Darlington Amateur Swimming Club

 DASC will be swimming in the Diddy League final
on Sunday 22 June at Felling.
Please see Diddy League page for further information

                 Open Water Competition

For information on an Open Water event to be held in the region follow the link

                  Amazing Grace Carlton

         

DARLINGTON AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB GRACE REALLY IS AMAZING

 When 10 year old Grace Carlton heard about the recent Swimathon to be held in the Dolphin Centre Darlington, she decided she wanted to make an effort and raise money for the Marie-Curie Cancer Care appeal. As a member of Darlington Amateur Swimming Club’s “A” Squad she thought this was the ideal opportunity to put all her hard training to good use so she entered the 2.5k race for ladies (100 lengths of the pool) and not only that but she persuaded her Uncle Steve to enter the 2.5k race for men as well. Grace, who attends St Augustine’s RC Primary school, amazed herself with her performance when she completed the course in 51minutes 31 seconds making her the fastest woman in Darlington, 15th fastest Nationally in her age group and 57th fastest woman in the country on the day. Not only that, but Grace has managed to raise £75 so far for Marie-Curie appeal. Not a bad day’s work for this young lady. After the event Grace said “That’s the farthest distance I have ever swum without a break. It was really tiring but I feel great now it is over”. Grace has a web site where you can make a donation to this wonderful charity on http://my.artezglobal.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=232662

Club Gala 1 2008
Check out the DASC gala page for details of the 1st club Gala of the year
Cub handbook competition
The club has organised a competition to design the cover of a new club handbook, please click the link to view the details.
Darlington welcomes young swimmers from Germany
During a recent schools exchange visit, two young swimmers from Bremmen in Gremany approached Fiona Miller (Head Coach) and asked if the they could train with the club while they were here in Darlington. Fiona was delighted to be able to help and Carina (14) and Alex (15) joined the Top Squad sessions for a few days. 
Since their return to Germany Carina has been in touch to say thank you for the opportunity to train and how much they enjoyed their time here, and she he has sent us a link to her club web site.
We are always pleased to help visiting athletes maintain their fitness levels and we are particularly keen to promote cooperation between clubs and in this case between countries. Carina has informed her Head Coach of her relationship with our club and they have visited our web site to see where their young swimmers have been training.
If you would like to visit their web site go to swimming page links. 
If you go to the home page then click on Mannshaften in the Navigation pane you will see the teams listed. Click on Team 1 and then click on Carina Sturken and there she is. Alex is proving a bit more difficult to find.
 
Roy Rossington



TV opportunity
If you will be 16 or 17 on the 28th June 2008 and you have a spirit for adventure then a fantastic opportunity awaits you. TV company Rival Media have contacted DASC with the following message: Hi there, My name is Jennifer and I’m contacting you from a TV company in London called Rival Media. Here at Rival we are working on a brand new and very exciting lifeguarding TV series, and I was hoping for your help. The observational documentary series will follow 6 ambitious 16 to 17 year olds being put through their paces at the world’s largest Lifeguarding Programme in California during the summer of 2008. We’re now looking for those lucky 16 to 17 year olds who have stamina and the character to make it through, and who will be available for filming from the 28th of June to the 23rd of August 2008. All the best, Jennifer For all the details see the attached poster.

We have a vacancy for coaches
 Seen Job opportunity page for details of coaches needed fro A & B squads. 
 Looking forward to hearing from you soon and many thanks in advance for your help,


Northern Echo Local Heroes section

DASC now has a section on the Northern Echo website local heroes page, see swimming section links page.