Ealing Dolphins

Ealing Dolphins is the largest of the four sections of Ealing Swimming Club. We are a competitive swimming club and we offer a ‘Learn To Swim Programme’ for children aged five and upwards through to a ‘Development Swimming Programme’ for swimmers aged seven to seventeen based at Gurnell Leisure Centre which boasts one of the few 50m pools in the country.

As part of Ealing Swimming Club we are committed to excellence in our coaching of swimmers. Our aim is to enable every swimmer to realize their potential whether it is simply to achieve good technique on all four competitive strokes or to achieve success at National or International levels.

To this end all our staff are Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) qualified teachers / coaches. Many of these are ex club swimmers who along with volunteer staff attempt to give back to swimming much of the benefits they have received.

Progression from one group to the next is based on ability. That ability is continuously assessed and formally assessed at the end of each term. From Bronze; Silver; Gold or Platinum groups there is a clear pathway into the ‘SQUAD’ PROGRAMME. Access to this programme is based on ability, desire and potential.

The various groups in Dolphins are;

Learn to swim

Bronze Group

Silver Group

Gold Group

Platinum Group

All teaching follows the National Teaching Plan

The Time-table

Training takes place on Mondays and Fridays evenings as follows:

Learn to swim:

Ealing Dolphins

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Anyone wishing to join the club, if already a swimmer, must come down for an assessment on any Friday evening for 20.15. The assessment fee is £5.00. If there is space in the club at the ability level of the swimmer then we can offer you a place immediately. Otherwise you will be placed on our waiting list.

Anyone with children under 5 years of age you are advised to put your child’s name on our waiting list so they can be called into our Learn to Swim Programme at the age of 5.

For further information, please visit one of the Friday sessions between 8:00pm and 8:30pm and speak to the Membership Officer at the pool’s reception desk or contact Jan Wright (tel: 020 8995 1816) email:wrightpartners@blueyonder.co.uk

Joining fees for new members: £27.00*

Learn to swim lessons: £28.50 per month

Bronze - Platinum Groups: £31.50 per month

Adults: £31.50 per month

Assessment: £5.00

These fees are current for the year October 07 to September 08. To make the Club’s administration easier, members are asked to pay by standing order

Payments by cheque or cash must be made in the first week of the month they are due.

Members should please note that fees are payable for all 12 months of the year although there will be no sessions in August or on public holidays. This is because the costs of running the club are divided into twelve equal installments to make the payment of standing orders easier.

* The joining fee consists of a one-off payment of £12.00 and a deposit of £15.00 which will be repaid if the swimmer leaves Ealing Dolphins within 6 weeks of joining.

Fees

7:00 - 7:30

7:30 - 8:00

8:00 - 8:30

Non Swimmers

Beginners

Confident Beginners

Improvers

Improvers 1

Improvers 2

Advanced 1

Recreation Pool

Recreation / Main Pool

Development Groups

Ealing Dolphin Staff: Who are they?

All staff of Ealing Swimming Club have been CRB checked and subscribe to the ASA Coach Licencing Scheme;

The teaching / coaching programme is managed and supervised by Mike Gallagher (ASA Level 3 Coach / ASA Tutor) under the overall management of Dave Heathcock (ASA Level 4 Coach) who is the Head Coach of Ealing Swimming Club

Learn to swim programme in the recreation pool;

Level 2 teachers:

Level 1 teachers:

Helpers:

ASA Helper:

Margaret Bray, Sara-Lisa Smith, Ian Bonney

Robert Beavers, Wendy Osborne, Cecil Andrews

Simon Hipgrave, James Beavers

Coralie Lewis

Bronze Group

Level 2 teachers:

Elizabeth Winters, Stephen Whitley, Terry Whitley, Hatim Morsy

Luke Haslam, Arsalan Abtahi

Poppy Neal, Frances Hindle

Home

7:00 - 8:00

8:00 - 9:00

Bronze Group

Silver Group

Gold Group

Platinum Group

Main Pool

Level 1 teachers:

ASA Helpers:

Silver Group

Level 2 teachers:

Jennifer Winters, Victoria Hipgrave

Gold Group

Level 2 teachers:

Stephen Whitley, Hatim Morsy

Platinum Group

Level 2 teachers:

Jennifer Winters, Ian Bonney