Basingstoke Bluefins

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Welcome to Basingstoke Bluefins - Basingstoke Gazette Club of the Year

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

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 2012.

"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.

More Recognition for Bluefins in the Community

The Basingstoke A Place to be Proud of Awards, presented by TV Celebrity Anne Diamond at the Haymarket Theatre on June 5th, again recognised the continuing commitment by Bluefins swimmers to the wider community:

Zoe Sadler - Winner of the Basingstoke Ambassador Award in recognition of her outstanding achievement and fundraising by completing a solo cross-channel swim

Siobhan Harrison - Winner of the Young Achiever Award for overcoming onset disability and continuing to support the local swimming community by qualifying as a swimming teacher, lifeguard and official.

These successes follow on the heels of the club's members' recognition at the Basingstoke Sports Awards with a significant number of nominations:

Junior Ladies Award

Hannah Parker

Jessica Sutton

Junior Mens Award

Bradley Sutton

Junior Volunteer and Official Award

Siobhan Harrison

Daisy Moore

Laura Moseley

Senior Ladies Award

Fleur Kent

Michelle Matson

Zoe Sadler

Senior Disabled Sportsperson

James Scott

Senior Volunteer Award

Clare Kelly

Hayley Rouse

Senior Team Award

Bluefins Masters Swimming Squad

Service to Sport Award

Gerry Lay

Volunteer Coach Award

Michelle Matson

Professional Coach Award

Graeme Thomas

Club of the Year Award

Basingstoke Bluefins Swimming Club

As well as the Basingstoke and Deane Rotary Club Awards for Service Above Self

Laura Moseley

Siobhan Harrison

Well done to all our swimmers who continue to excel in performance achievement in the pool and in open water, and to our volunteers who continue to contribute outstandingly to the local community.

Important: Bluefins Success at Hampshire County Championships

Posted on 17 Mar 2013 at 14:47 by Mike Lambert (0 user comment)

There have been some spectacular swims from Bluefins swimmers at the Hampshire County Championships.

County Champions

John Slater
Boys/Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay

County Junior Champions

Sam Irvine
Oliver Waldram
Boys Junior 4x50m Medley Team 

County Age Group Champions

James Down
Henry Chui
Finlay Evans
Alfie Evans
John Slater
Sam Irvine
Oliver Waldram
Mairead Barker
Samantha Girle
Girls 9-12 4x50m Freestyle Team

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"I am a Channel Swimmer" - Zoe Sadler

Posted on 24 Jul 2012 at 23:18 by Mike Lambert (0 user comment)

 

"Just to let you know that I set off from Samphire Hoe, England at 2am on Monday 23rd July 2012 and swam to Petit Blanc Nez, France arriving 16 hours 0 minutes later. Water temp was 15C throughout until I got to French inshore waters when it warmed up to 17C for the last 2 hours of the swim.
 
Absolutely delighted but too sore and too ill to celebrate properly at this stage. Not currently in a fit state to travel home so will stay in Dover for a couple of days. This channel swimming lark really takes it out of you. Kate Robarts, Mark Sadler and Joanne Postins were on board as support crew and worked their socks off to keep me fed every half hour."
 
What an achievement !!

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Time Trials - Sunday 29th April - Results Now Available

Posted on 23 Apr 2012 at 19:36 by Mike Lambert (0 user comment)

There will be time trials, primarily aimed at swimmers who do not get regular opportunities to record times which may be needed to enter competitions. There are open to any SQUAD MEMBERS (not lesson swimmers) who have not yet recorded the Hampshire County Qualifying times for the events they wish to swim.

Results

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Older News

23 Apr 2012 12:23Bank Holiday Monday 7th MayMore...
03 Apr 2012 20:32BLUEFINS EASTER HOLIDAY TRAINING ALTERATIONSMore...
04 Mar 2012 11:25County Championships - Day 1More...
03 Mar 2012 15:45Basingstoke Club of the Year 2012More...
27 Feb 2012 10:46*** Cranbourne Pool Fixed ***More...
22 Jan 2012 13:28Attention - Dev 2 Squad Swim arranged for 24th JanuaryMore...
06 Dec 2011 12:20Thursday lessons at QMCMore...
21 Nov 2011 12:14Thursday lessons at QMCMore...
16 Nov 2011 19:06Lessons at QMC - cancellationMore...
22 Oct 2011 19:20Bluefins Swimmers help Hampshire to 10th place in County Teams CompetitionMore...

Future Events

29-30 Jun 2013Rushmoor Royals Summer Festival 2013Aldershot Garrison
6-13 Jul 2013HCASA Development MeetThe Quays Southampton
13-14 Jul 2013Portsmouth End of Season Meet 2013Mountbatten Centre
30 Jul - 4 Aug 2013British Gasa ASA Youth ChampionshipsPonds Forge - Sheffield

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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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Catch up with all the latest news from your local Basingstoke Voluntary Sports Council (BSC), they are a voluntary sporting organisation with committee members representing the major sports in the area. They work with and for the local sports community alongside a variety of partners and primarily the borough council. Each year Basingstoke Sports Council organise the prestigious Sports Awards and Festival of Sport events. Anyone involved in sport locally is welcome to attend BSC’s regular meetings.

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Revised Club Constitution

A revised club constitution  was approved on 12th February 2013, to incorporate changes required by the ASA.

Bluefins Easter Egg Open Meet

30th March 2013

Full Results

Updates from Twitter

Posted about 54 days ago: New News: Saturday April 27th - Cranbourne - Saturday Lessons Cancelled http://t.co/gppQlJ2b0B

Posted about 82 days ago: Look out for details of our next open meet - the Bluefins Medley Challenge in September.

Posted about 82 days ago: That concludes the Bluefins Easter Egg Meet. Well done to all swimmers.

Posted about 82 days ago: Sorry for the interruption to results and video - we need to put 50p in the metre!

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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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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

Bank Holiday Notification of Squad Training Cancelled

 

Please note that due to the two bank holidays in May there will be no training for any squad on the following two dates.

Monday 6th May

Monday 27th May

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