Archive news........News from the past at Shirley Pool


Press Release - Seadogs Conquer Cork
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Press Release - Dolphins caught speeding off the Isle of Wight
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Press Release - Two children swim a mile -aged just four years
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Round the Isle of Wight- without a boat!

 




 On the 21 st to the 22 nd of July a relay team six swimmers, lead by Gary Robb who teaches on Mondays and Thursdays, will be attempting to swim round the Isle of Wight . See the June Newsletter below for more information

Following two postponments the challenge finally took place on the 30th August 2007 at 22.30pm from Ryde Pier on the IOW. Click here for details of the swim

Shirley Swimming Pool Annual Club Championships Finals Night 2006 ...Results and Pictures of the event
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Press Release - Local swimming pool signs national swimming partnership
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Press Release - Baby Swimming Boom at Shirley Swimming Pool
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Press Release - New Swimming Pool for Shirley
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Davids Syncro swimmers
The Over 50's team of swimmers put on a special show for their favorite lifeguard at the last swimming session of the year before the shut down. With glitter and sparking hairbands the ladies put on their Christmas costumes and did a twirl for the website. Over 50's sessions are held every Tuesday at 9.00am - 10.00 and Thursday 10.00am -11.00am all year round


A team of swimmers from Southampton have made National Headlines by winning the Bazooka Schools Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Bazooka Schools Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield:

Three of the five swimmers were taught and trained at Shirley Swimming Pool. Hannah Musker, Helen Thompson and Jack Vivian learnt to swim and joined the swimming club before going on to develop their swimming through their school, Charlton House.

Headmaster Brother Davis was delighted at the results

“ The school puts a lot of time into sports as well as study and our swimming club has always been popular. We reached the final a few years ago and finished fourth so to get another chance and win is fantastic, particularly for a small school like ours. All credit to the coaches and of course the swimmers”

The 50m Commonwealth Pool hosted schools from all over the country who had battled through regional rounds for their chance of the title.

The school take the children swimming every week to Shirley Pool as part of their normal curriculum.

According to Shirley coach Dave Perry the school should take a lot of the credit,

“ Every now and again you are lucky enough to have a group of talented swimmers at the same school. Charlton House have had more than their fair share with two teams making the finals in recent years, but that is a direct result of their positive approach to swimming”,

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Water Babies - A company that specialise in underwater Photography
A company that specialise in underwater Photography of babies was recently at Shirley Pool. Click here for the pictures taken. They can also be found at www.waterbaby.co.uk


Press Release - Diabetic schoolgirl swims the extra mile for malaria
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World Swim for Malaria - 18 swimmers took part in the World wide swim to raise money to buy mosquito nets for children in Africa. In total the "team" swam 1408 lengths, the same as a 22 mile swim across the Channel.    Click here for more details

Junior Water Polo - Saturday’s 11.30-12.30pm Open to anyone 10yrs and over in any of our club squads. Starts Saturday 15th October with Brett. Cost is the same as normal lessons or dolphins can do the class as one of their three sessions. Tadpoles and Turtles can use the class for make up lessons.

Junior learn to dive - Saturdays 11-11.30am Come as a one off or to as many sessions as you require. The cost per lesson is £6.25. Booking required. The diving lesson can be used for make up lessons.

Southampton's first Junior Water Polo Tournament - Fifty children descended on the Shirley Pool on Saturday for Southampton's first junior Water Polo Tournament.
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Swim the Channel - The Shirley Masters swimming team have completed the Channel Swim! It was achieved in a little over 2 hours. The team can be seen here recieving their certificates from representatives from Macmillan Cancer Relief Appeal in Southampton.

Press Release - Annual Club Championships 2005
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Daniel Swims a mile - A school boy from Southampton is setting new standards in swimming
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Splashing Daniel swims a mile at Shirley Pool.

Olympic Stars to honour local family
A local family is to be recognised for their outstanding achievements in swimming at a National
Awards ceremony in Stratford, by the Amateur Swimming Association.
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Padstow to Rock charity swim 2004 - Well done to our team of swimmers that took part in the Padstow To Rock (Cornwall) Charity Swim recently. The event raised over £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Relief.

Aquasise at Shirley Pool - A new and very popular Aquafit class has been running on a Tuesday 8.30-9.30pm and from October 14th there will be a Thursday class from 7.00pm – 8.00pm. Classes cost £3.50 and no booking is needed at present.

Millfield 2003 - Dolphin Luke gets a lesson in breaststroke from the master Duncan Goodhew

Olympic Stars honour local pensioner
 A local pensioner has been recognised for her outstanding achievements in swimming at a National Awards ceremony in Stratford, by the Amateur Swimming Association.
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Swimming Gala - Southampton Derby goes to Shirley Pool

Another South Coast derby, tense to the final minutes was played out on Saturday 6th December 2003 and although there was not 30,000 spectators, the atmosphere was electric as sixty local swimmers from the Southampton Dolphins Swimming Club and City of Southampton did battle at the Shirley Pool.

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Diana swims to success at Shirley Pool. Diana Gooch, a grandmother-to-be from Thornhill, has been congratulated for completing a 100-mile swim. click here for more on this story


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Open Swim - Congratulations to Steven Hansford, 43, who is part of the Southampton Dolphins Masters swim team. Steven finished 7th in the Calshot 2500m open water swim with a time of 53 minutes on 20th July 2003. Steven also came first in the La Mata Open in April in just 1 hour and 3 minutes. Well Done Steven!
Race for life - Congratulations to Viv, Jane, Deborah and Lynn, who successfully completed the Race for Life on Sunday 20th July 2003 at Southampton Common. The Shirley swimming pool staff ran 5k in just under 30 minutes and raised lots of money for Cancer Research UK. Well Done! Also, Dave has agreed to double the money raised by the pool’s customers so thank you very much to everyone who made a donation.