problems with the pool. The earlist that it might open is now 18th February.
It is now clear that we will not be able to deliver our guaranteed number of lessons. We are making arrangements to adjust direct debits accordingly, but since this involves instructing the bank it will take a little time. We will let you know what is happening as soon as we know.
Unfortunately, this does mean that we are unable to run the half-term course. We are in the process of contacting those who have enrolled by e-mail. Any queries on the half term course, contact us by e-mail to holidaylessons@swimbluefins.org.
Please don't try to contact me (Sue) by phone as I will be away from 28th Jan to 12th Feb.
Important: *** Cranbourne Update***
Posted on 23 Jan 2012 at 15:06 by Sue Lambert (0 user comment)
The parts have been fitted but there is still a leak. Engineer will hopefully fix this tomoorw - Tuesday.
I have agreed to give them the ret of the week to clean and reheat the pool, so would hope for a start to lessons on Saturday 28th Jan.
We will confirm this by email and/or text message, hopefully on Friday if not before.
Once again, thank you for your patience and understanding.
Important: Cranbourne Pool Update 20th January
Posted on 20 Jan 2012 at 15:56 by Sue Lambert (0 user comment)
Good news and bad news! The new parts have been fiitted, but there seems to be a leak. Consequently cleaning and heating of pool cannot go ahead until early next week when the engineer can find the leak and fix it.
My best guess is that it will be at least Wednesday 25th before lessons can restart.
As mentioned before, I will contact by email and/or text message when I can give you a start date.
Thank you for your patience, we really appreciate how frustrated you may be, but we are working with Cranbourne to keep you as updated as we can.
Direct Debits will go ahead on 1st Feb as usual, but we will monitor the number of lessons missed and I will update you on any refunds that might be due once we start back.
Any questions or comments, please email: lessons@swimbluefins.org
Older News
| 16 Jan 2012 11:39 | Cranbourne Pool - latest update | More... |
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| 06 Jan 2012 16:15 | Cranbourne Pool closed until at least 13th January | More... |
| 09 Dec 2011 18:31 | Cranbourne Pool & next term | More... |
| 06 Dec 2011 12:20 | Thursday lessons at QMC | More... |
| 21 Nov 2011 12:14 | Thursday lessons at QMC | More... |
| 16 Nov 2011 19:06 | Lessons at QMC - cancellation | More... |
| 22 Oct 2011 19:20 | Bluefins Swimmers help Hampshire to 10th place in County Teams Competition | More... |
| 22 Oct 2011 19:12 | Bluefins Swimmers help Hampshire to 10th place in County Teams Competition | More... |
| 22 Oct 2011 10:12 | Bluefins Annual General Meeting 2011 | More... |
| 18 Oct 2011 17:09 | Club Championships 2011 - Latest Updates | More... |
Future Events
| 7 Apr 2012 | Easter Egg Meet | Aquadrome |
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| 28 Jul - 12 Aug 2012 | London 2012 Olympic Games | London |
Contact Bluefins
For general queries about the club or training sessions contact the club office on 01256 351921 or e-mail admin@swimbluefins.org. Please leave a message if no one is available to answer your call.
For enquiries about the club's lesssons programmes contact Sue Lambert on 01256 418710 or e-mail lessons@swimbluefins.org.
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Posted about 12 days ago: New News: ***Cranbourne continues to have problems*** http://t.co/dVbwmlHy
Posted about 15 days ago: New News: *** Cranbourne Update*** http://t.co/LQjXAVcO
Posted about 16 days ago: New News: Attention - Dev 2 Squad Swim arranged for 24th January http://t.co/O7N4eqhv
Posted about 18 days ago: New News: ***Cranbourne Pool Update 20th January*** http://t.co/iB9yEqHQ
Club Structure and Fees 2011-2012
There will be some changes to the structure of the club and increases in fees for year commencing 1st September 2011
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Results
3-4 Dec 2011: ASA South East Region Winter Championships
9-23 Oct 2011: Bluefins Club Championships
11 Sep 2011: Bluefins Medley Challenge Meet
23 Apr 2011: Bluefins Easter Egg Meet (Level 4)
8-9 Jan 2011: Bluefins New Year Meet
3 Apr 2010: Bluefins Easter Egg Meet 2010
Competition Reports
Look at these competition reports prepared by Andy Waldram.
Welfare Officer
To contact the Club's welfare officer, e-mail welfareofficer@swimbluefins.org