Swim South Africa
With so much energy and emotion currently being expended at the County Championships to knock off a 100th of a second here or win a medal there, it may be worth reminding ourselves that the opportunities we take for granted…
Home ·
Author Archives: Dorset ASA
Dorset Masters Championships 2016
Dorset County ASA Masters Championships were held at Rossmore on Sunday 14 February 2016. The Championships, which incorporates Dorset Masters Open Meet, had sixty swimmers present representing ten clubs and competing in 236 swims. Participating clubs also included two swimmers…
Laurie Dormer
Laurie Dormer, former Head Coach of Bournemouth Dolphins SC and coach of Littledown Masters has died aged 85 years on 11 February 2016. During his coaching career Laurie, who started with the Borough of Ealing SC circa 1960 and…
ASA National Winter Meet 2015
This year saw the first ASA National Winter Championships since 1999, the flagship event of the year to end the new designated short course season and, in a striking demonstration of the quality of the meet, an array of British…
National Inter-County Masters Championships 2015
At this year’s regional Inter-County Masters gala the Dorset team finished equal second with Devon, representing Dorset’s best ever result for Dorset in this competition, and just five points behind Gloucestershire who won the ASASW Masters Inter-County for the first…
ASA Aquatics Awards 2015
The achievements of all those from across the aquatics community were celebrated at the ASA Aquatics Awards 2015 held on 14 November 2015 at the historic Royal Pump Rooms in Leamington Spa. Split into 19 categories the Awards honoured the…
National Inter-County Championships 2015
October saw all the Counties from England, Wales and Scotland converge on Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete in the prestigious National Inter-County Championships, a competition with archived results back to 1974. Dorset had finished fourth in Division 2 in…
Cross Channel Challenge
A record breaking Channel Relay Swim has been achieved by Dorset coaches Barry Alldrick and Glenn Bailey, together with Poole SC’s Danni Callahan. Initially scheduled for mid-September, the challenge was put on hold due to unfavourable weather conditions until 3…
Para-Swimming Pathway
There is plenty of advice available about Para-swimming but if you only know where to find it, and tracking down relevant information has been a long-standing headache for disability swimmers and their families. However, help is now available on a…
Weyport Masters
Weyport Masters Linda Ashmore has completed her first ever IronMan competition at the age of 68, finishing in first place in the 65-69 age group and earning a place in this year’s World Championships in Kona, Hawaii in October. Held…