ORCA Swimming Club

We encourage as many swimmers able to complete to enter this gala. If you are unsure, please talk to Dave or Charlotte before entering the gala.

GALA – Blackpool Lights 2023

ORCA are pleased to announce the introduction of Group 3 Training.

Group 3 will start in October and introuduces 2 hour training sessions on Monday and / or Saturday.

Moving to Group 3 is open to all existing Group 2 members, with the agreement of the Head Coach only – due to limitation in the numbers that we can open this up to.

WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING GROUP 3 SESSIONS ON A THURSDAY – yet.

If you wish to take up Group 3 training sessions you will need to :

>> AGREE a slot with the Head Coach

>> Modify your Standing Orders – each session will cost an additional £4.50 per month (i.e. Mondays OR Saturdays will increase monthly fees by £4.50 – addinb BOTH sessions will be an additional £9.00 per month)

>> Trainin sessions will be

>>>> MONDAY : 7:00PM to 9:00PM

>>>> SATURDAY : 3:15PM to 5:15PM

This now allows ORCA to offer up to 5 hours of training per week to competitive swimmers.

Group 1 and Group 2 sessions are unaffected, MONTHLY fees will be as below :

Group 1 and Group 2

>> £15 : Advance Trainers

>> £25 : One session per week

>> £30 : Two session per week

>> £35 : Three session per week

Group 3 – One Group 3 Session per week

>> £19.50 : Advance Trainers

>> £29.50 : One session per week

>> £34.50 : Two session per week

>> £39.50 : Three session per week

Group 3 – Both Group 3 Session per week

>> N/A Advance Trainers (Advance Traininers only allowed to train one session per week)

>> N/A : One session per week

>> £39 : Two session per week

>> £44 : Three session per week

The programme for the Wigan gala will not be a paper copy this year. It is available on the BCM website here.

http://bcmswpa.org.uk/

Navigate to Open Meets and you will see the programme on the website.

Warm up times Saturday
Session 1
8.15-8.29am – Girls & Boys age 9-10
8.29-8.43am – Girls age 11-12
8.43-8.57am – Girls age 13+ & Boys age 14+
8.57-9.11am – Boys age 11-13
Racing from 9.15am

Session 2
1.00-1.14pm – Girls age 9-12
1.14-1.28pm – Girls age 13-14
1.28-1.42pm – Girls age 15+ & Boys age 14+
1.42-1.56pm – Boys age 9-13
Racing from 2.00pm The last 5 mins of each warm up
will have dive lanes in 1-3 & 6-8

Warm up times Sunday
Session 3
8.15-8.29am – Girls age 11-12
8.29-8.43am – Girls age 13+
8.43-8.57am – Girls & Boys age 9-10
8.57-9.11am – Boys age 11+
Racing from 9.15am

Session 4
1.00-1.14pm – Boys age 9-12
1.14-1.28pm – Boys age 13+
1.28-1.42pm – Girls age 9-12
1.42-1.56pm – Girls age 13+
Racing from 2.00pm The last 5 mins of each warm up
will have dive lanes in 1-3 & 6-8

If you have not joined the ORCA news announcement page on Whatsapp, the link should allow you to join.

it is more likely to have a quick turnaround on communications on immediate activities like pool closures, event status and lottery news .

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Cudizfq7CyPAzew8ALrDDZ

We are looking to introduce a change to our training sessions which will increase our offering of pool time to all Group 2 swimmers on a Monday OR a Saturday. We are looking initially to offer a lane that runs from 7-9pm (Monday) OR 3:15-5:15pm (Saturday). We are obviously limited by pool space so I’m trying to gauge the level of interest in this.

Please could anyone interested in this email me on headcoach.teamorca@gmail.com
indicating whether they would prefer this on a Monday or on a Saturday. If there is sufficient take up then we could roll it out eventually on both days.

I am happy to trial it before we break for summer on 14th August but then there would be a £5 supplement in monthly fees for anyone who signs up from September onwards.

Dave

So we’re inviting any Saturday session swimmers who swim in Group 1 lanes 1-4 to join Dave and some volunteers on a short run in the park before training on Saturday.

We’ll set off from outside the pool in Royton at 2:30 and head over together to the park next to the pool.

We’ll be back in time for the 3:15 session.

This is open to lanes 1-4 in Group 1 and all Group 2 swimmers.

It’s really important that parents sign the consent form at the pool on drop off.

We can’t take any swimmers out without parental consent.

Please make sure your child has drinking water, the right shoes for running and sunblock if it’s sunny.

Gala – BCM SWPA AUTUMN Meet 2023